Louisville made its formal response to the NCAA's notice of allegations, disputing whether its men's basketball program was guilty of violations laid out by the organization.
The Associated Press reported Louisville is contending it can't be held accountable for the actions of people implicated in the FBI's investigation into college basketball corruption because those guilty weren't officially acting on behalf of the school.
"This argument is as novel as it is wrong," Louisville wrote. "Even if an institution has some responsibility for the conduct of its suppliers, that responsibility plainly does not extend to acts of fraud perpetrated against the institution itself.