The postseason ban is as consequential as banning me from the summit of Mount Everest (fine with me, I detest those long lines).
https://thespun.com/more/top-stories...caa-tournament
The sanctions include: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.”
- 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.
Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?
The postseason ban is as consequential as banning me from the summit of Mount Everest (fine with me, I detest those long lines).
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
One of the details from this action relates to Duke in a roundabout way.
NBA player Jarrett Jack took Wendell Carter, Jr. to a strip club and paid for the young man's entry.
This, of course, has nothing to do with Duke and how it behaves during official visits, but please be warned there are going to be some hot takes on the internet.
"Buyer's remorse" for letting the cheats skate for 23 years (or more) of academic fraud.
Feckless. (What is that now, maybe 6 threads with "feckless" in them? )
[redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.
Wow. The ACC...
“Coach said no 3s.” - Zion on The Block
Cleveland St is moving up in the world. They now have Kansas and GTech as roommates. The Cheats are really laughing their butts off.
Snarky takes from Twitter on this announcement:
"The NIT must be devastated."
"Tough news for the Tuesday ACC Tournament crowd."
"In other news, Dolphins banned from 2020 Super Bowl."
"GT banned themselves from posteason play when they hired Josh Pastner."
"How does one cheat and still suck so bad?"
"There can BE only one."
This guy does an ACC season preview every year. His take is usually quite idiosyncratic (or nuts), but he's pretty thorough, and I like that he doesn't follow the consensus. He projected Georgia Tech 7th and making the NCAAs. Before all this, of course. They will probably be a pretty good defensive team.
https://howtheyplay.com/team-sports/...etball-Preview
T-Rank projects them to finish 10-10 in ACC play, but in the odd way he does it only favors them in 7 (but a lot of nailbiters):
http://www.barttorvik.com/team.php?team=Georgia+Tech
Paging Fats Thomas. Paging Fats Thomas. White courtesy phone please....invited outside individuals into their program,” the committee said. “They permitted these outside individuals to interact with their student-athletes...
Georgia Tech is apparently the new Cleveland State
I have friends who grew up in metro-Atlanta, went to Tech, and still live there. They are convinced that they are a major national program, and that people in Peoria and Boise tune in to watch their games because of their appeal. I try to not sound like a Duke snob while laughing at them. This is the first time in ages that they are actually making national headlines, and it is for the completely wrong reasons. And meanwhile, UGA has built a national powerhouse in football (though they can't get across the goal line to get the title, which would really kill the Tech fans).