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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Rick Pitino praised the NCAA for its professional approach in the governing bodys investigation of a sex scandal involving Louisville mens basketball and the coach pledged his program will be accountable for things that went wrong on his watch.Pitino spoke Wednesday at the Atlantic Coast Conference mens basketball media gathering, a week after the NCAA said Louisville committed four serious violations and criticized Pitino for failing to monitor a former Cardinals basketball staffer who hired escorts and strippers for sex parties with recruits and players.Pitino skipped media day last year on advice of counsel as the sex scandal broke. Though the case may not be completely resolved for several months, on Wednesday, a smiling, hopeful Pitino was ready to move the conversation back to basketball and his teams chances to compete for a league title.Were disappointed in what happened. Nobodys more disappointed than me of what happened and where it happened, he said. I keep saying over and over, Ill never understand why it happened. Thats the most difficult thing when I go to bed at night.Pitino said the NCAAs investigation was very thorough and said the governing body acted in a very professional manner.Weve got to be accountable and we will, Pitino continued.The NCAAs report last week didnt mention a lack of institutional control -- considered the most serious violation in some cases -- which Pitino said means his program is doing some things right.The sordid Louisville mess had some questioning if the 64-year-old Pitino, who has led the Cardinals and Kentucky to national championships, should keep his job.His players never doubted their coachs leadership.Hes such a Hall of Famer, such a first-class guy on and off the court, Louisville guard Donovan Mitchell said.Pitino said the penalties Louisville imposed on its programs were significant. The team, which went 23-8 and finished fourth in the ACC, was kept out of both the league and NCAA tournaments. The school also reduced its scholarships by two, one each for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons; limited the basketball staffs days on the road recruiting and cut official visits by prospects by two -- in all a 24 percent reduction in recruiting opportunities, according to the school.Mitchell acknowledged how much it hurt to miss the postseason. He recalled last March watching friends take part in NCAA Tournament games and knowing the Cardinals deserved to be there, too.I was in the gym listening to Notre Dame play whoever, watching my friends play on TV and sometimes Id sit there with my mom and think, `Thats just crazy, he said.Mitchell insisted the bad times are done.Were past it and were using it as motivation to get to where we need to get to this year and were really focused on being a really good basketball team, he said.Things, though, are not over for Louisville or Pitino.The school has 90 days from the NCAAs Oct. 17 letter to respond and process might last until spring. Pitino could also face additional NCAA penalties similar to the nine-game suspension Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim received this past season as part of his programs punishment.Pitinos not worried about that now. He said hes rarely enjoyed coaching a group as much as this one in part because of their resiliency in the face of the NCAA investigations and the outside noise about the program.And it sounds like the 64-year-old Pitino plans to stick around for a while. He said hes assured prospects families that they wont ever have to worry about such problems again. This will be my strongest recruiting class yet, he said.Pitino also does not fret what the NCAAs accusations might do to his Hall-of-Fame legacy. I think when you start thinking about your legacy, its time to get out of the game, he said. Your ego is out of whack. The only good thing about turning 50, and then turning 60 is your humility grows in who you are and what you are.---Online:AP College Basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org Cheap Adidas NHL Jerseys China . -- Catcher Brett Hayes has agreed to a $630,000, one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, avoiding salary arbitration. Wholesale Adidas NHL Jerseys . 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BOSTON -- Harvard University suspended its mens soccer team for the remainder of the season because of sexual comments made about members of the womens soccer team.University President Drew Faust said in a statement Thursday night that an investigation into the 2012 team found that their appalling actions were not isolated to one year or the actions of a few, but appeared to be more widespread across the team and continued through the current season.The decision to cancel a season is serious and consequential, and reflects Harvards view that both the teams behavior and the failure to be forthcoming when initially questioned are completely unacceptable, have no place at Harvard, and run counter to the mutual respect that is a core value of our community, Faust said.A 2012 document uncovered last month by The Harvard Crimson student newspaper rated the attractiveness of recruits on the womens team and included lewd comments about them. Members of the mens team called it their scouting report and circulated it online.I was saddened and disappointed to learn that the extremely offensive `scouting report produced by the 20012 mens soccer team continued through the current season, Dean Rakesh Khurana said in a statement.dddddddddddd As I have stated, such behavior is antithetical to Harvards fundamental values.Athletics Director Robert Scalise sent an email to student athletes Thursday announcing that the university was canceling the remainder of the teams season, including postseason play. The mens soccer team is currently in first place in the Ivy League. Scalise said the team would forfeit its remaining games and decline any opportunity to achieve an Ivy League championship or participate in the NCAA tournament this year.As we move forward, Harvard Athletics will partner with the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response and other Harvard College resources to take additional steps to further educate the members of our mens soccer team, and all of our student-athletes, about the seriousness of these behaviors and the general standard of respect and conduct that is expected, Scalise said in the email. ' ' '