The University of South Carolina’s basketball program...

The University of South Carolina’s basketball program was placed on two year’s probation for NCAA rules violations, the most serious being a “well-organized and well-executed scheme” in which players sold complimentary tickets to boosters.

South Carolina also was banned from postseason action by the NCAA because of rule violations under former coach Bill Foster from 1982 to 1985.

Foster, who resigned after the 1985-86 season and was replaced by George Felton, is now the coach at Northwestern.