The LSU football and basketball programs will receive three years of probation each, the NCAA’s Independent Accountability Resolution Process announced in its report on Thursday.
The probation period will include only minor penalties for the two programs. Both the football and basketball teams self-imposed penalties earlier in the investigative process, which included temporary unofficial visit bans, scholarship reductions and football postseason ineligibility during the 2020 season.
Among the self-imposed penalties was the vacating of all 37 wins from 2012-15 after it was ruled that former offensive lineman [autotag]Vadal Alexander[/autotag] competed while ineligible during his entire LSU career. Though this was previously self-imposed, it remained confidential prior to the release of the report.
The penalties were harsher for former men’s basketball coach [autotag]Will Wade[/autotag], who was fired in March 2022 for his role in the college basketball corruption scandal after he was caught in the middle of a probe from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Wade, who was hired this offseason by McNeese State, will face a two-year show-cause penalty. The show cause will impose fairly steep recruiting penalties, and Wade will be suspended for the first 10 games of the 2023-24 season.
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