Now, Gillispie’s season has been taken away as his team has been forced to forfeit all 31 wins due to playing an ineligible player.
Here are details from the Dallas News:
Ranger previously lost an appeal through the NJCAA executive committee. Arbitrator Nancy A. Hopf’s ruling means Ranger has exhausted its appeal options.
“As a result of the arbitration hearing, the original sanctions the NJCAA placed against Ranger stand,” NJCAA executive director Mark Krug stated in an email. “Their men’s basketball team will be on probation for the 2016-17 seasons, which results in no postseason play.