Louisville Basketball Avoids Major NCAA Penalties
The full sanctions were released Thursday morning.
The full sanctions were released Thursday morning.
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Louisville menâs basketball avoided major sanctions after an NCAA probe into the program stemming from a 2017 FBI investigation into corruption in college basketball, as the NCAAâs Independent Accountability Review Process (IARP) officially released its decision on Thursday morning. Sports Illustratedâs Pat Forde reported earlier in the day that the program would receive a fairly minor set of sanctions, confirming a report by CBS Sportsâ Matt Norlander.
Louisville avoids a postseason ban, and former coaches Rick Pitinoânow at Ionaâand Chris Mack both avoid NCAA penalties. The program will pay a $5,000 fine and take a minor reduction in available recruiting days, as well as two years of probation.
A pair of former Louisville assistants have been hit with penalties. Kenny Johnson, now at Rhode Island, will serve a two-year show-cause penalty that keeps him from recruiting for two years. Jordan Fair, now at Oldsmar Christian School in Florida, also has a two-year show-cause penalty.
As previously reported by Norlander, the Independent Accountability Review Process (IARP) board determined that Louisville had only committed one Level I violation, along with some more minor Level III violations, leading to a fairly lenient sentence.
After the 2017 scandal broke, Louisville fired Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino and longtime athletic director Tom Jurich. There were some concerns that Pitino could be in NCAA jeopardy at Iona upon todayâs release, but in the release, the IARP says that âthe hearing panel determined no violation by former head coach No. 1 [Pitino] occurred given that he demonstrated he promoted an atmosphere of compliance.â
The full IARP decision can be read here.
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