Actually, the women's teams are allowed 15 scholarships versus 13 for the men. Most women's teams don't even have the full allotment of 15 scholarships. So, if you have 12 players on scholarship now, you'll never miss the 2 taken away unless there is a Griner out there and if there were, she'd dump a player on scholarship now so she could sign that superstar.
The information I have is from the National Collegate Sports Association:
Has that changed recently? (Serious question, I don't know).Originally Posted by NCSA Website
At a NJCAA or NAIA (or even D2 in most cases) level, I would agree that 2 scholly losses isn't as bad a deal, however, in a competitive major D1 conference, not being able to offer a full ride to a highly recruited player is a major loss. Having said that, if the scholly limits are at 15 for women's hoops, then it obviously wouldn't mean as much (given that you are allowed 3 more scholarship players).
It's always been 15 scholarships for women and 13 for men as long as I can remember. Here are some links that are not NCAA so don't know why they are showing 13 for each.
http://www.ihoops.com/classroom/Guid...holarships.htm
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2...g_footbal.html
http://www.livestrong.com/article/36...-scholarships/
http://allamericansportsrecruiting.com/NCAAIRules.aspx
It's pretty common for schools to investigate and place sanctions on their programs before the NCAA finishes their investigations. What's different is that the NCAA accepted Baylor's self imposed sanction as just punishment. Usually, the schools don't do enough in the eyes of the NCAA.