The University of Oregon’s Men’s Basketball Team Played Last Year’s Entire Season With a Player Accused of Rape

A Sports Illustrated story published today lays out a case of what appears to be a determined effort by university officials to do nothing.

Oregon Ducks at ESPN Armed Forces Classic - Game Day - U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, South Korea - 9 Nov. 2013 (U.S. Army photos by Anthony Langley)

The University of Oregon men's basketball team advanced to the Final Four earlier this year carrying with it a player school officials knew was under investigation for rape.

A Sports Illustrated story published today lays out a case of what appears to be a determined effort by U of O officials to do nothing, even though police in Wyoming, where the alleged rape occurred, provided them with a 38-page police report that included witness statements and pictures of the alleged victim's injuries.

The story was written by Kenny Jacoby, a student journalist at the University of Oregon Daily Emerald, who has doggedly pursued wrongdoing by Duck athletes, including previous stories about criminal behavior by football players.

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