Institution: University of Georgia

Date: August 05, 2004

Violation Summary: Violations of NCAA legislation governing recruiting inducements, extra benefits, student-athlete competition while ineligible, academic fraud and tow additional instances of unethical conduct committed by a former assistant men's basketball coach.

Penalty Summary: In addition to penalties that were self-imposed by the university the committee imposed the following penalties: public reprimand and censure; four-years of probation beginning April 17, 2004, and expiring on April 16, 2008; reduction in grants-in-aid by one during the 2005-06, 2006-07 and 2007-08 academic years; vacation of all wins (as well as team and individual records) of the six student-athletes who participated in men's basketball contests while ineligible during the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons, further the university's records regarding men's basketball as well as the record of the former head coach should be reconfigured to reflect the vacated records and so recorded in all publications; the former assistant men's basketball coach was given a seven-year show cause penalty (beginning April 17, 2004, through April 16, 2011); the infractions report will be forwarded to the appropriate regional academic accrediting agency; annual compliance reporting.

Involved Sports:
Men's Basketball

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