I guess it semantics, but chain of command. He should have told coach and she should have told the team.
It really doesn't matter at this point. What's done is done. There will be no title game, and no NCAA tournament. It sucks given we were having the best season in program history, but sometimes.... these things happen. On the men's side of the house there are plenty of teams that are having banner seasons who won't get the chance to prove it in the tournament. Piekell and Yeboah were set to go to the tournament, but now that's no more also. Really unfortunate, but it's happened.