CBS: Saint Mary's hit hard by NCAA

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per CBS:

Amid a debatable at-large campaign for the 2013 NCAA tournament, the Saint Mary's Gaels just got a different dose of attention from the NCAA. The wrong kind. The long-awaited news on punishment to the program and its head coach, Randy Bennett, came down Friday morning.

The good news: Bennett received no show-cause and the program has no postseason ban. This ruling/punishment has zero effect on the 2012-13 season.

The bad news: Bennett will have to sit five games next season; is on four-year probation; loses scholarships for 2014-15 and 2015-16; will have recruiting handcuffs; and a former assistant -- the primary violator in the case -- has been slammed with a two-year show-cause.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...hit-hard-by-ncaa-coach-gets-5-game-suspension

Go Gophers!!
 


Curious to know what people think about cheating and winning. For instance, was Gangelhoff-gate worth a Final Four appearance? That was a hell of a season but brought a few years of awfulness. Does the cheating minimize the accomplishments for anyone? I've heard plenty of "it might not have 'officially' happened, but I saw it with my own eyes and it was amazing."

Has St. Mary's meteoric rise been worth the scandal? I bet you'd find plenty of people who say yes.

Does it matter if you're aware of the cheating now or does time minimize the burden of it? In other words, would you knowingly let a Gangelhoff situation happen again if it meant a championship? Why is cheating more forgivable in the past than the present? I think it's a very interesting question.
 

We need to strive to be like UCLA. They were as pure as "Ivory Snow" during the Wooden championship years!!
 

zipsofakron said:
Curious to know what people think about cheating and winning. For instance, was Gangelhoff-gate worth a Final Four appearance? That was a hell of a season but brought a few years of awfulness. Does the cheating minimize the accomplishments for anyone? I've heard plenty of "it might not have 'officially' happened, but I saw it with my own eyes and it was amazing."

Has St. Mary's meteoric rise been worth the scandal? I bet you'd find plenty of people who say yes.

Does it matter if you're aware of the cheating now or does time minimize the burden of it? In other words, would you knowingly let a Gangelhoff situation happen again if it meant a championship? Why is cheating more forgivable in the past than the present? I think it's a very interesting question.
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The regrettable part is that we could have had the same winning season without the cheating. They recruited the players on the up and up. It was just laziness and cynicism, on the part of both the players and the coaches.
 


I actually know a former assistant of Bennett's at St. Mary's and a couple other coaches in the conference. they all sent me the San Jose Mercury article yesterday morning. Supposedly this was more widely known about that assistant coach. Under the new NCAA rules, if the HC does not know what the Asst. is doing something not ethical then the HC gets dinged as well. If Bennett had more knowledge this would have been an easy show cause.
 

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