The University of Louisville on Thursday confirmed that the N.C.A.A. had formally charged current and former staff members in its men’s basketball program, including Coach Rick Pitino, with major rules violations related to a scandal in which a university employee provided prostitutes who performed sexual acts with players and recruits.

Louisville released the formal N.C.A.A. allegations against current and former men’s basketball program staff members — which included four so-called Level 1 infractions, the most serious designation — but the N.C.A.A.’s letter did not include the dreaded “lack of institutional control” charge that might have brought far more serious consequences for the university. Pitino, who was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013, has denied that he knew about the actions of the former employee, Andre McGee, but the accusation that he failed to monitor McGee is in the most serious category of potential violation, and it could result in his suspension.

In a statement, Louisville’s athletic director, Tom Jurich, noted that the allegations did not include the charge that Pitino knew of McGee’s actions with the prostitutes, and he pledged to appeal the charge that Pitino had failed to monitor his employees.

“The N.O.A. aligns with the results of our inquiry: Improper activities took place in a dormitory that never should have occurred,” Jurich said, referring to the notice of allegations and going on to allude to Louisville’s self-imposed postseason ban last season. “When the facts were established, we acted. We took appropriate punitive and corrective actions.”