NCAA released its report on Louisville

[upstater]

Eric Crawford‏ @ericcrawford 24m 24 minutes ago
By all appearances, and from my background, it looks to me as if the 2012 Final Four and 2013 championship will be vacated. BUT ...

Eric Crawford‏@ericcrawford 24m 24 minutes ago
U of L will have to determine what players are involved, and within 45 days say which wins are vacated.

Eric Crawford@ericcrawford 28m 28 minutes ago
U of L also must return money received for the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 NCAA Tournaments.

Eric Crawford‏@ericcrawford 15m 15 minutes ago
Interesting note on the money U of L must return -- much of it was left with Big East and AAC as exit fees.

I'm sure this only refers to Louisville's slice of the pie.

Vacating a championship is pretty harsh, and hard to do in reality.

 

[CL82]

OMG, I forgot about that! That's just perfect!

 

[awfuldan]

"the university must return money received through conference revenue sharing for its appearances in the 2012 to 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championships."


Eric Crawford‏@ericcrawford 15m 15 minutes ago
Interesting note on the money U of L must return -- much of it was left with Big East and AAC as exit fees.

So since it didn't actually receive them, will 'ville argue that there is nothing to return?

I mean, technically they did receive the money, right? They just spent it on leaving the AAC. So they'll just have to pay again I would imagine.

 

[freescooter]

Anyone want to bet that nobody who played in those final fours was at any of the hooker parties?

 

[BugsyCT]

If their 2013 title gets vacated I'd be utterly shocked.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Anyone want to bet that nobody who played in those final fours was at any of the hooker parties?

Russ Smith was mentioned A LOT by the hookers. He may have scored a few points for that 2013 team. I think Terry Rozier was involved as a high schooler as well.

 

[UConn990411]

Louisville has done a masterful job turning a dirty athletic department and phony university into a member of the ACC.

The ACC, on the other hand, continues to embarrass itself with its invites.

 

[Jaybo]

Hope it's true lol

 

[Jerry1714]

Well vacating that title is the BEST punishment I could have asked for after seeing that tat.

 

[huskymedic]

Of course they will... Louisville will appeal NCAA penalties

>>The entire U of L community is saddened by what took place. It never should have happened, and that is why the school acted to severely penalize itself in 2016. Today, however, the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions went beyond what we consider to be fair and reasonable. We intend to appeal all aspects of the penalties.

The person responsible for these activities, Andre McGee, long ago left the university, and he has yet to cooperate with investigating officials. We are disappointed that he was not cooperative.

In contrast, UofL did cooperate. We wanted the NCAA Enforcement Staff to uncover what happened. We have been open and transparent throughout this process.

The NCAA knew how seriously the university treated this matter from the beginning. Once we had the facts and recognized what took place, we did the right thing by taking responsibility and imposing severe penalties on ourselves. We believe the penalties imposed today are unfair to the UofL community and our current and former student-athletes, many of whom have already paid a heavy price for actions that did not involve them. This ruling is also unfair to Coach Pitino, who we believe could not have known about the illicit activities.<<

 

[huskymedic]

 

[CL82]

View attachment 22887 Hope it's true lol

Hey while you are in there can you put asterisks next to the last 3 UNC championships?

 

[UConnNick]

Of course they will... Louisville will appeal NCAA penalties

>>The entire U of L community is saddened by what took place. It never should have happened, and that is why the school acted to severely penalize itself in 2016. Today, however, the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions went beyond what we consider to be fair and reasonable. We intend to appeal all aspects of the penalties.

The person responsible for these activities, Andre McGee, long ago left the university, and he has yet to cooperate with investigating officials. We are disappointed that he was not cooperative.

In contrast, UofL did cooperate. We wanted the NCAA Enforcement Staff to uncover what happened. We have been open and transparent throughout this process.

The NCAA knew how seriously the university treated this matter from the beginning. Once we had the facts and recognized what took place, we did the right thing by taking responsibility and imposing severe penalties on ourselves. We believe the penalties imposed today are unfair to the UofL community and our current and former student-athletes, many of whom have already paid a heavy price for actions that did not involve them. This ruling is also unfair to Coach Pitino, who we believe could not have known about the illicit activities.<<

And if you're willing to swallow this load of BS, we have some swamp land to show you in south Florida.

 

[UConnNick]

Forget about the game suspensions. The first order of business should be requiring him to have that tat burned off. That will make it tougher for the hookers to identify him next time around.

