The NCAA announced that the Syracuse basketball program is facing punishment following a multiyear investigation, with head coach Jim Boeheim getting suspended for nine ACC games next year and the school will also vacate over 100 wins and will lose 12 scholarships.
Syracuse will not participate in the postseason this year and the school has a penalty of probation for five years for not having "control" of the athletic program. The infractions include issues with academics and impermissible services and part of the penalty will vacate 108 wins stretching back to the 2004 season. The football program is also part of the report and they will vacate wins as well.
The school previously announced that they will not participate in the ACC tournament or NCAA tournament this year. Syracuse will be eligible for the postseason next year and Boeheim will be suspended for nine ACC conference games. ESPN reports that Boeheim will appeal the suspension and that the 108 vacated wins are the most ever taken away from a program. The team also now will have to deal with penalties and restrictions related to scholarships and recruiting.
"Over the course of a decade, Syracuse University did not control and monitor its athletics programs," the NCAA said in a statement, "and its head men's basketball coach failed to monitor his program."
"Initially, I would like to express relief that the NCAA's unparalleled 8-year investigation of the University and the Men's Basketball Program is finally over," Boeheim said in a statement. "As I expressed at the Committee on Infractions Hearing, I acknowledge that violations occurred within the Men's Basketball Program, and as the Head Coach of the Program, I take those violations very seriously.
