Actually he does have a valid argument with Maggette and the NCAA playing favorites with a program like Duke. That being said, Memphis' history may have played a bigger part in why they were so severely punished and a program like Duke that is seen as squeaky clean did not.
Here's a good article summarizing the issue from Sportsline:
http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/5881996/16724605)
And a timeline I found at Yahoo Sports by Dan Wetzel
April 1997 to August 1997: Kansas City summer basketball coach Myron Piggie makes cash payments to high school player Corey Maggette totaling $2,000. The money comes from a revenue pool that includes donations to Piggie from professional sports agents Kevin Poston and Jerome Stanley.
Nov. 12, 1997: Maggette signs a national letter of intent with Duke.
October 1998 to March 1999: Maggette averages 10.6 points per game to help Duke (37-2) reach the national championship game, which Duke loses to Connecticut.
June 30, 1999: Maggette is selected 13th in the NBA draft.
April 13, 2000: A federal grand jury in Missouri hands down an 11-count indictment of Piggie, which details the payments to Maggette (along with players at three other schools). By NCAA statutes the payments compromise Maggette's amateur status. Maggette initially denies receiving any money.
April 18, 2000: The NCAA's Jane Jankowski says: "We will have to determine if Duke, in fact, had an ineligible player in the NCAA tournament. And, if so, what monies would have to be returned for use of an ineligible player."
May 23, 2000: Piggie works a plea bargain and admits making the payments.
July 12, 2000: Maggette comes clean and admits he received the cash from Piggie.
Spring 2001: Duke hands over all its information to the NCAA, according to John Burness, Duke's senior vice president for public affairs.
May 30, 2001: Piggie is sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for fraud.
January 2003: Piggie is paroled from federal prison in Arkansas.
