IARP spokesperson says case timelines expected to be published early next week

By Matt Tait     Sep 29, 2021

In this March 14, 2012, file photo, a player runs across the NCAA logo during practice in Pittsburgh before an NCAA tournament college basketball game. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Amy Hanna, a spokesperson for the NCAA’s Independent Accountability Resolutions Process, told the Journal-World on Wednesday that updates for the infractions cases currently being reviewed by the IARP would be available “early next week.”

Hanna said the IARP was currently completing the procedural case timelines for all cases moving through the independent process and that the updates would be posted to the IARP website.

The NCAA’s case against the University of Kansas men’s basketball program, which includes allegations of five Level 1 infractions, a charge of head coach responsibility and a tag of lack of institutional control, is one of six cases currently being reviewed by the IARP.

In early August, the IARP announced significant rule changes designed to speed up the process.

In addition to publishing timelines related to each of the cases in an effort to “provide transparency and improve credibility,” the NCAA’s Division I board of directors also said that the IARP’s Complex Case Units would be required to use the investigative work passed on to them by the NCAA’s enforcement staff.

In order to investigate a case further, the CCU now has to “demonstrate a compelling reason why additional investigation is required.”

According Hanna, the investigative change only applies to fu-ture IARP cases, meaning that whatever work the CCU has done relating to KU’s case thus far can still be used to reach a resolution.

All rulings by the IARP are final and not subject to appeal, which is different from rulings handed down by the more traditional NCAA Committee on Infractions.

None of the six cases that are on the IARP track have reached resolution. Per the IARP website, the IARP agreed to accept KU’s case on July 1, 2020, making KU the third school — behind Memphis and North Carolina State — to be sent to the newly formed IARP path.

LSU, Arizona and Louisville are the three other schools that also have cases being reviewed by the IARP.

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.