Ga Tech hit with NCAA post-season ban
https://thespun.com/more/top-stories...caa-tournament
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The Yellow Jackets have been hit with harsh sanctions due to NCAA violations that occurred during the Josh Pastner era.
Two Georgia Tech boosters allegedly provided impermissible benefits to the men’s basketball program, according to the NCAA.
“Both sets of violations occurred because men’s basketball coaching staff members invited outside individuals into their program,” the committee said. “They permitted these outside individuals to interact with their student-athletes, and those actions resulted in violations.”
The sanctions include:
- Four years of probation.
- A 2019-20 postseason ban for the men’s basketball team.
- A fine of $5,000 plus 2% of the men’s basketball program budget.
- A reduction of one men’s basketball scholarship during each year of probation.
A lot of this appears to be directly tied to Pastner. I really wonder how much longer he will be the coach at Tech. He was supposed to come in an recruit the heck out of Atlanta... but he has not signed a single top 150 in-state prospect.