Syracuse, N.Y. — ESPN's Dick Vitale thinks the NCAA was too harsh on Jim Boeheim, saying the Syracuse basketball coach "was guilty of one thing: trust."

Vitale went on a spirited, nearly two-minute defense of Boeheim during the Virginia-Louisville game on Saturday night.

Boeheim was suspended for nine ACC games and was forced to vacate 108 of his wins in a ruling handed down by the NCAA on Friday.

Boeheim will be among those honored in May during the Dick Vitale Gala that raises money for pediatric cancer.

Some of the highlights from Vitale: