Monday was a highly anticipated day across college sports, as the Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP) released the first ruling in its history. North Carolina State was the first school on the IARP assembly line, and its first decision was hardly a bombshell. 

The IARP decided to punish the school with one year of probation, a $5,000 fine, scholarship losses for this season and 2022-23, plus some standard recruiting limitations. The team's 15 wins that came while Dennis Smith Jr. played at NC State must also be vacated. Most importantly: NC State was not given a postseason ban. 

The IARP assessed NC State with multiple Level I, Level II and Level III violations (nine total), sticking the majority of them with former coach Mark Gottfried and former assistant Orlando Early. Gottfried, who has been on administrative leave from Cal State Northridge(CSUN) since April, was given a one-year show-cause. Early, who refused to cooperate with the IARP's investigation, was given a six-year show-cause sanction.