Syracuse, N.Y. — It was back in March, following eight years of digging, that the NCAA put down its shovels and announced in its 94-page indictment that those who ran the Orange were scoundrels or screw-ups … or both.
"Over the course of a decade," that Indianapolis-based body announced, "Syracuse University did not control and monitor its athletics program, and the head basketball coach failed to monitor his program."
With that, the NCAA levied its penalties that included a forfeiture of a dozen men's basketball scholarships over a four-year stretch, a financial hit of nearly $2.