Yikes! As many as 3 dozen Division I basketball programs could face NCAA penalties

[thughes]

Mark Schlabach, ESPN.COM columnist just tweeted out the following and it doesn't sound good;

Sources tell ESPN as many as 3 dozen Division I basketball programs could face NCAA penalties once evidence of FBI probe is public. "It's not the mid-major programs who were trying to buy players to get to the top. It's the teams that are already there."

If this is true could we see a major shake up of college basketball and recruiting? Can the NCAA ignore the violations from Duke and UNC is they are among the 36 schools? Will the NCAA have the guts to go after these schools?

I am not really nervous about KY because Cal has been watched so close that any little thing would have made front page news.

Sorry to post this so close to the game but it just came out.

[UK8STL11]

Will be really interesting to see what happens. 36 programs seems like an awful lot to me. Would be pretty shocked if it ends up being anywhere near that number.

But, sure seems like some big time schools should be pretty nervous right now.

[thughes]

This was also just talked about on the KY pre-game show on 630.

[BobS]

I'm nervous. Anyone can make accusations and rogue actors are everywhere. Guys like WWW make me uneasy.

[Jload]

Nothing will happen to Duke or UNC or Kansas even if guilty, just not gonna happen

[Joneslab]

I'm not sure anything is going to happen to any of these programs.

There are going to be a multitude of legal maneuvers for years regarding how they got this information. The whole investigation was hinky from the start.

These schools' lawyers are going to have a field day trapping this in court and putting it in procedural limbo for the next half-decade.

[40bill]

Three dozen schools face probation?
take the SEC, ACC, BIG EAST, BIG10, BIG 12 and Pac 12....
Take the top six teams from each conference and start voiding records???????
there will be no record of games and scores for years.

[surveyor]

From what I heard the "3 dozen" schools are primarily major programs.

[George]

Take one look at this year's Kentucky team and you'll know right away that we didn't pay anyone.

[surveyor]

Take one look at this year's Kentucky team and you'll know right away that we didn't pay anyone.

Or not enough.

[UK8STL11]

Take one look at this year's Kentucky team and you'll know right away that we didn't pay anyone.

Haha- well said. If they did, I would request an immediate refund!

[TrueblueCATfan]

I am sure Auburn is that list

[Lighthouse]

I am sure Auburn is that list

Please share how you know this for sure.

[KevinHall]

I am sure Auburn is that list

Link please.

The NCAA isn't going to kill the fatted calf. They may get a couple of the biggest offenders to make it look good. But they aren't going to gut the system.

[Matt Dillon]

Please share how you know this for sure.

I was wondering the same thing myself.