As North Carolina's PJ Hairston continues to sit because of NCAA eligibility concerns, his friend Miykael Faulcon now knows his own fate: Faulcon will return to the court at Elizabeth City State for a game Thursday night after serving a nine-game suspension.
An NCAA investigation found that Faulcon, a sophomore basketball player at the Division II school, received impermissible preferential treatment valued at $1,440.98. As a result, the NCAA ruled that Faulcon must sit 30 percent (nine games) of the regular season and donate $1,440.98 to a charity organization of his choice.
Faulcon was a passenger in two Hertz rental vehicles with Hairston when Hairston, 20, was cited for speeding in May and then possession of marijuana and driving without a license following a traffic stop in June.