The University of Arizona has officially acknowledged a Notice of Allegations from the NCAA, including five Level I violations—highlighted by a charge of lack of institutional control against men's basketball head coach Sean Miller.
The Notice of Allegations was delivered in October. The school then requested its case be presented to the NCAA's Independent Accountability Resolution Process, which accepted in December. The NOA was released to the public on Friday evening following a lawsuit by ESPN.
Level I represents the most serious violations of NCAA bylaws.
Per Bruce Pascoe of the Arizona Daily Star, those five Level I charges are:
- Unethical recruiting conduct by former assistant coaches Book Richardson and Mark Phelps
- Unethical conduct by Richardson for accepting $20,000 in bribes
- Unethical conduct by Phelps for asking a UA player to delete a text message thread related to an impermissible $500 loan he had provided, and lying to investigators
- Head coach responsibility for Miller for not demonstrating he promoted compliance
- Institutional lack of control for Arizona because of the men's basketball charges and two Level II charges involving swimming.