Michigan State's AD resigns; should Tom Izzo be next? Plus: UConn being investigated by NCAA (1.26)
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🗓️ 26 January 2018
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Friday was a huge news day in college sports. Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis announced his resignation, then hours later ESPN released a bombshell story that depicted a culture of failure within MSU's athletic department regarding sexual misconduct and assault with former football and basketball players, in addition to more context on how the university dropped the ball with Larry Nassar. Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander open the podcast with a wide-ranging discussion on Hollis, basketball coach Tom Izzo and pose the question: Will Izzo ultimately resign over this? They also touch on UConn being investigated by the NCAA -- more news that came about on Friday. Is this going to be what allows UConn to dodge a huge buyout with Kevin Ollie? The guys close with some basketball chatter, specifically: predictions for a bunch of games this weekend, led by Virginia-Duke, which is the big game at 2 p.m. ET Saturday on CBS.
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| 0:00.0 | We're there at Scurry Perch in Friday, January 26, 2018. |
| 0:14.4 | Welcome back to the Ion College basketball podcast. |
| 0:17.0 | I got Matt Norlander here with me and we've got a lot to give to us. |
| 0:19.7 | A busy weekend in college basketball this weekend, but we should start with the big news |
| 0:24.2 | of the day. |
| 0:25.2 | That's news that Michigan State Athletic Director, Mark Hollis, has resigned. |
| 0:29.8 | This is obviously connected to the Larry Nasser scandal. |
| 0:34.0 | He acknowledged that in a statement that he released earlier today said that his last |
| 0:39.1 | day on the job is going to be Wednesday. |
| 0:42.0 | That'll be his last day in the office. |
| 0:43.3 | Mark Hollis out as Michigan State's athletic director, just two days after the president |
| 0:48.9 | of Michigan State University also offered her resignation. |
| 0:53.5 | It's subsequent to that outside the lines released a story that Mark Hollis did know was |
| 0:59.6 | coming. |
| 1:00.6 | So it's possible his resignation was also connected to that story, but it details what it labels |
| 1:10.9 | as a culture of sexual assault within the Michigan State men's basketball program. |
| 1:18.6 | It details a story involving Travis Walton who once played at Michigan State. |
| 1:22.9 | But while he was an assistant there, was accused of striking a woman, but was allowed to |
| 1:30.0 | still be a member of the men's basketball program. |
| 1:34.3 | And there was subsequently accused of sexual assault. |
| 1:37.2 | And then the story also details a story that had already been reported that Adrian Payne |
| 1:44.3 | and Keith Apling, Michigan State teammates were accused of sexual assault. |
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