NCAA slaps postseason ban on Lincoln U. athletics

PHILADELPHIA—The NCAA has found major and secondary violations in Lincoln University’s athletics program and is barring its teams from postseason play.

The NCAA Division III committee on infractions ruled Thursday the school violated eligibility rules in men’s track and field, cross country, basketball and soccer, along with women’s volleyball.

Besides three years of probation and the postseason ban, Lincoln’s basketball and track and field teams cannot appear on television. The NCAA says the school let 27 student-athletes compete, practice and receive travel-related expenses despite being ineligible between 2003-2009.

Michael B. Hill, the university’s executive vice president, says the school agreed with the findings. “It is a closed issue and we are moving forward,” he says in a memo sent to university faculty, staff, students and alumni on Friday.