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NCAA's Louisville dilemma: Punish former coach Rick Pitino or current players?

The University of Louisville released its notice of allegations from the NCAA on Monday from violations alleged to occur toward the end of Rick Pitino’s tenure as head men’s basketball coach. The school faces one Level I violation and three Level II violations, including one directed at Pitino.

Let’s skip all the NCAA jargon and get to what really matters. Three seasons after the public revelation of the Department of Justice’s federal investigation, everyone is ready to know one thing: What’s going to happen?

The actual empirical consequences to Louisville’s case won’t be known for about another year.