NCAA puts Miami women’s basketball on probation for year

By TIM REYNOLDS
AP Basketball Writer

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Miami’s women’s basketball program has been placed on probation for one year. The school and the NCAA say coaches inadvertently helped arrange impermissible contact between a booster and two players before they signed with the Hurricanes. Coach Katie Meier will not miss any more time. She already served a three-game suspension at the start of this season in anticipation of the NCAA’s decision. The NCAA did not name neither the booster nor the players involved, but referenced an April 13 tweet posted by booster John Ruiz that included a photo of him and Haley and Hanna Cavinder. The twins are not subject to sanctions.