They will need a lot more than this to do any real damage, hate to say it. But agents paying players...?? That won’t even be more than a scholarship or 2. Unless they have the coaches directly tied to this stuff, or someone at the school. On the books, etc they have nothing. Just players being paid by agents. No proof the school was ordering it (they were) or that the coaches and schools even knew (they did).

posted by Laley23

They will need a lot more than this to do any real damage, hate to say it. But agents paying players...?? That won’t even be more than a scholarship or 2. Unless they have the coaches directly tied to this stuff, or someone at the school. On the books, etc they have nothing. Just players being paid by agents. No proof the school was ordering it (they were) or that the coaches and schools even knew (they did).

Yeah Izzo was having dinner with the agents.  MSU is royally screwed.

This is one of those things that everyone knew was happening but never thought it’d actually get investigated. The NCAA isn’t going to ban all their top schools from participating in tournaments, so my guess is what laley  said: they don’t have enough to tie the schools and coaches directly to this, and they just fine the shit out of them (more money for the NCAA). 

posted by SportsAndLady

Louisville’s championship is no more, as their appeal of NCAA infractions was denied. 

 

I remember the line from James Earl Jones in the Hunt for the Red October, "Now, understand, commander, that torpedo did not self-destruct. You heard it hit the hull. And I... [shows him his CIA identification] ...was never here."
 

"Now understand public, that Louisville Cardinal team did not win the national championship.  You saw Michigan beat a mid-level West Coast team to take the title and recall Louisville not even qualifying for the tournament that year.  And Rick Pitino...(shows them an NCAA business card)...was never a college basketball coach." - NCAA

Some of the stuff in the Yahoo story could be bad, some of it also seems pretty minor.

However, THIS does not seem minor.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/22559284/sean-miller-arizona-christian-dawkins-discussed-payment-ensure-deandre-ayton-signing-according-fbi-investigation

The current model of the one and done is not sustainable. If all of these violations get punished, but they don’t change the rules, the same thing will happen again and again. 

Pay at college players a fair market wage and this all goes away. 

posted by ironman02

Some of the stuff in the Yahoo story could be bad, some of it also seems pretty minor.

However, THIS does not seem minor.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/22559284/sean-miller-arizona-christian-dawkins-discussed-payment-ensure-deandre-ayton-signing-according-fbi-investigation

Yikes. He’ll be gone. 

Yeah, Miller done. 3,000 hours...more coaches probably done.

Nova/Creighton game has been good..Creighton up 1 w/ 30 secs left

Kevin Stallings to Pitt was such a predictably terrible hire. 7 points at halftime today, staring an 0-18 conference season in the face.

posted by Mulva

Kevin Stallings to Pitt was such a predictably terrible hire. 7 points at halftime today, staring an 0-18 conference season in the face.

Pitt is awful. How the fuck do you score 7 points in a half?

KU wins the Big 12. Water is wet. 

posted by wildcats20

KU wins the Big 12. Water is wet. 

Bill Self is so incredible in regular season/conference play. Now if he can just figure it out in the tourney...

Duke/Cuse combined 2/30 from 3....Duke 0/15

UC getting hosed at home again on calls

Tulsa has 6 straight wins and has made 9’s but I’ve seen maybe the two worst calls I’ve seen all year and finally after the cleanest block you could ever wish for called a foul...Coach goes nuts and technical foul and they are losing at half.

i get upset sometimes watching high school refs struggle but I just don’t understand how these guys doing big time games can be so bad. Quit fucking anticipating everything. Wait a damn 1/2 second longer to blow your whistle....it’s not a race

UC big 2nd half and pull away and win 82-74

Cumberland 17/9/6

Ethan Happ of Wisky has to be one of the most overrated players in the country.

posted by vball10set

Ethan Happ of Wisky has to be one of the most overrated players in the country.

Right after reading this, I look up to see him do a great job working inside for an reasonably easy lay-up and...brick it. Way to make a play in a close game, dude...

Solid no call on that Wisky 3 attempt. 

Sure looked like the inbounder stepped on the baseline....

Here you go, S&L

https://twitter.com/kuhoops/status/967547571479695366

posted by vball10set

Here you go, S&L

https://twitter.com/kuhoops/status/967547571479695366

Love it 

posted by GOONx19

If the article I read early is correct, Louisville will have to pay back $15-20 million of conference tournament earnings. Couple that with $30 million state cuts that Bevin just signed and a lot of people will be losing their jobs at UL. Bet they won’t be the the athletic department. 

Thats really the whole problem. Coaches and players breaking NCAA rules are costing these universities millions of dollars. If the money wasn’t so ridiculous this wouldn’t be the mess it is 

Just saw the end of the Carolina/Miami game. My day is officially ruined. 

posted by wildcats20

Just saw the end of the Carolina/Miami game. My day is officially ruined. 

Mine a little better 

Wish I would’ve watched the 2nd half