The NCAA has adopted a drug-testing procedure...

The NCAA has adopted a drug-testing procedure that could disqualify teams from its tournaments should players be found to have taken prohibited drugs.

NCAA President Jack Davis said Tuesday the group adopted a list of banned drugs similar to the U.S. Olympic Committee’s. Blood doping, which is not on the USOC list, also will be illegal, but the NCAA will allow the use of three drugs used for treatment of asthma and certain local anesthetics.

The action Tuesday by the Executive Committee affirmed the vote of the NCAA convention in January.

“Student-athletes who test positive on a verifiable test will be declared ineligible immediately, even though it might be in the middle of a tournament,” Davis said.

Spot-testing will be conducted after championships, with the finishing place vacated if a player has tested positive. The NCAA has yet to determine exactly when the tests during tournaments would occur but the organization said it expected to conclude the tests during regional competition.

Davis said if a player tested positive in a team sport his team would be disqualified and the last team eliminated by that team would be reinstated. The testing is expected to begin next fall, with cross-country regionals in late October the first affected.

Football players would be tested “as soon as possible” after the bowls make their selections, Davis said. In basketball, the testing would be done at regional sites.

Offending players would be disqualified for a minimum of 90 days. Schools can appeal any findings within 24 hours to allow for a second test of the same specimen.