Louisville Escapes Major Sanctions in Hoops Bribery Case

Louisville NCAA college basketball head coach Rick Pitino answers a question during the Atlantic Coast Conference men's media day in Charlotte, N.C., on Oct. 26, 2016. Bob Leverone/AP Photo

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—After five agonizing years, Louisville finally gets to look forward.

An independent panel placed the Cardinals’ basketball program on two years of probation and fined it $5,000, but spared the school major penalties from NCAA allegations leveled in the aftermath of a federal investigation into corruption in college basketball.