(Reuters)The Louisville men’s basketball program will vacate its 2013 national championship and 2012 Final Four appearance after the NCAA on Tuesday upheld sanctions issued in the wake of a sex scandal. Louisville becomes the first program in modern NCAA history to vacate a national championship. Louisville also must pay the NCAA roughly $600,000 in fines, interim university president Greg Postel said at a news conference Tuesday, which stems from revenue the school earned by NCAA tournament appearances from 2012 to 2015. The school can no longer publicize its 2013 national championship, when it beat Michigan, 82-76, in Atlanta for its third national title. Louisville’s interim athletic director, Vincent Tyra, said that the school had been “optimistic” about the appeal.

Source: Washington Post February 20, 2018 17:38 UTC