SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Rhode Island is investigating allegations that players received money from former basketball coach Jim Harrick's staff and boosters and had their grades changed.

University spokeswoman Linda Acciardo said last month the school was investigating alleged violations outlined in a lawsuit it settled with former athletics department employee Christine King.

Acciardo specified those violations Monday. King also charged that Harrick's son, former Rhode Island assistant Jim Harrick Jr., falsified hotel and meal reports for recruits.

Both Harricks have denied the allegations at Rhode Island.

Rhode Island settled a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by King against the elder Harrick for $45,000. Rhode Island admits no guilt, according to the terms of the settlement.

Acciardo said Rhode Island's probe began last month. She said the Harricks are being investigated.

"We'll take any action (against the Harricks) to the extent possible if there's any proof," she said.

Acciardo said the school had voluntarily reported to the NCAA the use of a coach's vehicle by a player in 1999, when Harrick Jr. was still employed by the university.

David Cass, King's attorney, told ESPN on Monday that Rhode Island has asked to interview his client once again about her allegations against the Harricks. Cass said his client's allegations are "eerily similar to the same allegations of paying players, academic fraud and hotel bills that are being made of the Harricks at Georgia."

"My client basically told them the same stuff here last spring," Cass told ESPN.

The news comes on the heels of Georgia beginning an investigation late last week into alleged NCAA violations by its basketball program under Harrick, who left Rhode Island in 1999 and Jim Harrick Jr., who's a Georgia assistant.

The Georgia allegations were first made by former player Tony Cole to ESPN on Thursday. Harrick Jr. was suspended last week after Cole accused him of paying part of his expenses and committing academic fraud.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.