 

[huskymedic]

Eric Crawford‏ @ericcrawford 12m 12 minutes ago
Postel: "We anticipated additional penalties ... however, penalties we received today we consider to be excessive

Eric Crawford‏ @ericcrawford 12m 12 minutes ago
Postel: "It is our intent to appeal the penalties."

Eric Crawford‏ @ericcrawford 11m 11 minutes ago
Chuck Smrt: "We believe the severity of this penalty exceeds the severity of this case."

Eric Crawford‏t @ericcrawford 10m 10 minutes ago
Smrt: "As the president indicated, we intend to appeal these penalties. One of these is the vaction of records."

Eric Crawford‏ @ericcrawford 10m 10 minutes ago
Smrt says the vacation order could impact 108 wins and 15 NCAA Tournament victories.

Eric Crawford‏ @ericcrawford 8m 8 minutes ago
Pitino: "For 35 some-odd years I've had a lot of faith in the NCAA and have acted accordingly."

Eric Crawford‏@ericcrawford 7m 7 minutes ago
Pitino calls the findings: "Unjust, unfair. ... Personally I've lost faith in the NCAA."

Eric Crawford‏ @ericcrawford 7m 7 minutes ago
Pitino: "We feel remorse and extreme regret for everything that went on in that dormitory, but this is over the top.

Eric Crawford‏ @ericcrawford 6m 6 minutes ago
Pitino: "We are devastated by the news. But moving forward, we believe we will win the appeals."

Eric Crawford‏@ericcrawford 4m 4 minutes ago
Pitino asked if he has considered leaving the program: "No. Not one time."

Eric Crawford‏ @ericcrawford 6m 6 minutes ago
Basic disagreement: Louisville wants to be judged on the value of the benefits, NCAA says lurid nature of the benefits is the basis.

Eric Crawford‏@ericcrawford 4m 4 minutes ago
Jurich: "I'm disappointed. You know how important this program and this university is to me. I didn't see this coming."

Eric Crawford‏ @ericcrawford 4m 4 minutes ago
Jurich: "I thought we did everything above and beyond when we found this out."

 

[kobe]

At 15 seconds a clip, with 5 game days off Pitino could run through 28,880 prostitutes. #StayWoke

 

[Huskyforlife]

Eat it Enoch.

 

[John]

Pitino always reminds me of this movie clip

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

"a vacation of basketball records in which student-athletes competed while ineligible from December 2010 and July 2014."

Vacation (transitive verb) - to declare or make legally void or invalid, to require burning Slick Rick's related tat off of his sleazy back

 

[CL82]

require burning Slick Rick's related tat off of his sleazy back

Nah, he just needs to go back to the guy and have slap one of these on there.

Edit: Anyone feel like photoshopping this?

 

[UConnStats]

 

[CL82]

So here's the question is this worse that Syracuse's decade long triple scandal of drugs, paying players and falsifying transcripts? I'd actually say, salacious though it is, probably not.

In any event, if I am UNC, I'm feeling a little worried right about now.

 

[Vancat]

Pay the piper

 

[uconnbill]

Still, think UNC will only get a slap on the wrist. If I was ECU and others in North Carolina I would be worried about something coming down the line.

 

[gtcam]

So here's the question is this worse that Syracuse's decade long triple scandal of drugs, paying players and falsifying transcripts? I'd actually say, salacious though it is, probably not.

In any event, if I am UNC, I'm feeling a little worried right about now.

To me, the Cuse's actions were worse than L'ville but L'ville seems to be paying a steeper price - especially if they have to vacate the title.
As far as UNC - don't hold your breath - I see nothing coming - it will be stalled until 2050
Yet JC was banned for 3 games for failure to monitor 1 thing - texts and Pitino gets only 5 for failures much worse - I don't get it but its the NCAA so there's nothing to "get"

 

[brasssbonanzaa]

I'm not clear on the age of consent laws in Kentucky, but it would appear UL arranged for, paid for, and allowed the statutory rape of numerous minors. If the consent laws in the state bear that out, that's an enormous offense.

 

[willie99]

We all know they were National Champions, but maybe they won't be able to hang the banner in the rafters?

 

[huskymedic]

 

[alfonse]

Does that mean Michigan is the 2013 champion?

 

[uconnfan68]

I'm not clear on the age of consent laws in Kentucky, but it would appear UL arranged for, paid for, and allowed the statutory rape of numerous minors. If the consent laws in the state bear that out, that's an enormous offense.

I think it's 3. As soon as they can talk in full sentences.