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Posted: 3:26 PM Feb 10, 2012
UConn denied waiver request for hoops tournament
The NCAA has turned down the University of Connecticut's request for a waiver that would allow its men's basketball team to play in the 2013 national championship tournament.
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Friday February 10, 2012
STORRS, Conn. (AP) -- The NCAA has turned down the University of Connecticut's request for a waiver that would allow its men's basketball team to play in the 2013 national championship tournament.
UConn doesn't qualify for the tournament because of below-standard academic results, but it requested a waiver last month.
The school proposed alternate penalties, including playing a shorter schedule next season, forfeiting the revenue awarded to the Big East for participating in the 2013 tournament, and barring coach Jim Calhoun from meeting off-campus with prospective recruits during the fall 2012 contact period.
University President Susan Herbst says she's disappointed by the NCAA's decision to reject that proposal, but says the school will appeal
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