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

