Some UConn students who vandalized campus during NCAA men’s basketball championship celebration expelled

Some of the students arrested for vandalizing the UConn Storrs’ campus following the men’s basketball team being crowned the NCAA champions in April have been expelled, a university spokesperson said Thursday.

“The cases are in various stages,” said Stephanie Reitz, a spokesperson for UConn. “Although we can’t address individual students’ outcomes, we can say that some reviews have concluded with expulsions, while others remain either under investigation or are scheduled for hearings that have not yet occurred.”

More than a dozen students were arrested and 16 people were hospitalized in connection with celebrations on the UConn campus in the late hours on April 3 and into the morning that turned into some individuals smashing windows to campus buildings, damaging a university police cruiser, flipping a school-owned van and displacing light poles. The vandalism caused thousands of dollars of damage to the campus.

Some who were arrested have been charged with rioting, among other charges.

Reitz added that university officials will have a better idea of how many expulsions resulted from the NCAA championship celebrations in the summer once all the cases are resolved and potential appeals are carried out.