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BASKETBALL SFA forfeits 289 wins in four sports and championships over academic violations

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I posted this information in another thread, but this deserves its own thread. This could have been posted as a basketball, football, baseball, or softball thread.

Stephen F. Austin suffered postseason bans in football, men's basketball, and baseball due to low APR scores this week. That's not even the worst news there this week.

If my math is correct, SFA will forfeit every men's basketball victory, three conference titles, and their win in the 2016 NCAA Tourney from the 2014-15 season to the 2018-19 season (five seasons in total). It's like those five seasons never happened.

https://www.itemonline.com/sports/s...cle_8bda442c-9ae8-11ea-9b2c-ebb9fd76fc5a.html

Stephen F. Austin received postseason bans for having low scores on the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate and agreed Wednesday to several sanctions including probation, scholarship reductions and the forfeiture of wins for the improper certification of 82 student-athletes.

Along with the bans for the low APR scores, the school agreed with the NCAA to several sanctions because of the improper certification of 82 student-athletes for competition from 2013 to 2019, meaning they competed while ineligible, a Level 1 violation. The school also acknowledged that it failed to exercise institution control when it did not detect or remedy the errors in a timely manner.

Stephen F. Austin also agreed to return 50% of its financial share earned from participating in the 2016 NCAA Tournament and forfeited 289 victories in four sports where ineligible student-athletes participated. That includes 117 victories by the men's basketball team from 2014-2019, 112 wins in baseball from 2015-2019, 29 wins in football from 2013-19 and 31 softball victories in 2018.

If my math is correct, SFA will forfeit every men's basketball victory, three conference titles, and their win in the 2016 NCAA Tourney from the 2014-15 season to the 2018-19 season (five seasons in total). It's like those five seasons never happened.
 
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