Provo • The NCAA’s Division I Committee on Infractions (COI) came down hard on BYU’s men’s basketball program Friday in the wake of star guard Nick Emery’s acceptance of improper benefits over a two-year period from June 2015 to June 2017.
The program has been put on two years of probation, 47 wins during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons will be taken away, one of the 13 scholarships awarded annually will be taken away, future recruiting will be restricted, and BYU must pay a self-imposed $5,000 fine. The scholarship reduction was also self-imposed.
BYU said Friday it will appeal the portion of the ruling that calls for is to vacate the 47 victories that Emery played in during the two seasons in question.