Records connect ex-OU basketball assistant Oronde Taliaferro with financial adviser

The NCAA is investigating reports that former OU player Tiny Gallon received an improper payment

 
BY JAKE TROTTER AND GUERIN EMIG, Oklahoman/Tulsa World staff writers | Published: May 20, 2010   

NORMAN — Former Oklahoma assistant basketball coach Oronde Taliaferro exchanged at least 41 phone calls and 25 text messages over a ten-month period with a Tampa financial adviser who reportedly wired $3,000 into the bank account of former OU forward Tiny Gallon.

photo - OU assistant coach Oronde Taliaferro watches action in the second half as the University of Oklahoma men's college basketball team plays Stephen F. Austin University at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma on Saturday, December 8, 2007. Photo By STEVE SISNEY, The Oklahoman
OU assistant coach Oronde Taliaferro watches action in the second half as the University of Oklahoma men's college basketball team plays Stephen F. Austin University at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma on Saturday, December 8, 2007. Photo By STEVE SISNEY, The Oklahoman

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The exchanges between Taliaferro, who abruptly resigned last month, and financial adviser Jeffrey Hausinger took place from May 2009 to March 2010.

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