Louisville men’s basketball will avoid major sanctions after an NCAA probe into the program stemming from a 2017 FBI investigation into corruption in college basketball, sources tell Sports Illustrated‘s Pat Forde. They confirm a report by CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander outlining a fairly minor set of sanctions for the Cardinals program.
Louisville avoids a postseason ban, and former coaches Rick Pitino—now at Iona—and Chris Mack both avoid NCAA penalties. The program will pay a $5,000 fine and take a minor reduction in available recruiting days, as well as two years of probation.