The University of Hawai’i athletic department described itself as “cautiously optimistic” in a statement issued on Friday morning in regards to the NCAA reducing some of the penalties already levied against the UH basketball program.
Here is the official announcement from www.hawaiiathletics.com …
The University of Hawai’i is cautiously optimistic after the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruling today on UH’s appeal of the sanctions imposed on the UH men’s basketball program in 2015. The decision by the NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee stated that the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions must reconsider the penalties it imposed on the UH men’s basketball team including the postseason ban, scholarship reductions and fine.