Penny Hardaway suspended 3 games for recruiting violations

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From ESPN.com:

Penny Hardaway suspended 3 games over recruiting violations

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Staff Writer
Jun 21, 2023, 12:38 PM ET

Memphis coach Penny Hardaway has been suspended three games by the NCAA for recruiting violations and violating head-coach responsibility rules.

An infractions panel announced Wednesday that the violations are tied to two in-home visits in 2021 with a recruit from the high school class of 2023 who was referred to by the NCAA as a "highly rated men's basketball prospect."

In September of the recruit's junior year of high school, a Memphis assistant coach conducted an in-home visit with the prospect. Two weeks later, Hardaway also held an in-home visit with the recruit. According to NCAA rules, coaches can only have in-person contact with high school juniors at the prospect's school.

The NCAA penalized Hardaway because of his involvement in the violation as well as his failure to monitor his assistant coach's violation and failure to notify the school's compliance department before the visit.

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[Roach]

Let year, they opened with home games against something called Christian Brothers University and Lane College and then a game at Vanderbilt (Memphis went 3-0). This penalty will let him relax during 3 similarly laughable cupcake games. This penalty does nothing -- what a surprise, huh?