As part of their effort to clean up their exceptionally screwed-up men's basketball program, officials at Binghamton University have announced that coach Kevin Broadus will be barred from doing any off-campus recruiting. It seems reasonable to assume that any students capable of playing basketball at the Division I level on Binghamton's Vestal, NY campus are already part of the team... so the ban on "off-campus" recruiting would seem to be a de-facto across-the-board prohibition.
And if the coach isn't allowed to recruit, what's his role, exactly?
It seems reasonable to assume that the end of Broadus' run with the Bearcats is close at hand. Why haven't they fired him already?
There are a couple of possible reasons... but the biggest is probably Broadus' contract. In the aftermath of the Bearcats' first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance, the university extended his contract through the 2013-14 season. I'm guessing they'd prefer to get out of that contract if at all possible.
The university has tasked Judith Kaye, the recently-retired chief judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, to conduct a "comprehensive review and investigation of all aspects of the Binghamton University athletic program." I'm guessing they'll led Judge Kaye conduct her investigation, and then use her findings as a reason to fire Broadus for cause. Of course, such investigations take time, which means the Bearcats will limp through this season short-handed and with a lame-duck coach.
Sorry, Bearcat fans, I think a return trip to the Big Dance is a long shot.
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I have noticed very few letters to the editor on this scandal.Who is trashing these letters? When a senior at SUNY Binghamton which the college president points out “One of the top colleges” cannot even construct a sentence then something is wrong. “I don’t got no story” WOW! I wonder how students that are academically quailfied feel about this kind of selection?