The NCAA committee is coming down hard on another college, this time it's the Oklahoma State men’s basketball program team.
The committee announced OSU will be placed on three years probation and banned the Cowboys from playing in any postseason tournaments next season.
According to ESPN, the penalties are the result of a Level I violation involving former associate head coach Lamont Evans. Evans was sentenced to three months in prison in June 2019 for accepting between $18,150-$22,000 in bribes to steer players from South Carolina and Oklahoma State to certain agents/financial advisors.
The NCAA also reduced the men’s basketball scholarships by three during the 2020-21 and 2022-23 academic years and other restrictions.
The school said it would file an immediate appeal of the NCAA penalties.
According to ESPN, OSU is the first program to receive NCAA sanctions for rules violations related to the federal bribery and corruption criminal cases.
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