DALLAS — The N.C.A.A. banned the S.M.U. men’s basketball team from postseason play and suspended coach Larry Brown for nine games in the upcoming season after finding multiple violations in the Mustangs program.
The N.C.A.A. said the problems included academic fraud and unethical conduct. It singled out Brown for making bad choices that included “not reporting possible violations in his program, initially lying to the enforcement staff during the investigation and providing no specific guidance to his staff on rules compliance.”
The penalties were revealed Tuesday, more than eight months after the school acknowledged an N.C.A.A. investigation.