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The hearing into NCAA allegations against the University of Hawaii men’s basketball program has been pushed back again, this time to Oct. 15, parties involved said Wednesday.
The rescheduling means the case likely won’t be decided until the 2015-16 regular season is underway.
Originally UH and Gib Arnold, its former men’s basketball coach, were scheduled to appear before the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions July 16-17 in Scottsdale, Ariz.
But amended charges to the original Notice of Allegations forced a postponement to Sept 10.
“They (the NCAA) asked us if we would waive the normal (90-day) time limit for amendments and we said, ‘no,’ ” said James Bickerton, Arnold’s Honolulu attorney. “We think the amendments require us to interview some (additional) witnesses,” Bickerton said.
UH said a site for the rescheduled hearing has yet to be set.
Meanwhile, no date has been announced for arbitration in Arnold’s pending grievance against UH or the school’s lawsuit against the ex-coach.
Arnold filed a grievance through his union, the Hawaii Government Employees Association, in January over a claim of $1.4 million resulting from his Oct. 28 “without cause” dismissal. The next step is arbitration after mediation failed.
In June UH filed suit in Circuit Court alleging it was owed more than $2,000 by Arnold from a travel advance while he was coach. Bickerton said neither Arnold or the HGEA have been served in that action.
