Jarvis also led the Colonials to two victories over number one ranked UMass, compiling a 143–100 record at George Washington.
It later emerged that school officials had fired Jarvis in part due to a series of embarrassing off-court incidents.
Among these, a junior college transfer had been charged with assaulting a female student, and a senior guard had been kicked off the team after being caught smoking marijuana near St. John's campus in Queens.
As a result, St. John's placed itself on two years' probation, withdrew from postseason consideration for the 2004–05 season, and forfeited 43 wins in which Keita participated.
The NCAA accepted St. John's sanctions and faulted Jarvis for not properly monitoring Keita's situation, but otherwise cleared him of wrongdoing.
[4] Prior to coming back with the Owls in 2009, Jarvis worked for ESPN as a college basketball commentator, and Yahoo!
Conference tournament champion *Jarvis was fired on December 19, 2003; assistant Kevin Clark finished the season.