Syracuse Finds Rules Violations

Boosters gave Syracuse basketball players cash, improper free meals, free legal advice and other benefits in violation of NCAA rules, university officials admitted Wednesday as they released the findings of an internal investigation.

But Syracuse Chancellor Kenneth A. Shaw stressed that Coach Jim Boeheim and his assistants were not responsible for the violations, and that the university had not lost control of its perennially ranked men’s program. Syracuse is 16-4. The school admitted 13 apparent violations and probable wrongdoing in two other instances.