Six years of academic certification errors came to a head Thursday for Texas Tech, which released an audit that found 76 athletes in eight sports competed ineligibly over that time.
It will be up to the NCAA, which this month is expected to reveal results of a 1 1/2-year investigation into allegations of improprieties in the athletic program, whether teams must forfeit any victories or return postseason tournament money.
Athletic certification troubles have caused six athletes to miss playing time or be declared ineligible in recent months. The men’s basketball team requested it not be considered for the NCAA tournament last season when two players were deemed ineligible during the Big 12 tournament.
“If nothing else, this audit indicates a clear pattern of unsatisfactory work, lack of attention to detail and a lack of a general understanding of NCAA satisfactory progress legislation,” Chancellor John T. Montford said in a written statement.
