Friday, March 1, 2013

St. Mary's Basketball Gets Stiff NCAA Penalties

Well, the NCAA certainly had a lot to say over the recruiting charges against St. Mary's College (CA).

The school was in trouble for a number of problems, including: A former assistant coach knowingly committed violations in recruiting 3 international students. And when warned about it, the school did nothing. The head coach knew this assistant, who apparently had ties to an agent, arranged for at least one of the kids to be flown and housed in the U.S. (Can't do that).

The list and explanation of what happened is lengthy. The punishment, that's lengthier.

Among the penalties: 4 Years of probation, a 5-game suspension for the head coach next season, no off-campus recruiting next season, 2 scholarships lost and a bunch of restrictions on tournament play.

Read the entire list from the NCAA their ownselves RIGHT HERE

So Randy Bennett, what'cha gonna do next? Bennett has been the Gaels Head Coach for the past 11-years and is by far the winningest coach in their history. They are coming off a 27-win season last year.

And now this.

Good luck.

Here's one of those games Bennett wishes he could have monitored, his loss to Gonzaga earlier this season...
((HT: GUAthletics))

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