NCAA investigations cont.

[Billy Hoyle]

The consequences that Northern Arizona will suffer will be unimaginable in modern sports history

yeah, because big schools never get hit with violations.

Keep repeating a line coined by the dirtiest coach in NCAA history as if it's factual.

[jesmu84]

https://sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/ncaa-giving-coaches-42-million-reasons-to-cheat-032253015.html?__twitter_impression=true

"Consider just how much Miller, Kansas' Bill Self, Auburn's Bruce Pearl, LSU's Will Wade and Cal State-Northridge's Mark Gottfried have prospered coaching through this. Over the three years since the scandal broke, those five coaches have collectively made more than $42 million.

Leading a cheating program in college basketball doesn't just allow you to prosper, you can actually fill swimming pools with your money and cannonball into it. Sure, they've endured a few cold looks on the recruiting trail, and Miller has made comic art of avoiding questions about the investigation in the media. But in reality, he should be laughing at the coaches who didn't have an assistant arrested by the feds, as this whole ordeal has taught any coaches who operated by the book that they were painfully naïve for doing so."

[jesmu84]

The Board at Arizona has agreed to not pursue action against Sean Miller

[panda]

Rick Pitino is coaching college basketball again.

The NCAA really showed him!

[WhiteTrash]

The Board at Arizona has agreed to not pursue action against Sean Miller

Not surprised but it's a bit ironic the AZ alumni i know don't like the results on the court and want him gone.

[Hards Alumni]

yeah, because big schools never get hit with violations.

Keep repeating a line coined by the dirtiest coach in NCAA history as if it's factual.

This was a joke....

[Billy Hoyle]

The Board at Arizona has agreed to not pursue action against Sean Miller

they can't right now as they'd be on the hook for the entire contract. If found guilty of the violations then they can get out of the contract.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

they can't right now as they'd be on the hook for the entire contract. If found guilty of the violations then they can get out of the contract.

Are you sure about this? This was two or three years ago but I seem to recall reading about something wonky with Miller's contract that he would actually be owed more money if he was fired for cause than if he was fired for any other reason.

[The Big East]

Rick Pitino is coaching college basketball again.

The NCAA really showed him!

Pitino did a nice job with his first Iona recruiting class.  Outlook is good for the Gaels.

https://nypost.com/2020/04/18/rick-pitinos-iona-recruiting-showing-he-hasnt-lost-his-touch/
Has a good start on 2021
https://www.kentucky.com/sports/high-school/prep-basketball/article244658272.html

[Uncle Rico]

Pitino did a nice job with his first Iona recruiting class.  Outlook is good for the Gaels.

https://nypost.com/2020/04/18/rick-pitinos-iona-recruiting-showing-he-hasnt-lost-his-touch/
Has a good start on 2021
https://www.kentucky.com/sports/high-school/prep-basketball/article244658272.html

Cheaters always win

[wadesworld]

Will Arizona's punishment be more or less severe than the UMASS women's tennis team's for self reporting reimbursing a player for a $252.00 phone jack in her room?  One that she was charged for even though she didn't know it was in her room, so the school reimbursed her for it.

[panda]

Ncaa coming down HARD on UMASS tennis....

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/23/sports/ncaa-again-shows-its-pettiness-by-punishing-umass-tennis-team-252-violation/%3foutputType=amp

[Pakuni]

Auburn self-imposing one-year tournament ban.
And if they're self-imposing that, they must be pretty worried about what the NCAA has on them.

[panda]

Auburn self-imposing one-year tournament ban.
And if they're self-imposing that, they must be pretty worried about what the NCAA has on them.

Or they're getting ahead of an incompetent organization knowing full well they most likely wouldn't make a tournament this season anyways (if it even happens.

I believe the expression is "chess vs. checkers."

[The Sultan]

You think self-imposing a post season ban is a sign they're playing "chess?"  Lol.

[panda]

You think self-imposing a post season ban is a sign they're playing "chess?"  Lol.

Zero percent chance the NCAA comes after them now. So in the scheme of the NCAA's low level thought process, yes I do believe they're playing chess.

[Pakuni]

Zero percent chance the NCAA comes after them now. So in the scheme of the NCAA's low level thought process, yes I do believe they're playing chess.

Gonna 📌 this for later.

[The Sultan]

Zero percent chance the NCAA comes after them now. So in the scheme of the NCAA's low level thought process, yes I do believe they're playing chess.

If the NCAA doesn't give them anything else, it's because that's all the NCAA feels they deserved.  The NCAA is a bureaucratic nightmare, but they're not THAT dumb.

[panda]

Gonna 📌 this for later.

Feel free. Maybe in eight years the ncaa will come back and take away some wins from Auburn...

Or take away a scholarship. How will they ever recover?!

[panda]

If the NCAA doesn't give them anything else, it's because that's all the NCAA feels they deserved.  The NCAA is a bureaucratic nightmare, but they're not THAT dumb.

I used to believe that about the ncaa too...

[Pakuni]

Feel free. Maybe in eight years the ncaa will come back and take away some wins from Auburn...

Or take away a scholarship. How will they ever recover?!

Little early to be walking it back, isn't it?

[panda]

Little early to be walking it back, isn't it?

I wouldn't consider either of those punishments, so I also wouldn't consider that walking back on my statements.

Go ahead and pin that...

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I don't know if its chess or not but the idea of self-imposing a postseason ban in a year that might not have a postseason (and even it does, Auburn is going to suck anyway) is hilarious to me. I mean, it doesn't even impact recruiting. Its too late for their current players to transfer and the ban will be over before next years freshmen are on campus.

[jesmu84]

https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3113857/more-good-news-for-auburn-the-highest-recruit-in-school-history-isnt-practicing-and-might-leave-the-team-to-play-overseas-because-of-an-ncaa-investigation

If the NCAA takes Auburn's self-punishment into account at all when deciding on their own punishments, it's a freaking joke. The NCAA tourney may not even be played this season and if it is, that team is gonna stink so much they likely won't qualify anyway.

[jesmu84]

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/30619929/arizona-self-imposes-one-year-postseason-ban-men-basketball-team

*Insert eyeroll emoji*