NCAA Overturns Coaches' Penalties

The NCAA has reversed several decisions on rules violations against two former Ohio State University men's basketball coaches.

About a year ago, the NCAA's Division I Committee on Infractions placed Ohio State on probation for three years after finding that James J. O'Brien, the former head coach for men's basketball, and Paul Biancardi, then a Buckeyes assistant coach, had made an improper $6,000 payment to a recruit's mother.

As part of its penalty, Ohio State had to repay

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