Report: LSU had hearing with NCAA over FBI probe
LSU reportedly had its hearing in front of the NCAA’s Independent Resolution Panel regarding the 2017 FBI investigation into college basketball in February, according to a report from Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde.
The Tigers will now await a ruling from the Independent Accountability Review Process, which (based on the timeline from previous cases) could come as soon as late spring or early summer. Per Forde, Kansas also recently went before the IRP for its hearing on the matter.
LSU is charged with eight Level I violations — the most severe violation the NCAA can hand down — with six of them regarding the basketball program and one regarding the football program. The eighth violation was for lack of institutional control and was levied against both programs
LSU fired men’s basketball coach Will Wade, now the head coach at McNeese, for his role in the scandal last spring after he was charged with five Level I violations and a Level II violation.
Both LSU and Kansas could face potential postseason bans based on the allegations, but that is a punishment the IRP chose not to hand down when it made previous rulings based on the FBI investigation in the cases against NC State, Memphis, Louisville and Arizona.
Regardless of how severe the penalties are, LSU should know what it will be facing before the beginning of the next athletic year. The Tigers will hope to be able to put this scandal behind them as coach Matt McMahon works to rebuild the program.
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