COLLEGE BASKETBALL: ANOTHER AUDIO TAPE SURFACES IN INVESTIGATION AT BAYLOR

WACO, Texas - Investigators looking into allegations of NCAA violations at
Baylor University heard another audio tape Monday of former basketball
coach Dave Bliss in the widening scandal at the school.

Kirk Watson, counsel for Baylor's in-house investigations committee, said
the tape would be available to local prosecutors to determine whether any
laws were broken. He wouldn't say what the committee heard on the newest
tape, provided by Richard Guinn, the father of senior center R.T. Guinn.

The investigative committee already has heard secretly recorded tapes in
which Bliss apparently tried to persuade players and an assistant coach to
portray slain player Patrick Dennehy as a drug dealer.

Richard Guinn recorded a conversation Bliss had Saturday with his son at
their Waco home. Richard Guinn turned his tape over to investigators.

Richard Guinn wouldn't disclose the nature of the conversation, but said
Bliss at one point apologized to R.T. Guinn, saying, ``I'm sorry about the
things that happened.'' Bliss, who knew Guinn was recording him, also
brought a tape recorder to the meeting but didn't say why he wanted to
record the conversation. The earlier tapes - capturing conversations among
Bliss, assistant Abar Rouse and players - indicate Bliss thought the drug
story would steer investigators away from allegations the coach had
improperly paid for Dennehy's tuition, an NCAA violation.

Dennehy was found shot to death on July 25. An autopsy found no alcohol,
opiates, amphetamines or barbiturates in his system, but his body was too
decomposed to test for marijuana.

A former teammate, Carlton Dotson, has been charged with Dennehy's murder.

Also Monday, Baylor president Robert Sloan said the university is committed
to remaining in the Big 12 Conference and putting a complete team on the
court next season.

Star junior forward Lawrence Roberts said Monday that he's transferring to
Mississippi State, and his decision could trigger a large-scale defection
from the team.

Baylor officials have granted several players their release to allow them
to look at other schools.

Sloan did not say where the team, which still doesn't have a coach since
Bliss resigned, will get new players if most of the current roster leaves.