Charleston, W.Va. ? West Virginia University has submitted to the NCAA a report of alleged rules violations involving the men’s basketball program and will declare four players ineligible, school officials announced Friday.

As a result of the university’s internal investigation, one of the four players involved in the alleged infractions will be effectively banned from West Virginia athletics.

Athletic director Ed Pastilong said West Virginia will declare the four players ineligible and then request that the NCAA reinstate three of the athletes. The university has decided not to ask that the fourth player be allowed to play again, according to the report.

The names of the four players were not released Friday.

“These violations center on NCAA legislation governing amateurism and recruiting,” the report said.

The student-athlete whose status will not be renewed was involved in the alleged amateurism violations. That athlete and three others have been identified in recruiting violations that Pastilong describes as “secondary in nature.”

The one player was allegedly introduced to someone identified by the university as a “mentor,” who reportedly provided financial assistance to the athlete and his mother on an “as needed” basis.

The report indicated that support was provided by the mentor in the hopes of becoming the player’s agent if the athlete ever went on to play professionally.

“There is reason to believe that the mentor provided financial assistance to the student-athlete and his mother as incentive for the student-athlete to later employ the mentor’s company to advise the student-athlete on issues related to his finances and investments if the student-athlete were to become a professional basketball player,” the report said.

The mentor was introduced to the student-athlete in the summer of 2001 by the student’s assistant high school basketball coach, according to the report.

The amount of money that passed hands will not be released, Pastilong said, but “it’s of a number that we felt the student-athlete should have realized there was a violation taking place.”

Sophomore point guard Jonathan Hargett, who was not available for comment Friday, has told The Charleston Gazette he is the target of the investigation, which began in mid-April. Hargett has denied any wrongdoing.

The possible infraction was discovered by Bowling Green coach Dan Dakich, who briefly accepted a job as West Virginia’s head coach, then quit a week later. He has since been replaced by John Beilein.