The NCAA's interviews of Renardo Sidney and his parents "went real well," according to family attorney Donald Jackson.

Sidney was interviewed Monday by the NCAA, which is conducting an amateurism evaluation of the 6-foot-10 Mississippi State basketball signee. His parents were interviewed Tuesday.

The interviews took place at Jackson's offices in Montgomery, Ala.

At the center of the investigation are newspaper reports of the Sidneys living in million dollar homes in L.A., where Sidney graduated from Fairfax Senior High last month. The family has denied any financial improprieties.

Jackson said that the interviews were a "historical progression" of Sidney's life and career since he came onto the scene as a promising but unproven middle schooler in Jackson. He and his family moved to L.A. in 2006.

He had scholarship offers from both UCLA and USC, but both schools reportedly pulled those offers, and MSU swooped in to sign him.

Leading the investigation is Alex Holland of the NCAA's eligibility center, and he was accompanied by another NCAA official. Also present were Bracky Brett, MSU's compliance director, and attorney Michael Glazier, who's being retained by State for this case.

Jackson said the interviews were at times tense, "but I thought for the most part it was pretty cooperative."

Jackson said the NCAA filed another information request Tuesday, but he had not had time to study it. He sent the NCAA a thick booklet of information June 26, and it included both documents requested by the NCAA and documents Jackson anticipated would be requested.

The NCAA still has not granted Jackson's request for documentation related to its investigation of Sidney. He filed it under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

The NCAA last week moved the Sidney investigation, via a policy change, from its agents, amateurism and gambling activities division to the eligibility center. Jackson said he thinks that was done to dodge the FERPA request, since the eligibility center, a.k.a. the NCAA Clearinghouse, is technically a separate entity from the rest of the organization.

This week's interviews have left Jackson hopeful for a speedy process, though. He has feared the NCAA would drag it out, as in past cases.

"I don't anticipate that this is a sprint, but I don't anticipate that it's a marathon either," he said.