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UConn Men’s Basketball Announces Self-Imposed Sanctions

UConn men’s basketball announced a handful of self-imposed penalties after receiving a Notice of Allegations from the NCAA which occurred under former head coach Kevin Ollie.

From the school’s press release, the sanctions are:

  • Limiting the number of permissible grants-in-aid to 12 for the 2019-20 academic year (reduction of one);
  • Imposing a one-week ban on unofficial visits during the 2018-2019 academic year;
  • Imposing a one-week ban on recruiting communications during the 2018-2019 academic year;
  • Reducing by one the number of allowable official visits during the 2018-19 academic year;
  • Reducing by four the number of allowable recruiting person days (RPD) during the 2018-19 academic year (maximum of 126 RPD to be allowed);
  • Proposing the payment of a $5,000 fine;
  • Prohibiting student-managers from attending pick-up basketball games involving men’s basketball student-athletes during the non-championship season (8-hour weeks) during the 2018-19 academic year; and
  • Providing violation-specific rules education.