May 30, 2003

U. of Michigan Is Further Penalized by NCAA

The University of Michigan's trials will soon be over.

For affirmative action, that is. Sports are going to take a little bit longer.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association banned Michigan's men's basketball team from postseason competition next year and stripped it of a scholarship a year for four years after determining that players had accepted money from a fan.

Michigan officials objected to the ban on postseason play. The team already sat out postseason games

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