AD back to address allegation against Tressel

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith has returned to campus and a news conference has been called for Tuesday night, a sign that coach Jim Tressel's job might be in jeopardy after a report that he did not tell his superiors that he was aware of potential NCAA violations involving star quarterback Terrelle Pryor and others.

Smith is the chairman of the NCAA's Division I men's basketball committee which selects, seeds and brackets the teams for the NCAA tournament. He came back from meetings in New York to address the brewing controversy involving Tressel, who is 106-22 in his 10 years as coach of the Buckeyes.

Yahoo! Sports reported Monday that Tressel knew of allegations of improper benefits to Pryor and five other players as early as April 2010 at least seven months before the university found out.