After releasing a brief statement in the morning regarding the NCAA's decision to move his nine-game suspension up to "immediately," Syracuse Orange head coach Jim Boeheim has released a longer one through Syracuse University's PR channels.
"Today, the NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee rightfully determined that the NCAA Committee on Infractions abused its discretion in imposing a nine conference-game suspension based upon my alleged violation of the Head Coach Responsibility Bylaw.
"The NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee agreed that the NCAA Committee on Infractions ignored the fact that I had no involvement in any of the underlying violations in this case, and that I did not acquiesce in any of those underlying violations, in imposing its unprecedented suspension.