The results of an NCAA probe into the Louisville men’s basketball program regarding a 2017 FBI investigation into corruption in college basketball were released on Thursday, and Louisville avoided major sanctions from the NCAA’s Independent Accountability Review Process (IARP)’s decision.
The former Louisville coach Rick Pitino, who was fired in 2017 after the scandal broke out, spoke to media about the ruling on Thursday. The current Iona coach chose to use the time to also bring up Louisville’s vacated 2013 NCAA tournament title.
The team gave up its basketball title in 2018 after the NCAA denied its appeal. It was discovered that the program was “arranging striptease dances and sex acts for prospects, student-athletes and others” to entice players to attend the school, per NPR. The program also had to vacate its records from 2011 to ’15, which also included the team’s 2012 Final Four appearance. They lost 123 wins from those seasons.
