Larry Brown Busted Cheating for 3rd Time by the NCAA, SMU Hit with Penalties

Larry Brown has been slapped with a major suspension and his SMU Mustangs were hit with a 2016 postseason ban for NCAA violations, ESPN is reporting.

SMU has been hit with a postseason ban for this season & Larry Brown suspended for 10 percent of this season’s games, source told ESPN.

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) September 29, 2015

SMU will also be hit with nine scholarship losses over the next three years, source told ESPN. Were two under last season.

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) September 29, 2015

This should not come as a surprise to anybody. Larry “Next Town” Brown has held three college basketball coaching gigs, and been busted by the NCAA three times.

After a successful run at Kansas in the 1980s – including a title with Danny Manning – the Jayhawks were hit with rules violations, the most embarrassing being banned from the 1989 NCAA Tournament just one year after winning the championship.

Brown also coached at UCLA in the late 70s/early 80s, where he led the Bruins to an NCAA title game. But that appearance was vacated after two of his players were found to have been ineligible.

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