The long awaited decision on NCAA sanctions against the University of Minnesota men's basketball program has been made. The NCAA Committee on Infractions has put the basketball program on four years probation for the academic cheating scandal that involved several players. In addition, the university will lose several scholarships and the school's 1997 final four appearance and its 1998 NIT championship will be erased from the record books. The team will be allowed to participate in post season play. Jim Dutcher is a former Gopher men's basketball coach who was hired after a previous scandal. He says the ruling was predictable.