On May 28, 2010, UConn called a press conference to address the NCAA's notice of allegations and announced the resignations of Archibald and assistant coach Patrick Sellers.
Archibald and Sellers were shown in the NCAA report to have placed many of the impermissible calls UConn was cited for, and for providing false or misleading information during a series of interviews. Archibald counters that he was operating under the understanding that any calls clerical in nature — for instance, calls to Miles or others regarding transcripts and information necessary for admission to UConn — were acceptable. Uncomfortable and confused, Archibald gave conflicting statements.
"We had an interpretation that I could do it under these pretenses," Archibald said. "They were not recruiting calls. And when the NCAA came in, they just said that, no, every single time that you made a phone call to him or anybody involved with him was a violation. We said that's not the way we interpreted it. And they were like, tough luck.
"That kid had been committed for a year. I was asked to make phone calls. And it wasn't like Coach Calhoun was telling me, 'Beau, make these calls.' I just had an understanding that if they were for enrollment purposes, I could make those calls. Everything, enrollment, NCAA stuff, transcripts, that was all put on my plate. And it was from administration down."
Archibald's penalties were handed down Feb. 22, 2011.
"It's not a perfect system, but it's the system they have," Archibald said. "It's tough to swallow when you know, and everybody around you knows, it wasn't really a fair situation. The NCAA has a hard job. They have no subpoenas. So there's a lot of guessing, but they don't get it right all the time."
Archibald was questioned about contact he had with several people close to Miles, people he had contacted even while at other schools prior to UConn in an effort to recruit different players. When asked why he was in contact with certain people, Archibald couldn't always remember why, or what the connection was.
"At no point did I ever think I was doing anything that could be interpreted as wrong," he said. "[The NCAA] is trying to get you say yes when you should probably just say I don't know. I've never been interrogated. I should have said, 'I don't recall.'
