Boeheim sat down with ESPN's Tommy Tomlinson to discuss the penalties levied against the basketball program in March.
In a sit down interview with ESPN's Tommy Tomlinson, Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim called the NCAA sanctions against SU's basketball program "excessive."
The penalties, which were handed down in March, included stripping Syracuse of 12 scholarships over four years, vacating 108 victories and suspending Boeheim for the first nine games of conference play.
When asked what his personal responsibility was with the violations, Boeheim said he committed none.
"Obviously (the NCAA) tried to find everything that was there, as they should," he said. "... I'm guilty of not monitoring, which is a very nebulous term. Nobody has defined it. What does that mean?"
Boeheim said this is the first time a coach has been punished severely for not monitoring a program.
The head coach added that he is "not comfortable" with the vacated victories, saying that victories are for players and programs. He said that identical things have happened at other schools and those programs have not lost victories.
Boeheim also said that other coaches who have been involved in program violations have not been suspended for more than three or five games.
"But it is what it is," Boeheim said.
