⏩ UConn, Ollie meet NCAA Committee on Infractions,

UConn and Kevin Ollie could know their respective fates soon regarding alleged infractions Ollie committed during his tenure as UConn’s head coach.

As first reported by Hearst Connecticut Media earlier in the week, the NCAA Committee on Infractions held a meeting with Ollie and UConn officials on Thursday in Indianapolis.

UConn has already selfimposed sanctions on the program, including docking one scholarship for next season, as a result of a notice of allegations UConn received last year. Ollie, who was fired on March 10, 2018 for “just cause,” is accused of, among other infractions, setting up illicit training sessions with one of his friends for UConn players in Atlanta, as well as facilitating phone calls and FaceTime sessions with former UConn stars Ray Allen and Rudy Gay and former high-level recruit Hamidou Diallo.

Perhaps worst of all, Ollie is also accused of lying to NCAA investigators.

While it’s uncertain when the Committee on Infractions will rule on the case, and there certainly could be appeals afterwards, Ollie could be facing a “show cause” penalty, which could severely restrict his ability to land a job with another program for a period of time.

The committee could also levy more punishment on UConn, which hired Dan Hurley as head coach nearly two weeks after Ollie’s dismissal, though the school feels pretty confident it has punished itself justly.

On Monday, Ollie filed a slander suit against Glen Miller, his former associate head coach. Miller told NCAA investigators that his wife, Yvonne, was told by former player Shonn Miller’s mother that Ollie had provided her with $30,000 to move to Connecticut and find a residence. Both Glen and Yvonne Miller are named in the suit, which was filed on behalf of Ollie and Stephanie Garrett, Shonn Miller’s mother.

“I think it’s a transparent attempt to intimidate a witness right before the NCAA hearing, and we’re going to defend it vigorously,” Drzislav Coric, Glen Miller’s attorney, told Hearst Connecticut Media on Tuesday of Ollie’s slander suit.