The NCAA announced Tuesday that it has denied the University of Louisville’s appeal and that the initial penalties leveled against U of L last November will be enforced.
This means, among other things, that Louisville will officially be forced to vacate its 2013 national championship. That makes U of L the first men’s basketball program to ever have a title taken away.
Louisville must vacate men’s basketball records in which student-athletes competed while ineligible during the 2011-12 through 2014-15 academic years according to a decision issued by the NCAA Division I Infractions Appeals Committee. The appeals committee also upheld the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions penalty that requires the university to return to the NCAA money received through conference revenue sharing for its appearances in the 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championships.