A year ago on Saturday, the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions dropped a hammer the size of the panhandle in announcing that Oklahoma State — one of the many programs implicated in the FBI scandal that uncovered nefarious doings in college hoops — had been banned from postseason play in 2020-21.
OSU immediately declared it would appeal the heavy-handed punishment, which by virtue of the appeals process means that — so long as the appeal is unanswered — OSU is eligible for postseason play. If the Committee on Infractions doesn’t respond until 2050, OSU will go about its business with the cloud of the ban looming over its program.