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Not satisfied with the self-imposed punishment that University of Arizona put forward, the NCAA has announced that it will levy further sanctions against the school’s men’s basketball program in light of several recruiting violations that occurred during Lute Olsen’s tenure as head coach.

The original sanctions, announced by the university in February, included the loss of a scholarship for the 2011-12 season, a reduction of recruitment visits from coaches and prospective players, and the dissolving of a booster group from which the infractions originally stemmed. The school also announced that it had revised the programs policies to ensure that a situation like this did not happen again.

The NCAA, though pleased that the school acknowledged the infractions, added the forfeiture of 19 wins during the 2007-08 season and cut a second scholarship for the 2013-14 season. The college sports governing body also reduced the number of recruiting days the school is allowed by 30 and enforced an additional cut in recruitment visits – six each for the next two years as opposed to the 11 in 2010 and eight in 2011 that Arizona had originally proposed.

“You take very seriously the sanctions the institution self-imposes, then you weigh that against the gravity of the case and you make a decision whether additional penalties should be imposed,” said Paul Dee, chair of the NCAA’s infractions committee. “We were pleased that they self-imposed what they did, but we went further.”

The university has said that it will not appeal the NCAA’s decision and is happy to be moving forward.

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By: Justin Black, Bettor.com, SJ Blog Partners/Contributing Authors

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