Ohio State Gives Itself a One-Year Postseason Ban

Ohio State imposed a one-year ban on postseason play by its men’s basketball team in response to a $6,000 payment the university said former coach Jim O’Brien made to a recruit who never played for the school.

“It’s too bad. It’s a shame. I’m sick about it. I hate it,” Athletic Director Andy Geiger said Thursday, calling it a major violation of NCAA bylaws.

The ban includes NCAA and NIT competition after this season.

Ohio State President Karen Holbrook said the firing of O’Brien on June 8 was the first step in appeasing NCAA investigators. She and Geiger said more penalties may be coming.

O’Brien was fired six weeks after he spoke with Geiger about the payment to recruit Aleksandar Radojevic in 1999.

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