The Independent Accountability Resolution Process ruled that former Arizona assistant men’s basketball coach Book Richardson solicited and accepted $20,000 in cash bribes and paid $40,000 for a fraudulent academic transcript. Another former assistant, Mark Phelps, also provided an impermissible benefit to a student-athlete before directing the player to conceal the violation.
Richardson has been handed a 10-year show cause, while Phelps has received a two-year show cause.
Elsewhere, the program’s penalties are minimal, at best. In fact, former Arizona head coach Sean Miller — now at Xavier — received no sanctions or penalties at all.