NCAA Hearing in Indianapolis is Brief

The NCAA Committee of Infractions conducted a rather short hearing Saturday on allegations of major rules violations by the University of Memphis men's basketball program. The program was led by Kentucky head coach John Calipari during the alleged infractions.

Unexpectedly, the meeting yesterday lasted only three hours and fifty minutes, surprising since the entire day had been blocked off for the hearing.

Memphis legal counsel Sheri Lipman distributed a statement from school president Shirley Raines that struck an optimistic tone.

“. . . We believe we were able to fully answer the Committee’s questions and present the actions that we have already taken based up our internal investigation,” Raines said. “. . . We are hopeful that we will receive a favorable decision.”

NCAA spokesperson Stacey Osburn, who did not sit in the hearing room, noted that it is not unprecedented for a hearing to end so much quicker than expected.A judgment from the NCAA’s judicial body, its Committee on Infractions, generally comes within six to eight weeks of a hearing. A decision sooner than that was within the realm of possibility, Osburn said.

John Calipari joined the meeting via conference call as he is currently on a week-long tour of China.

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