Who knows, and even if...has the administration earned any trust at all.
The last statement, the apology by Mr. Hamilton about the ill timed comments, is simply not true. What are we to believe? That the AD at UT did not know when the NCAA tournament started? That the van load of players and coaches wasn't headed out of town when the interview played. That they wouldn't be asked about it before the game?
They were intentionally timed comments.
Calling them ill timed infers he made a mistake, and he did no such thing. He or his bosses thought they were laying some groundwork, showing how out of touch they actually are. It wasn't necessary. They miscalculated and are inept.