IU recruit Bud Mackey charged with cocaine possession

GEORGETOWN, Ky. - Indiana University basketball recruit Bud Mackey was arrested on drug charges Friday after police allegedly found him with crack cocaine while he was at school.\nMackey, 18, a senior at Scott County High, was charged with one count of trafficking a controlled substance and one count of trafficking within 1,000 yards of a school, said Deputy Bobby Townsend of the Scott County Jail.\nThe amount of cocaine on Mackey at the time of his arrest was not available, Townsend said.\nMackey said last year he picked Indiana because of coach Kelvin Sampson. The 6-foot-4 guard said he also received scholarship offers from Florida, Tennessee, Xavier, Clemson, Miami (Fla.) and Mississippi State.\nHe verbally committed to Indiana last year and planned to sign a letter of intent in November.