The University of Hawaii will vacate a grand total of 36 wins, cut scholarships and practice time and pay a $10,000 fine due to violations of NCAA rules by the school’s men’s basketball team. UH will also place itself on a year’s probation, per the Honolulu Star Advertiser.
The NCAA determined that the university committed a Level III violation due to “impermissible benefits” given to recruits, and UH further elaborated on the charges.
“For the most part these violations involve either intentional or careless failure to follow well-known bylaws that members of the men’s basketball coaching staff understood but failed to obey. The coaches compounded the adverse impact of these poor decisions when they (1) failed to report to the university’s compliance department their own or other violations in the program; (2) instructed or encouraged staff members and student-athletes to conceal or not report the violations or; (3) provided false or misleading information during the investigation rather than admit the violation occurred.”
This could very well be former coach Gib Arnold’s fault, and he was fired in October once news of the violations surfaced. UH still needs to appear in front of the NCAA Committee on Infractions, so perhaps further information will be provided then.
The Warriors went 22-13 (8-8 Big West) last season under interim coach Benjy Taylor and ranked 48th in the nation in scoring. Former Hawaii and St. Mary’s assistant Eran Ganot was hired as the new head coach last month and will be tasked with bringing the Rainbow Warriors to their first NCAA Tournament since 2002.
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