SMU’s appeal to the NCAA regarding its sanctions in men’s basketball and men’s golf has been denied, the NCAA announced Thursday.
SMU appealed several sanctions from the NCAA’s Sept. 29, 2015 ruling: the 2015-16 postseason ban for men’s golf (for individual players), recruiting restrictions in men’s golf and men’s basketball, the reduction of scholarships in both sports and the vacation of men’s basketball wins in the 2013-14 season.
Basketball will lose seven scholarships over three years, from 2016-17 to 2018-19. The penalty was originally nine scholarships, but SMU got credit for the two it did not use in 2015-16.