Auburn's recruiting ban that wasn't could add to school's NCAA issues Posted Aug 13, 2019 Within 90 minutes of AL.com's story being released about Auburn basketball's self-imposed recruiting ban on Aug. 7, evidence of Auburn recruiting activity during the no-recruiting window began surfacing. There was a picture from an AAU program, showing nearly the entire team being treated to insider access at Auburn, among several other instances. (Yahoo! Sports)