Twitter trouble: Wichita State account improperly welcomes basketball recruit

Somebody with access to a Wichita State University Twitter account jumped the gun on welcoming Landry Shamet to Wichita State’s basketball team, committing a minor NCAA violation Wednesday morning.

Shortly after Shamet's non-binding commitment became public, the @WichitaState account, linked to from the university's home page, tweeted to Shamet: @LanboGreezy23 Welcome to WSU!

Because Shamet has not signed a letter of intent, university officials are not permitted to comment publicly or publicize a recruit.

“It is a secondary/Level III violation,” WSU associate athletic director Korey Torgerson said in an e-mail. “A violation will be filed with the NCAA. However, the involved prospective student-athlete and/or his eligibility will not be affected.”

The tweet, retweeted by Shamet and others, was deleted later in the day.

This story was originally published September 3, 2014 at 5:56 PM with the headline "Twitter trouble: Wichita State account improperly welcomes basketball recruit."