recruitment from an agent. He played the 1999 season, in which Duke lost in the national championship game, as an ineligible player. The NCAA acknowledged he was an ineligible player after this was revealed but never punished Duke or forced them to vacate any results.
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Under NCAA rules, Maggette's acceptance of $2,000 in payments from Myron Piggie made him ineligible to play for Duke as a freshman in 1998-99. The NCAA precedent for penalizing schools for ineligible players calls for the return of at least 45 percent of the team's tournament revenue and the vacancy of its finish in the event. In Duke's case, that will mean the loss of $226,815 and its runnerup honors.
On Tuesday, Duke received a sworn statement from Maggette admitting that he had received cash payments of $2,000 from Piggie in addition to expense money he needed to travel from his home near Chicago to play for the Kansas City-based CMH 76ers in '97.