for the sake of the old news argument, let's assume they (IW/Morton) did "cheat".
Taking the ability to cheat off the table, there is no guarantee IW would have chosen SH or SJ.... I believe many other big time programs would have been in the mix and both area schools might not have him.
Let it go.
We don't have to assume NC. Just read NCAA bylaw 11.4.1.1. People all over were misinformed. I don't understand the point of view that college basketball is a dirty world (it definitely is) so we should not try to defend ourselves. That's the very reason why you should look out for yourself. We won one game because we were cheated out of our recruits. I don't understand the idea that the best thing to do is just let it go. Forget it. Pretend it didn't happen. Look at our program.
The reality of this is it would be hard to PROVE the quid pro quo. So it's not really on our athletics department. It's not their fault. But grassroots pressure could be applied to make it less likely to happen again. And could have been applied at the time to make it less likely to go through. This happened in the Uthoff case when Wisconsin blocked his transfer to Iowa and had to subsequently reverse their policy and allow him to transfer there. Pressure can be applied to these institutions and sometimes they have to reverse their course.
I don't see why this wouldn't make anybody furious. We had our recruits stolen. We won one game for heaven sakes. People were under the impression that there was no rule forbidding it, when there was. I corrected that notion. When I did people got mad. Don't shoot the messenger. I was aware of the rule so I had to point it out. How can you not agree with that. And don't be swayed by people just because they happen to be major posters on the board with huge numbers of posts.
If anyone watched Lavin, Stoner, and Donny the other night, this is what all that nutty joking around was all about. Lavin despises Willard. And IW deflecting the question by saying "Only Lavin can tell you that." Normally that would be highly inappropriate. Not in this case.