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EL PASO, Texas (AP) _ Texas-El Paso concedes its athletic department has had problems but began appealing NCAA sanctions Friday because the punishment was too harsh, the school's athletic director said. UTEP opened the appellate process by sending the NCAA a notification that it will...
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The improper recruitment of former Crenshaw High School basketball star John Staggers was cited by the NCAA Tuesday in a report placing the University of Texas El Paso on three years of probation.
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The NCAA announced May 1 that it was putting UTEP on probation for five years because of a lack of institutional control and what were characterized as minor but rampant transgressions of NCAA regulations.
The committee said it did not find a pattern of major violations in the case. However, according to the committee, the violations show that the university and Coach Don Haskins have lacked control over the basketball program.