UNC avoids major penalties in NCAA academic case

College basketball players who go undrafted by the NBA will be allowed to return to school. (Keith Srakocic/AP)

North Carolina has avoided major penalties after an NCAA infractions committee panel "could not conclude" there were academic violations in the multi-year case focused on irregular courses.

The NCAA released its report Friday morning. The panel said it found only two violations out of five charges the school originally faced: a failure-to-co-operate charge against two people tied to the problem courses in the formerly named African and Afro-American Studies department.

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