Pretty interesting article out today about the college basketball NCAA investigation. Sounds like there might be a bunch of teams and coaches who ought to be nervous.
Here’s a few good quotes:
“This goes a lot deeper in college basketball than four corrupt assistant coaches,” said a source who has been briefed on the details of the case. “When this all comes out, Hall of Fame coaches should be scared, lottery picks won’t be eligible to play and almost half of the 16 teams the NCAA showed on its initial NCAA tournament show this weekend should worry about their appearance being vacated.”
So how bad could be it? In terms of NCAA rules, multiple sources told Yahoo Sports that the material obtained threatens the fundamental structure and integrity of the sport, as there’s potentially as many 50 college basketball programs that could end up compromised in some way. (emphasis mine)
NCAA officials are staring at the prospect of a tournament with a winner that will likely be vacating its title – and many others eventually vacating their appearances. There’s a lingering mushroom cloud over the sport’s upcoming showcase event that won’t go away. The most fascinating and tricky variable here is time.
This could have far reaching effects. Makes one wonder if college hoops as we know it is about to be over. In the short term, I wonder if this would create a flood of possible transfers, guys looking to leave programs they know are not going to be eligible for postseason play next year. We could have some open spots.
This year’s tournament might be crazy, although with the late date, it’s more likely that next year’s will be crazy.
Here’s a few good quotes:
“This goes a lot deeper in college basketball than four corrupt assistant coaches,” said a source who has been briefed on the details of the case. “When this all comes out, Hall of Fame coaches should be scared, lottery picks won’t be eligible to play and almost half of the 16 teams the NCAA showed on its initial NCAA tournament show this weekend should worry about their appearance being vacated.”
So how bad could be it? In terms of NCAA rules, multiple sources told Yahoo Sports that the material obtained threatens the fundamental structure and integrity of the sport, as there’s potentially as many 50 college basketball programs that could end up compromised in some way. (emphasis mine)
NCAA officials are staring at the prospect of a tournament with a winner that will likely be vacating its title – and many others eventually vacating their appearances. There’s a lingering mushroom cloud over the sport’s upcoming showcase event that won’t go away. The most fascinating and tricky variable here is time.
This could have far reaching effects. Makes one wonder if college hoops as we know it is about to be over. In the short term, I wonder if this would create a flood of possible transfers, guys looking to leave programs they know are not going to be eligible for postseason play next year. We could have some open spots.
This year’s tournament might be crazy, although with the late date, it’s more likely that next year’s will be crazy.
