The NCAA announced in the early morning hours of October 4th, 2015 that they would be vacating the University of Kentucky men's basketball National Championship of 2012. In it's press release, NCAA President Mark Emmert was quoted, "When you look at the cheating that has happened in college basketball, its clear that it was time to vacate Kentucky's title. While we don't have any evidence that John Calipari was involved in the academics scandal at UNC and SMU or the sex scandal at Louisville, he is the Kentucky coach, therefore we've elected to vacate the Kentucky title."
Head Coaches at UNC, SMU, and Louisville were pleased to not have any NCAA sanctions brought against them and their programs. Roy Williams, UNC head coach, said, "It's not our responsibility to educate players, so I think it points a clear finger at Kentucky when their team has a 3.5 grad point average." Larry Brown, SMU head coach added, "At our school, we make sure someone attends classes instead of the student, I love John, but making sure the players attend classes is really not in the best interests of college basketball." Louisville Cardinal Coach Rick Pitino was adamant, "I don't condone cheating of any kind." While Indiana men's basketball Coach, Tom Crean, was very vocal in support of the decision, "I think it was the right decision. If you're not going to play a home and home series with a fading long time rival that does nothing to benefit your own program, then you should have your title vacated."
When asked for a response, UK Athletic Director, Mitch Barnhardt, and head coach John Calipari, released a joint statement.
"The NCAA's actions were not unexpected , they've been looking for a reason to take action since Coach Calipari was hired and when we failed to go undefeated last year - we knew that the 2012 title was in jeopardy. We figured they would go after the 40-0 title, but sadly we fell one game short. We'll join the NBA on a temporary basis until the NCAA's suspension is over and then get back to kicking everyone's ass like we've been doing."
Head Coaches at UNC, SMU, and Louisville were pleased to not have any NCAA sanctions brought against them and their programs. Roy Williams, UNC head coach, said, "It's not our responsibility to educate players, so I think it points a clear finger at Kentucky when their team has a 3.5 grad point average." Larry Brown, SMU head coach added, "At our school, we make sure someone attends classes instead of the student, I love John, but making sure the players attend classes is really not in the best interests of college basketball." Louisville Cardinal Coach Rick Pitino was adamant, "I don't condone cheating of any kind." While Indiana men's basketball Coach, Tom Crean, was very vocal in support of the decision, "I think it was the right decision. If you're not going to play a home and home series with a fading long time rival that does nothing to benefit your own program, then you should have your title vacated."
When asked for a response, UK Athletic Director, Mitch Barnhardt, and head coach John Calipari, released a joint statement.
"The NCAA's actions were not unexpected , they've been looking for a reason to take action since Coach Calipari was hired and when we failed to go undefeated last year - we knew that the 2012 title was in jeopardy. We figured they would go after the 40-0 title, but sadly we fell one game short. We'll join the NBA on a temporary basis until the NCAA's suspension is over and then get back to kicking everyone's ass like we've been doing."
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