“The committee noted that the employment status of the former assistant coach alone was not enough to conclude that the school had blatantly disregarded NCAA rules.”Īlthough this is good news for the Georgia Tech men’s basketball program, LaBarrie did not get his own penalty overturned. “After its review, the appeals committee determined that the aggravating factor used to determine the classification of the case, which impacts the penalties prescribed, was based on the conduct of the former assistant coach and that there were no demonstrable ties to action or a lack thereof by the university,” the NCAA added in its statement. Upon taking another look at the argument present by Georgia Tech, the NCAA ultimately agreed that LaBarrie’s status as an employee of Georgia Tech was not enough to implicate the entire program or university, “To support this argument, the university argued that the panel failed to consider that the former assistant coach acted alone and concealed his impermissible activities and that this case did not involve charges implicating the university or its head basketball coach such as institutional control, failure to monitor or head coach responsibility.” “In its appeal, the university argued that an aggravating factor, regarding the intentional, willful or blatant disregard for the NCAA rules, should not have been applied to the university,” the NCAA said in its statement. In a statement released by the NCAA, it states that the school’s argument in the appeal was based on the idea that LaBarrie hid his actions from Pastner and the university. Now, those penalties have officially overturned after the school appealed them with the NCAA. On Friday, the NCAA announced that its appeals committee overturned the discipline handed down to the men’s basketball program.Īfter originally being found responsible for the misdeeds of former assistant coach Darryl LaBarrie and and ex-friend of head coach Josh Pastner, Ron Bell, the NCAA hit the Yellow Jackets men’s basketball team with a four-year scholarship reduction and a prohibition of scheduling official visits at home games for two years.

The Georgia Tech basketball program has been cleared of all penalties stemming from violations committed by a booster and former assistant coach.

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