Kentucky basketball caught cheating ...

[TheSportsPredictor]

... so the hammer comes down on IUPUI.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA says it has found major infractions involving all 14 sports at IUPUI.

The NCAA said Tuesday that IUPUI allowed erroneous eligibility certification for 97 student-athletes from the 2003-04 through 2006-07 years, demonstrating a lack of institutional control and a failure to monitor by the university.

A former academic adviser was cited for unethical conduct for his refusal to cooperate with the NCAA during its investigation.

The school, which is Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, will receive three years probation and lose some scholarships. It will also vacate a number of wins, including 18 victories by the men's basketball team in 2003-04; 14 wins by the women's basketball team in 2006-07; and 40 victories by the volleyball team from 2004-06.

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2010/03/30/ncaa-orders-iupui-vacate-wins-sports/

 

[tapintoamerica]

Re: Kenucky basketball caught cheating ...

Say what you want about the NCAA hammering the little guy. Using ineligible athletes in all 14 sports is a major problem. Few things define "lack of institutional control" quite like violations across an entire athletics department.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Re: Kenucky basketball caught cheating ...

Having that stupid name is a major infraction.

 

[Ace]

Re: Kenucky basketball caught cheating ...


14 sports? That's impressive.

 

[dooley_womack1]

Re: Kenucky basketball caught cheating ...

I saw the thread title and wondered why it wasn't just "Sun rose today"

 

[Azrael]

Re: Kenucky basketball caught cheating ...

IUP waits for the other shoe to drop.

 

[User 4332]

Re: Kenucky basketball caught cheating ...

Kenucky?

 

[DanOregon]

I don't think it's lack of institutional control - more like institutional competence.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Most schools cheat, but it's usually the little schools where they're not smart enough to cover it up and where they end up getting nailed.

It seems like its been a long time since a major program got significant sanctions. The NCAA knows its bad for business to have an Alabama or Kentucky or Florida or Texas face anything more than a slap on the wrist.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Kenucky?

Get a hickey from Kenucky.

 

[ralph russo]

The reason why smaller schools with smaller budgets get crushed by the NCAA is because they tend to have small and underfunded compliance departments. So they get nailed for being sloppy. Or they get nailed because coaches aren't being checked as closely as they should.

That's not to say that some big cheating doesn't go on at the big schools. But this type of stuff would never go down at a Big Ten or SEC school because they are paying big bucks to people whose jobs are to make sure it doesn't.

 

[Bob Cook]

I feel like my alma mater has really grown up as an D-I athletic program. Now it's time to throw hookers and blow into the mix.

It probably doesn't help IUPUI, either, that it's the closest school to NCAA headquarters. The NCAA investigators could take one of the Central Canal paddleboats from HQ to Military Park, bordering the IUPUI campus, in about five minutes.

 

[Shaggy]

Hmmm, I seem to recall Corey Maggette being ineligible to play at Duke. Yet he played at Duke. And the crickets continue to chirp at NCAA headquarters, 10 years later.

 

[D-3 Fan]

I understand the "smaller school, smaller budget" argument, but it continues to behoove me on how D-II and D-III schools have way smaller budgets and not get into that much trouble dealing with ineligible players.

 

[Bubbler]

If Ron Hunter were wearing shoes, he'd throw one at an IUPUI administrator over this.

 

[zagoshe]

Most schools cheat, but it's usually the little schools where they're not smart enough to cover it up and where they end up getting nailed.

It seems like its been a long time since a major program got significant sanctions. The NCAA knows its bad for business to have an Alabama or Kentucky or Florida or Texas face anything more than a slap on the wrist.

You mean like USC?

 

[crusoes]

Yeah. Those were some sanctions that Reggie Bush got them.

 

[Armchair_QB]

I feel like my alma mater has really grown up as an D-I athletic program. Now it's time to throw hookers and blow into the mix.

It probably doesn't help IUPUI, either, that it's the closest school to NCAA headquarters. The NCAA investigators could take one of the Central Canal paddleboats from HQ to Military Park, bordering the IUPUI campus, in about five minutes.

Yeah, I was just about to point out that if you're going to be that flagrant a rule-breaker it's probably not a good idea to be located only a 10-minute walk from the NCAA office.

 

[heyabbott]

14 sports? That's impressive.

gotta love Title IX

 

[slappy4428]

EwEpooE has 14 sports?