The UConn men's basketball program will not get hit with a postseason ban.
According to multiple sources close to the situation, the NCAA Division I committee on infractions will not deliver the crushing blow of a postseason ban when it renders its decision Tuesday afternoon after a near-two year NCAA investigation.
However, UConn coach Jim Calhoun has been found to have “failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance,” according to one source.
In UConn’s response to the NCAA’s Notice of Allegations, the university did not feel evidence supported the fact that Calhoun failed to promote an atmosphere for compliance.
The nearly two-year investigation has centered on recruiting violations stemming from the relationship between former UConn manager-turned-agent Josh Nochimson and Nate Miles, who attended but never played for the Huskies.
The investigation was triggered by a Yahoo! Sports report in March 2009.
UConn had already self-imposed several penalties, including a reduction in scholarships, probation and a reduction of coaches allowed to contact recruits. Two assistants, Beau Archibald and Pat Sellars, who were found to be involved in the investigation, also left the program.
Archibald, who is expected to receive a show-cause penalty, was found to have made hundreds of phone calls to Nochimson.
According to multiple sources close to the situation, the NCAA Division I committee on infractions will not deliver the crushing blow of a postseason ban when it renders its decision Tuesday afternoon after a near-two year NCAA investigation.
However, UConn coach Jim Calhoun has been found to have “failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance,” according to one source.
In UConn’s response to the NCAA’s Notice of Allegations, the university did not feel evidence supported the fact that Calhoun failed to promote an atmosphere for compliance.
The nearly two-year investigation has centered on recruiting violations stemming from the relationship between former UConn manager-turned-agent Josh Nochimson and Nate Miles, who attended but never played for the Huskies.
The investigation was triggered by a Yahoo! Sports report in March 2009.
UConn had already self-imposed several penalties, including a reduction in scholarships, probation and a reduction of coaches allowed to contact recruits. Two assistants, Beau Archibald and Pat Sellars, who were found to be involved in the investigation, also left the program.
Archibald, who is expected to receive a show-cause penalty, was found to have made hundreds of phone calls to Nochimson.
