▁more ▁def ens eless ▁institutions . ▁After ▁he ▁left ▁Long ▁Beach ▁State , ▁its ▁basketball ▁program ▁was ▁sla pped ▁with ▁prob ation ▁for ▁rec ruit ing ▁viol ations ▁which ▁occurred ▁under ▁his ▁watch . ▁ ▁Just ▁months ▁before ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 6 – 1 9 7 7 ▁season , ▁the ▁NCAA ▁placed ▁UN L V ▁on ▁two ▁years ' ▁prob ation ▁for ▁" question able ▁practices ." ▁Although ▁the ▁alleg ed ▁viol ations ▁dated ▁back ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 1 — before ▁T ark an ian ▁became ▁coach — the ▁NCAA ▁press ured ▁UN L V ▁into ▁susp ending ▁T ark an ian ▁as ▁coach ▁for ▁two ▁years . ▁T ark an ian ▁su ed , ▁claim ing ▁the ▁susp ension ▁viol ated ▁his ▁right ▁to ▁due ▁process . ▁In ▁October ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁a ▁Nev ada ▁judge ▁issued ▁an ▁inj unction ▁that ▁re inst ated ▁T ark an ian ▁as ▁coach . ▁The ▁case ▁eventually ▁made ▁it ▁all ▁the ▁way ▁to ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁which ▁ruled ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁that ▁the ▁NCAA ▁had ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁discipline ▁its ▁member ▁schools , ▁revers ing ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁inj unction . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁de cade ▁between ▁the ▁original ▁susp ension ▁and ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁r uling , ▁it ▁was ▁revealed ▁that ▁the ▁NCAA ' s ▁enfor cement ▁process ▁was ▁stack ed ▁heavily ▁in ▁the ▁NCAA ' s ▁favor ▁— ▁so ▁heavily , ▁in ▁fact , ▁that