Auburn men’s basketball team will forgo the postseason in 2020-21, the school said Sunday, as a result of “the ongoing matter that surfaced in fall 2017 regarding former assistant coach Chuck Person.”
Person was among the coaches arrested in 2017 during the FBI’s investigation into bribery and corruption in college basketball.
“This was a difficult decision but a right decision,” Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said in a statement. “I hate it for our current players. They lost the opportunity for the postseason last year because of COVID, and now they will miss the postseason again. It’s a two-year postseason penalty for them. However, we need to take this penalty now to put it behind us.”
This is a developing story. More to come.
