Jeff Jacobs: NCAA investigating UConn men

[8893]

How long until we know what this is about?

20 minutes

 

[8893]

Not sure the whole story yet. But the is hitting the fan for Ollie is the word i hear. He may not be directly involved but this is the out they are looking for

Read “they” = you

 

[tykurez]

Worst timing ever per usual with UConn. If Ollie leaves this program with sanctions or the investigation still looming this job just got a hell of a lot less appealing. It’s hard to put into words how much damage he’s done to the program the past 4 years.

Yawn

 

[djct1999]

Exausting?

Lol you think UConn is going to sue the NCAA!

No, I don't.

Whats exhausting is this constant cry for poverty? If UConn and the State are so poor, then fold the football program.

 

[Candyman]

I don't care about the out for the AD with Ollie this is a big blow. With the program down right now this is literally the last thing we need. Investigation will hurt this program especially right now. Shabazz, Boat, DD and Giffey were on that APR banned team so we were able to recover without top recruits. We don't have those players and even then it hurt us.

 

[Lefty2one]

This reeks of something strange - either St. John's or our athletic department looking for an out. Unbelievable news to wake up to.

The one thing you had to give KO credit for was how clean-cut the program has been under him. Apparently not...

 

[Chief00]

J

What if this has to do with jc’s quick exit?

JC is still an employee until sometime in March, as far as Chief is aware.

 

[Hankster]

Jeff Jacobs: NCAA investigating UConn men

The NCAA has notified UConn of an inquiry into its men’s basketball program, Hearst Connecticut Media has learned and the school confirmed Thursday. While the full nature of the inquiry is uncertain, some, if not all, involves areas of recruiting, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation.

Recruiting?

 

[Olander12Bars]

Meanwhile - Louisville, Auburn, USC and Ok State continue playing despite blatant pay to play schemes. Such BS.

Uconn is still "playing" as well.

If you consider "playing" being 2 games above .500 and losing 5 games by at least 20 points.

This Uconn season has been like the "Finish Him" part of Mortal Kombat, and this NCAA investigation news is the Fatality where our spine gets ripped out.

 

[Hankster]

If we did something out of line we sure didn't do a very good job of it.

LOL

 

[husky99]

Read “they” = you

Just passing on what i hear..

 

[August_West]

No, I don't.

Whats exhausting is this constant cry for poverty? If UConn and the State are so poor, they fold the football program.

I challenge you to find one post on this site where I mention buyout as my reason for keeping Ollie. I wanted to keep Ollie ( conditionally) for other reasons. I'm not one of the " buyout hand cuffs us" guys here. Even if realistically it probably does a bit that has never been my focus on the KO argument.

 

[Olander12Bars]

Maybe we can self-impose a postseason ban for this season and we will be all in the clear? amirite?

 

[whaler11]

Jacobs is a hack doing a hit job?

Who do you think the source of the story is? Indianapolis?

They gave it to him 12 hours early for future services rendered.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Is so. This is what we’ve come to? Unobtrusive backhanded dealings to set up a false narrative so a cause for contract denial can be considered. Is that not in itself a reason to be removed from ones position? It makes a bad situation exponentially more embarrassing.

From what I know of Benedict he is a straight shooter. I will be both surprised and disappointed if he pulled some underhanded move to avoid the buyout.

 

[Chief00]

Ok Chief will play the zero sum game.

Poor Sid, his mom dies, then he goes to SJU looking forward to the opportunities a college education brings and Sid gets subjected to fake classes and he is forced to practice outside of NCAA guidelines.

He seeks a true education rather than being a Mullins gym rat and they even try to stop that.

 

[WrenchFan69]

Of course ESPN has us as one of the top stories. I hate how they love to see our demise.

This is nuts. NBA all-star game, huge offseason moves in the MLB, and the gd SuperBowl, yet they'll still take any opportunity to take us down. Pull every tax break they've ever had until we're in a power conference

 

[amory]

You don't get to be a .500 team by playing clean

 

[whaler11]

I don’t see how one assumes it’s Wilson. If they screwed around on Wilson why would they appeal when they knew there is a 0% chance he gets the waiver?

If you rob a bank, do you go and try to deposit some in your savings account the next day?

 

[8893]

Just passing on what i hear..

To be clear, your suggestion is that the school is welcoming this news as cause to get rid of Ollie? Sorry but I have a hard time buying that.

 

[whaler11]

This is nuts. NBA all-star game, huge offseason moves in the MLB, and the gd SuperBowl, yet they'll still take any opportunity to take us down. Pull every tax break they've ever had until we're in a power conference

So you are mad at ESPN for treating UConn as important. If they didn’t cover it you’d be mad at ESPN for not covering it.

Unless the violations are ESPN gave benefits on behalf of UConn maybe the wrong entity to be mad at?

 

[tykurez]

Ok Chief will play the zero sum game.

Poor Sid, his mom dies, then he goes to SJU looking forward to the opportunities a college education brings and Sid gets subjected to fake classes and he is forced to practice outside of NCAA guidelines.

He seeks a true education rather than being a Mullins gym rat and they even try to stop that.

This is just as plausible as Ollie commiting violations recruiting kids ranked > 150 and yet the guillotine is already on its way down while the mob cheers. Absolutely pathetic.

 

[jibsey]

Even though Jacobs wants to beat the Courant in this story it’s wrong to report recruitiong violations without even a hint of what they involve. He must know or he can’t write the story. Otherwise he is just a parot on the NCCA news release.

 

[willie99]

I doubt it's anything serious, and yes I'm allowed to speculate about this just like Jeff Jacobs and everyone else who knows NOTHING about the investigation.

So my speculation is this, We had contact with Sid Wilson while he was enrolled at St John's. Something like a phone call to see if Ollie was still interested.

 

[DMIL]

I agree, he spent a good amount of time discussing the FBI when according to his source(s) its an NCAA not a FBI investigation. A huge difference.
Anyone can file a complaint and there has been an internal investigation for some time and that’s been a matter of public record.

Oh......and let’s just drop the story minutes after the unexpected, biggest win of the season when expectations were far exceeded and these guys really played like a team growing missing their second best player. Talking about an ultimate buzz kill. Gee Wiz.....we couldn’t even get the rest of the night to enjoy the victory. There is something vile about that.