The University of Arizona men's basketball team must vacate 19 wins and serve two years' probation and other NCAA sanctions because of major rules violations.

The NCAA handed down its decision Thursday saying the violations included multiple impermissible recruiting activities and inducements over a 2-year period.

As a result the Wildcats will vacate 19 victories from the 2007-08 season, lose one basketball scholarship for each of the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons and be on probation until July 28, 2012.

There were also a series of recruiting limitations placed on the program.

The school said it wouldn't appeal the ruling.

The NCAA Committee on Infractions claimed that former Wildcats Coach Lute Olsen "set the violations in motion" by allowing a tournament promoter, who was staging his event on the Arizona campus, access to boosters for financial support. The boosters provided nearly $200,000 for the promoter.

Prospective student-athletes at the tournament -- the 2006 Cactus Classic -- were then ineligible for the 2007-08 season, which led to wins that season being vacated.

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