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What's On
I'll give you one guess.
The Trib: Missouri admits to NCAA basketball violations
Post-Dispatch: With postseason ban, Tigers will end season early
.@Dave_Matter reports that the unnamed booster who provided benefits is Christopher Tuley: https://t.co/0hQTGkTsUQ pic.twitter.com/Dw3QMY25xL
— Alec Lewis (@alec_lewis) January 14, 2016
PowerMizzou: Do NCAA sanctions change Anderson's future?
Deadspin: Mizzou Basketball Agrees To Pretend 2013-14 Season Didn't Happen
About 15 hours after this news came down, I'm left confused over basically one issue: Who was told about this and when? Kim Anderson wasn't told about this investigation during the interview process despite the fact that Mizzou had been given a "verbal notice of inquiry" before Haith left. Hell, Haith himself said he didn't know about the investigation until months later. Meanwhile, when Mack Rhoades interviewed for the athletic director position a year later, he was told. I have no idea what a verbal notice of inquiry is, but that's really confusing.
Mary Ann Austin, MU compliance director, said the reason MU didn't inform Kim Anderson of the NCAA investigation before he was hired was ...
— Joe Walljasper (@JoeWalljasper) January 14, 2016
"The NCAA had not provided the institution authority to share any information at the time of the Head Men’s Basketball search."
— Joe Walljasper (@JoeWalljasper) January 14, 2016
That doesn't make it less confusing. You're told you're being investigated, but you can't tell coaches or prospective coaches yet? Either someone is being misleading, or the NCAA's processes are even stranger/dumber than we thought.
Or both, I guess. It could always be both.
The more I think about these violations, by the way, the more I think Mizzou's set of self-imposed punishments is pretty appropriate. We'll see if the NCAA's dartboard of random enforcement agrees.
But hey, at least the 2013-14 wins were vacated and not the 2011-12 wins. Though, now that I think about it, Mizzou should have included "vacate the 2012 NCAA Tournament appearance" among the self-imposed punishments...
The recruiting dead period is over. Time for the home stretch.
PowerMizzou: Three keys to closing strong
The Trib (Behind the Stripes): Missouri Unofficial Scholarship Breakdown: 2016 edition
So apparently landing a JUCO lineman is a fresh priority after the break...
Juco offensive tackle: https://t.co/yLC0WbYqqM https://t.co/0rSorajssi
— Gabe DeArmond (@GabeDeArmond) January 14, 2016
Started the recruiting process with Missouri tonight and look to proceed with it next week. #SEC pic.twitter.com/OBB6YND0Pt
— Paul Ramirez #72 (@theneptunes_) January 14, 2016
The next big test for the Fightin' Pingetons comes tonight
MUtigers.com: #24 @MizzouWBB Hosts #6 Mississippi State Thursday Evening
Baseball expectations: high
MUtigers.com: @MizzouBaseball Ranked No. 15 in Preseason PerfectGame Rankings
A hell of a catcher
MUtigers.com: Mizzou Insider: Mack Continues Emergence For The Tigers
Still ain't played nobody
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