Recruiting breeches land Fordham on probation

Apr 24, 2025, 09:46 PM ET NEW YORK– Fordham men’s basketball must vacate wins throughout two seasons and former coach Keith Urgo was struck with a two-year show-cause charge under NCAA sanctions for hiring violations.The Rams were put on three years of probation and need to abandon 41 wins over the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons for impermissible benefits throughout hiring check outs. The program likewise was fined $35,000, plus 2%of the guys’s basketball budget.Editor’s Picks 1 Related Previous director of basketball operations Trevonn Morton was hit with a three-year show-cause charge

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NCAA detectives, and former athletic director Edward Kull was hit with a 1 year show-cause penalty.Fordham stated in a statement it worked together with the NCAA Committee on Infractions and self-imposed sanctions prior to conclusion of the investigation.The incorrect benefits consisted of a photo shoot at Times Square, jet ski leasings and tickets to New York Knicks, Brooklyn Nets and New York Giants games.Urgo was fired on March

20 following the Rams’2nd straight losing season and a last-place surface in the Atlantic 10.