The infractions committee found that Alabama boosters paid thousands of dollars to lure them to Alabama.

The infractions committee said in September that Marist's men's team would not be allowed to play past this regular season or the next.

The infractions committee said the most serious finding in the current investigation involved a former assistant who became involved in a bidding war for a player.

Syracuse had recommended one year of probation, but the infractions committee increased it to two.

"We didn't suggest that they start taping their interviews with witnesses," said Alan Williams, chairman of the infractions committee.

Finally free to consider an alternative punishment to the suspension of the coach, the infractions committee voted in July to ban the team from the 1991 tournament.

In its final report, the infractions committee stated:

Newby and Gangelhoff must also go before the infractions committee if they want to return to college athletics.

Since 1985, the council has never overturned a determination of the infractions committee.

The association's six-member infractions committee -minus one person - will hear the school's final presentation today.