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Syverud on NCAA Report: Syracuse University Didn't Lose Institutional Control

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Syracuse University Kent Syverud disputed some of the findings in an NCAA report, including the allegation over a lack of institutional control in the school's athletic department.

The NCAA found that Jim Boeheim failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance.  The report indicated that Boeheim didn't do enough to monitor his staff and make sure his team followed NCAA rules.

"The University strongly disagrees that it failed to maintain institutional control over its athletics programs," Syverud said in a statement.  "Or that Men’s Basketball Head Coach Jim Boeheim has taken actions that justify a finding that he was responsible for the rules violations."

The NCAA suspended Boeheim for the first nine ACC games of the 2015-16 season, vacated wins in which any ineligible athletes played in and will remove three scholarships in each of next four seasons.

A release from the NCAA stated that Syracuse University self-reported ten violations which included academic misconduct, extra benefits and a failure to uphold school drug testing policies. 

In a statement, Syverud said that the university recognizes the seriousness of the violations, but disagrees with some of the judgments made by the Committee on Infractions.

"Syracuse University did not and does not agree with all the conclusions reached by the NCAA, including some of the findings and penalties included in today’s report," Syverud said. 

In February, Syracuse suspended its men's basketball team from all postseason play this season for violations that the university said date back to 2007.

Syverud said the university cooperated with the investigation and devoted "massive resource" to review an extensive number of documents and interviews.  

The chancellor, however, was very critical of the NCAA for the length of time it needed to complete the investigation.

Said Syverud, "We hope everyone will agree that eight years is too long for an investigation and that a more expeditious and less costly process would be beneficial to student-athletes, public confidence in the NCAA enforcement process, and major intercollegiate athletics in general."