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http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...on-suspends-larry-brown-10-percent-team-gamesThe NCAA has banned SMU from 2016 postseason play and has suspended Larry Brown for 30 percent of the team's games this season because of a lack of head coach control, a source close to the situation said.
The 30 percent ban for Brown means he will miss nine games total. The school also will be hit with nine scholarship losses over the next three years, a source said, although it was two below the limit this past season. SMU also will be placed on three years' probation.
The school can appeal the findings.
This marks the third time a Brown-coached program has been sanctioned by the NCAA, with the others happening at Kansas and UCLA.
Part of the investigation at SMU stemmed from whether a former basketball administrator and ex-assistant coach Ulric Maligi helped Keith Frazier to become eligible to play at SMU, a source previously told ESPN.
The school and Brown met with the NCAA's committee of infractions in late June. Maligi took a leave of absence in the middle of last season, but was not found to be involved after the NCAA investigation, a source said.
A source said the former basketball administrator did not agree to speak with the NCAA about the investigation.
Brown did not have knowledge of any violation while it was going on, a source said. He learned about the violation after it occurred, but did not promptly report the issue and was not clear about the violation with the NCAA's enforcement staff when he was first interviewed by the NCAA.
They're a top 25 team going into the season. Doubt UNC gets a punishment that severe.