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So, what’s going to happen to Oklahoma basketball?
The university admitted Thursday that it committed two major rules violations in its men’s basketball program but asked the NCAA for leniency despite its second serious infractions case in the last five years.
The violations have to do with former Sooners center Keith “Tiny” Gallon receiving a loan from a financial advisor in Florida and assistant coach Oronde Taliaferro’s knowledge of the deal.
Taliaferro, who resigned in April 2010, initially lied about knowing about the deal (head coach Jeff Capel was cleared of any wrong doing in the scandal).
You may recall that the Sooners were on probation thanks to the hundreds of improper recruiting phone calls made by former coach Kelvin Sampson.
Under NCAA bylaws, that makes OU a repeat violator. That means it can face having the sport dropped for one or two seasons with no scholarships provided for two seasons.
According to the Associated Press, the university conceded it qualifies as a repeat violator, but said previous cases show those penalties “are not appropriate in this case,” according to the Associated Press.
“This is an isolated incident involving a single member of the coaching staff, who clearly knew his lack of action to prevent or report the violation was not acceptable,” the university said, according to the AP.
Oklahoma asked the NCAA to place the program on two more years of probation, vacate its wins from a 13-18 season in 2009-10, and take away one scholarship, two official visits and 10 in-person recruiting days during the upcoming academic year.
I wonder if Lon Kruger knew what he was getting into when he took the Sooners job. OU is already a program on the slide and this will only hasten its descent into the bottom of the Big 12.
What do you think is the appropriate punishment for Oklahoma?
| Pete Grathoff, pgrathoff@kcstar.com
So, what’s going to happen to Oklahoma basketball?
The university admitted Thursday that it committed two major rules violations in its men’s basketball program but asked the NCAA for leniency despite its second serious infractions case in the last five years.
The violations have to do with former Sooners center Keith “Tiny” Gallon receiving a loan from a financial advisor in Florida and assistant coach Oronde Taliaferro’s knowledge of the deal.
Taliaferro, who resigned in April 2010, initially lied about knowing about the deal (head coach Jeff Capel was cleared of any wrong doing in the scandal).
You may recall that the Sooners were on probation thanks to the hundreds of improper recruiting phone calls made by former coach Kelvin Sampson.
Under NCAA bylaws, that makes OU a repeat violator. That means it can face having the sport dropped for one or two seasons with no scholarships provided for two seasons.
According to the Associated Press, the university conceded it qualifies as a repeat violator, but said previous cases show those penalties “are not appropriate in this case,” according to the Associated Press.
“This is an isolated incident involving a single member of the coaching staff, who clearly knew his lack of action to prevent or report the violation was not acceptable,” the university said, according to the AP.
Oklahoma asked the NCAA to place the program on two more years of probation, vacate its wins from a 13-18 season in 2009-10, and take away one scholarship, two official visits and 10 in-person recruiting days during the upcoming academic year.
I wonder if Lon Kruger knew what he was getting into when he took the Sooners job. OU is already a program on the slide and this will only hasten its descent into the bottom of the Big 12.
What do you think is the appropriate punishment for Oklahoma?
| Pete Grathoff, pgrathoff@kcstar.com
