Arizona hoops facing 9 allegations
Arizona was served with nine allegations of misconduct, including five Level I allegations, the most serious under NCAA rules, following a multiyear investigation of its men’s basketball program, ESPN reported Sunday.
The Athletic, which first reported the number of allegations, also reported that Arizona was charged with lack of institutional control and failure to monitor, and Wildcats coach Sean Miller was charged with lack of head coach control.
The NCAA reportedly requested that the infractions case be referred to the Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP), which was formed to handle complex cases.
On Friday, Arizona officials acknowledged receiving a notice of allegations from the NCAA, but declined to release it or provide details.
A special meeting of the Arizona board of regents is scheduled for Monday.
Wildcats women’s swimming and diving coach Augie Busch also was charged with a head coach control violation.
Arizona is the eighth university to publicly acknowledge receiving an NCAA notice of allegations related to information obtained from a federal investigation into bribes and other misconduct in college basketball, joining Kansas, Louisville, NC State, Oklahoma State, South Carolina, TCU and USC.
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