Sources: NCAA investigating USF for academic fraud

[NAM37]

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/17113628/ncaa-investigating-south-florida-men-basketball-team-possible-academic-fraud-issues

 

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The South Florida men's basketball program is under NCAA investigation for possible academic fraud issues, multiple sources told ESPN.

Assistant coach Oliver Antigua, the brother of head coach Orlando Antigua, has not been allowed to go out on the road recruiting this month, multiple sources told ESPN.

Orlando Antigua took over in 2014 after spending the previous six seasons under John Calipari - one at Memphis and five at Kentucky.

Antigua's brother, Oliver, was previously an assistant for one season at Seton Hall prior to being hired on the USF staff in 2014. He spent more than a decade as the head coach at St. Raymond High in the Bronx.

Antigua, 43, is 16-47 in his two seasons at the helm at South Florida. The Bulls were 7-24 last season.

Great timing....

Edited July 20, 2016 by NAM37

[tau.reanb]

As long as it's not our football team, I don't even care about the academic fraud. I'm more annoyed that Antigua might be cheating, but can't even win on the court 

[BullsFanInTX]

If this costs USF a shot at Big 12, then the head coach should be canned immediately.

This could not come at a worse time.

Goodbye, Big 12 aspirations.

Edited July 20, 2016 by BullsFanInTX

[Azmodi]

Let the mud slinging begin by all our loveable Trolls.

USF up for award or new conference...... Then comes the reports of wrong doing. Even if not true, they are used to degrade or belittle the school and any possible opportunities available to it.

[Bear]

Before we all start going after Orlando Antigua...

 

Let's remember that this is merely an investigation... nothing found (yet)

Edited July 20, 2016 by Bear

[NessUSF]

I wonder if this has anything to do with the canning of Roddy Peters and Chris Perry... Maybe we already handled the issue, but the news is just coming out... 

[flsportsfan83]

COA has been nothing but a disaster. I hope this stems from something before he got here, if not fire him already.

[flsportsfan83]

First major hire for Harlan was a dumpster fire.

[Paisa el Toro]

4 minutes ago, NessUSF said:

I wonder if this has anything to do with the canning of Roddy Peters and Chris Perry... Maybe we already handled the issue, but the news is just coming out... 

 

2 minutes ago, flsportsfan83 said:

COA has been nothing but a disaster. I hope this stems from something before he got here, if not fire him already.

 

1 minute ago, flsportsfan83 said:

First major hire for Harlan was a dumpster fire.

Way too early to declare a dumpster fire. This certainly doesn't help COA's cause though.

[El_Toro_86]

The timing of this is very interesting.  Four letter network trying to keep us out of the club.