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Thursday, August 1, 2019
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com
SPORTS

Michigan football, basketball each self-report one NCAA violation

The Michigan football and
men’s
basketball
programs
each reported one minor NCAA
violation in recent months, per
records obtained by The Daily via
the Freedom of Information Act.
Michigan
football
coach
Jim
Harbaugh,
director
of
recruiting
Matt
Dudek,
defensive
coordinator
Don
Brown, cornerbacks coach Mike
Zordich, offensive line coach Ed
Warinner, wide receivers coach
Ben McDaniels and tight ends
coach Sherrone Moore violated
the NCAA dead period in January.
McDaniels was an analyst when
the violation occurred.
Because of a scheduling error
by Dudek, the coaches made visits
to high schools during the dead
period, during which schools
are not allowed to have contact
with athletes or their parents,
watch them compete or visit their
schools. One prospect, unnamed
in the report, took an unofficial
visit during the period as well.
Though Dudek was off by just

one day — thinking contact was
allowed on Jan. 10 when the
period lasted until Jan. 11 — eight
Michigan coaches visited 25 high
schools illegally. According to the
report filed by the University, all of
the trips were to evaluate recruits,
as none were of a contactable age.
Michigan
avoided
serious
punishment, as the violation was
not intentional and classified as
a Level III violation. As a self-
imposed penalty, coaches were
not allowed to recruit off-campus
on Jan. 19, 20, 26 and 27, as well as
Feb. 2. They were also prohibited
from contacting the prospect who
unofficially visited for two weeks,
and had a reduction of 14 recruiting
person days between the spring
and fall evaluation, per the report.
Dudek was issued a letter of
admonishment. The NCAA did
not impose an additional penalty
on the program.
That was the only self-reported
violation by the football program
this calendar year, while Ohio
State committed six over the last
academic year, per a report by
Eleven Warriors this week.
As for the basketball program,

assistant coach Saddi Washington
sent
an
impermissible
text
message to a 2021 recruit’s parent
last Oct. 4. Contact prior to June
15 after a prospect’s sophomore
year in high school is forbidden.
This was also classified as a
Level III violation, though there
was comparatively little action

taken. Michigan’s staff couldn’t
contact that recruit for two weeks
after June 15. John Beilein’s
program had a sterling reputation
when it came to the NCAA
rulebook — even a small violation
comes as a surprise.
Washington
was
the
only
assistant coach retained by new

head coach Juwan Howard.
Spokespeople
for
both
the
football and basketball teams
declined comment.
Michigan State basketball self-
reported two NCAA violation this
season, per MLive, as did Ohio
State, per the Eleven Warriors
report.

Michigan to pay out $485,000 to non-conference opponents

Michigan’s
non-conference
basketball schedule is complete,
and the athletic department willl
be writing out a handsome check
to go with it.
The school will pay out a total
of $485,000 to its guarantee
opponents,
per
documents
obtained by The Daily via the
Freedom of Information Act.
This includes games against
Appalachian State, Elon, Houston
Baptist, Presbyterian and UMass
Lowell, as well as an exhibition
contest against Saginaw Valley
State. Michigan will also make
$75,000 from playing in the
Battle 4 Atlantis, though its
contract with the tournament
organizers requires the school
pay out $85,000 to a guarantee
opponent for a home game
sponsored by the tournament,
which the Wolverines found in
Elon.
The most Michigan pays out
to a single opponent this season

will be App State at a cool
$100,000, with Houston Baptist,
Presbyterian and UMass Lowell
tied with $95,000 as runners up.
The Wolverines will be heavy
favorites in each of those games.
Presbyterian held the highest
KenPom ranking of those teams
last season at 179 and finished
with a 20-16 record in the Big
South.
Under John Beilein, Michigan
traditionally didn’t go out of
its way to schedule tough non-
conference
games.
Juwan
Howard’s first year will largely
keep to that mold, though there
are a few exceptions.
The
Wolverines
go
to
Louisville, expected to be one
of the top teams in the country,
for a December Big Ten/ACC
Challenge game. They’ll also
face stiff competition in the
Bahamas, with Iowa State as
their first opponent, followed
by the winner of Alabama-North
Carolina.
Their
third
game
could be against anyone on the
other side of the bracket, which

features Gonzaga, Seton Hall,
Oregon and Southern MIss.
In
a
scheduling
quirk,
Michigan could play the Ducks

three times in two years, as the
two meet in Ann Arbor on Dec.
14 in the first leg of a home-and-
home. The Wolverines also play

Creighton, which finished with
a solid record in the Big East
last year, at home in the Gavitt
Games.

ETHAN SEARS
Managing Sports Editor

ETHAN SEARS
Managing Sports Editor

ALEC COHEN/Daily
Michigan basketball coach Juwan Howard took a similar approach to prior years with regards to regular season scheduling.

FILE PHOTO/Daily
The Michigan football team and basketball team each self-reported one NCAA violation related to recruiting.

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