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NC State basketball receives probation and scholarship penalties for NCAA violations, but avoids postseason ban

Hark! The herald angels sing, there shall be no postseason ban for NC State men’s basketball stemming from NCAA violations related to the recruitment of Dennis Smith Jr. The Independent Accountability Resolution Process finally processed its resolution this afternoon, and the Wolfpack avoided the worst possible sanctions.

You can read the entire ruling as it was ruled through the process of independent processing at this link.

Former head coach Mark Gottfried and former assistant Orlando Early received show-cause penalties for their respective roles in the violations, while the school was put on a year’s probation and fined $5,000.