Texas Recruit Mo Bamba's Brother Went Scorched Earth on His NCAA Eligibility

Mohamed Bamba, the No. 2 recruit in the country, is part of Shaka Smart's incoming 2017 class at the University of Texas, but his brother Ibrahim Joseph is trying to torpedo his college career before it even starts. Joseph went on Facebook Live yesterday and for 22 minutes rambled and ranted about his brother's relationship with a financial adviser named Greer Love.

Joseph claims Love, a vice president at Michigan-based investment firm Huron Capita, approached the family to get an inside track to his brother and started wining and dining him with gifts like a new television, new shoes, weekly cash stipends, vacations, and more.

Obviously, there seems to have been some kind of falling out between the brothers and it sounds like it has something to do with Joseph's desire to serve as his brother's agent. Joseph claims Bamba was initially into the idea, but once Love got into the picture things changed. He also claims that Love flew him out to Michigan to actively discourage him, saying he already had people lined up for his brother, and that Bamba then started icing him out. He stopped calling, wouldn't return texts, and blocked him on social media.

Joseph's next play, then, was to make all these allegations and go to the NCAA.

Texas, for its part, released a statement acknowledging the allegations. The school noted that "Mo's amateur status was previously reviewed and final certified by the NCAA Eligibility Center," and that it had not been notified of "pending issues or eligibility concerns."

If the NCAA does investigate and discovers these allegations are true, it could cost Bamba his eligibility. The association once ruled a player ineligible for taking as little as $200 to feed his family.

Bamba is expected to be a one-and-done player at UT, but now maybe he'll just keep (allegedly) getting paid before heading to the NBA instead.