Comments on: Vacated NCAA Tourney appearances, by coach

By: dal

dal — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:42:30 +0000

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By: Pinkies Up!!! Infant Edition

Pinkies Up!!! Infant Edition — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:58:02 +0000

[...] Vacated NCAA Tourney Appearances, By Coach (John Clay’s Sidelines) [...]

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:55:34 +0000

Interesting list. Here is what I don’t get. The NCAA says the tournament appearance is vacated. And as I understand it, the school has to pay the money it was paid for getting to the NCAA tourney (and more money depending on how far the team went) back to the NCAA. And where did that money come from? TV most of it. But also tickets. So, how much money does the ticket holder get paid back? After all, they paid to watch a game that never happened. If the game is a nullity, what did they pay for? Nothing – a non-event. I bought a ticket at face value as a UK student to the 1993 Final Four in New Orleans. I drove down there and watched Michigan “beat” UK, but apparently that Michigan team never reached the final four and UK was not beaten, though it was not allowed to play in the finals. Not one penny was returned to me. I wonder if it is too late to sue for a refund.

By: AlphaMike

AlphaMike — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:49:58 +0000

Oops, make that 8 – missed Norm Sloan the first time through. Any others???

By: AlphaMike

AlphaMike — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:47:22 +0000

By my count, there are no less than 7 names on this list who have won the Championship. And all 7 of them except Tark and Harrick would probably be considered “good guys” by most of the fans and media. Ask any fan what Calhoun, Valvano, Brown, Olson and Fisher have in common – how long do you think it would take them to say “vacated tournament appearances”? Not that I am justifying any of it, of course. But it is food for thought.

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 31 May 2009 22:45:40 +0000

That are some quality coaches on the list and many of them were never accused of being cheaters. I don’t include Tark the Shark in that category. I still remember him being at one of Joe B’s coaching clinics and lambasting the NCAA at the social afterwards.
Several of those were vacated because athletes had signed with an agent. It seems rather unfair to the school and the other 10+ players on the team to be penalized for the mistake of one. NO advantage was gained by the player signing with an agent.