Memphis Tigers must forfeit record wins

Friday, August 21, 2009

Memphis forfeits record wins for 2007-2008 season

The 2007-2008 Memphis Tigers, who advanced to the National Championship game only to fall to the Jayhawks, have forfeited all of their record 38 wins from that season.

The punishment comes as a result of several major infractions by the Tigers, including providing a false ACT score for Derrick Rose, who starred for the Tigers en route to becoming the No. 1 pick in the 2008 draft.

Though then-coach John Calipari will not see any sanctions taken against him, he becomes the only coach to have Final Four appearances with two different teams stripped away. He also was forced to forfeit a Final Four run in 1996 with Massachusetts.

Memphis will be forced to repay the money it received from its Final Four run, but will escape without any further punishments, such as a postseason ban or a loss of scholarships.

Memphis was charged with a failure-to-monitor charge, and will be on probation until 2012.

— Tim Dwyer

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