March 12, 1999

NCAA's Appeals Panel Shows Its Independence

By WELCH SUGGS

The committee has eased some penalties and expanded universities' due-process rights

March has come again, and with it the nerve-racking intensity of close games and last-second shots that has made the National Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball tournament one of the biggest spectacles in American sports.

While most basketball teams are dreaming of a spot in the Final Four, the University

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