On April 4, president Eamon Kelly announced that he would recommend the permanent disbanding of the basketball program in order to "demonstrate unambiguously this academic community's intolerance of the violations and actions we have uncovered." Soon afterward, Fowler and his staff handed in their resignations.
On April 4, president Eamon Kelly announced the permanent closure of the basketball program in response to uncovered violations and actions. Fowler and his staff submitted their resignations soon after.