After the results of a report on the Binghamton University athletic department to the SUNY board of trustees were released last week, Pipe Dream staff members polled students on issues relating to the review.

Judge Judith Kaye and the team of lawyers who authored the 99-page report placed the blame on President Lois DeFleur and former head coach Kevin Broadus, among other University officials.

The document, which cost SUNY roughly $913,000 — half of which BU is expected to cover — explained the removal of six players from the men’s basketball team and revealed information on events that took place prior to the removals, including allegations that a number of them were involved with a debit card scheme.

BU administration issued a statement the day of the review’s release stating that they were still evaluating the report. A week later, the University has yet to release any additional comments.

The five-question poll surveyed 120 BU students. Two of the questions elicited particularly large disparities in student responses.

When asked for their position on Broadus, 77 percent of students polled believed that the University should take measures to let him go, and 23 percent felt that he should remain on payroll.

Broadus was condemned in the report for his past infractions on NCAA policy, including violations that were not previously made public.

Last fall, Broadus initially denied allegations that he had contacted potential recruits outside the allowed NCAA contact period.

According to the report, Broadus and assistant coach Marc Hsu attended a preparatory school basketball practice in Massachusetts on Oct. 6, 2009, a day after the contact period had ended.

The most striking divergence in responses to the survey, however, came in opinion on the University’s emphasis on Division I athletics

78 percent of respondents thought that the University should reevaluate its emphasis on D-I athletics, and 22 percent said a reevaluation was not necessary (the full results of the survey are included in the graph to the right).

BU entered the division in 2001 after a self-study of the athletic department to ensure the University was in compliance with NCAA D-I operating principles.

While men’s basketball reached the top before its fall from grace, other BU athletic teams are reaching success without controversy, including the volleyball team, who won the America East championship in late November; the cross country team, who won its AE title in fall 2009 and the wrestling team, who had its first All-American in its D-I history in Josh Patterson.

An e-mail sent to SUNY spokesman David Henahan seeking comment Thursday morning went unanswered.

SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher said last week that “the report speaks for itself.”

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