HARTFORD, Conn. _ The NCAA investigation into UConn men's basketball has taken nearly a year, and involved hundreds of hours of interviews _ 900 pages were released by UConn pursuant to a Freedom of Information request in June.
The questions reached into a number of areas: recruiting, the roles of noncoaching staff members and the activities of friends and associates of Kevin Ollie. In March, UConn initiated disciplinary action to terminate Ollie's employment for "just cause," and he and the university are still contesting the more than $10 million in salary remaining on his contract. The dispute is heading to arbitration.
UConn acted on its own evidence of infractions, without waiting for the NCAA to deliver its findings, something that could happen at any time and have an impact on Ollie's contract dispute and, of course, result in sanctions against the program.
Here is a look at the cast of characters pulled into the NCAA's investigation.
