New Mexico State AD Gets Vote of Confidence After Men's Basketball Shutdown

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New Mexico State University chancellor Dan Arvizu expressed his confidence in athletic director Mario Moccia on Wednesday, just days after the school shut down its marquee athletic program — men's basketball — for what the chancellor said was a culture of bad behavior, egregious violations of the student code of conduct and other “despicable acts.”

As reported by The Associated Press, Arvizu spoke at a press conference less than 24 hours after he fired men's basketball coach Greg Heiar, whose lone year with the Aggies was dominated by two scandals still under investigation. The first involved the suspension of men's basketball player Mike Peake, who shot and killed a University of New Mexico freshman in November. Then, earlier this month, an unnamed NMSU player told campus police he had been attacked in the locker room by three teammates.

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