That is a fact. It may be inconvenient for you, but it is an indisputable fact, at least with any known evidence.

Second, the NCAA is clearly wrong in this case, and I’m not the only one who thinks so. Mike DeCourcy explains it way better than me, but essentially, the NCAA accepted uncritically the ETS’ decision to invalidate the score. That invalidation was not based on any actual proof. It was based on the testimony of a handwriting expert and the fact that the player (presumably Derrick Rose) did not answer ETS’ questions timely.

While handwriting evidence is certainly evidence that the ETS could use, it lacked a second criteria as required by it’s own rules. Probably they do have a process in place to invalidate scores if questions arise and they are unable to get the suspected person to cooperate, but that does not constitute proof of cheating, nor even a legitimate finding thereof. But it may well be legitimate grounds under their rules to invalidate a test result.

All that did was render Rose ineligible, and the NCAA, apparently uncritically, accepted that as good and sufficient reason to vacate the wins without looking into the matter of the invalidation further. In other words, it was simple strict liability — invalidated test score=ineligible athlete=forfeited wins. Never mind that they have not applied this standard consistently — even if they had, it would still be wrong.

The NCAA’s decision is unfair and hyper-technical, and completely ignores the fact that but for the NCAA Clearinghouse’s determination that Rose was eligible, he never would have been admitted to Memphis. In other words, without the direct participation of an arm of NCAA compliance, there would have never been the possibility of Rose participating at all. So what the NCAA has done is punish Memphis for playing a player that the NCAA explicitly said they could play. We used to call this, “Indian giving” as kids.

Finally, Calipari could not have been aware of any Rose cheating, since there arguably was none, and none has been proven. And even if Rose did cheat, he did so under circumstances which make it almost impossible for Calipari to have been involved. Calipari was therefore completely compliant in all aspects of this situation as far as anyone knows, as evidenced by the lack of any imputation of culpability by the NCAA in their investigation, or the subsequent investigation by Memphis into the matter.

Those, as far as I know, are the facts of the case. Now, you have to figure out how to blame Calipari out of whole cloth, because reality does not support that conclusion. You can believe him as evil as you want, but that does not make it so, and the facts are not on your side.