CLOSE Ohio State women’s basketball head coach Kevin McGuff, left, and former assistant coach Patrick Klein watch a Buckeyes exhibition game in 2017. Klein, who resigned from the program in 2019, wrote in his resignation letter that he had “not adhered strictly to NCAA rules.” (Photo: Barbara J. Perenic/Columbus Dispatch) Ohio State has self-imposed postseason bans for its women’s basketball, women’s golf and fencing programs for the 2020-21 season as the NCAA is investigating the programs for infractions, The Dispatch has learned through a public-records request. According to the documents, Ohio State initially began a human-resources investigation into former women’s basketball assistant coach Patrick Klein, who resigned from the program in August 2019. In a letter submitted with his resignation, Klein wrote that he had “not adhered strictly to NCAA rules” and “my communications with some student-athletes may have been too informal or in some cases even inappropriate, violating university policy.”…
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