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FILE – In this Jan. 26, 2015, file photo, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim watches during his team’s NCAA college basketball game against North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C. Syracuse was put on probation for five years and Boeheim got a nine-game suspension for violations that included failure to adhere to a drug-testing program that was deemed too confusing by school administrators. The NCAA recommends schools adopt their own drug policies but can then sanction schools for not following them. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome), File
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FILE – in this Jan. 1, 2015, file photo, Oregon wide receiver Darren Carrington, front, scores under pressure from Florida State defensive back Trey Marshall during the Rose Bowl NCAA college football playoff semifinal in Pasadena, Calif. Carrington and teammate Ayele Forde were left behind for the college football title game after positive drug tests.At least one of those was for marijuana. Shortly after that, an NCAA committee recommended an overhaul of some facets of the drug-testing policy–most notably that marijuana testing on the national level be scrapped in favor of education and intervention. Alcohol and narcotics would be added to the list of recreational drugs that need to be more closely monitored. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Four teams, four drug-testing policies.
Players at Kentucky, Wisconsin, Michigan State and Duke operated under the same rules on their road to the Final Four this season — except when it came to the frequency of their doping tests and the penalties they faced for failing.
All players fall under the umbrella of the NCAA drug-testing program, which tests urine for performance-enhancing and recreational drugs at its championship events and for PEDs during infrequent visits to campus the rest of the year. The main source of deterrence? The programs in place at individual schools.
There are some small changes up for consideration. However, even if those changes occur, the standards could be as varied as the 351 Division I universities.