20 players, 17 schools The sports world is reeling, as federal prosecutors have announced that 26 people have been charged with crimes related to point-shaving in men’s college basketball games. Of those people, 20 are players who competed in basketball games in the 2023-2024 and/or 2024-2025 seasons for 17 schools. Four of them played in… Read more »
There’s always a trail Yet another basketball player has been permanently banned from participating in college athletics for violating NCAA gambling rules. On Wednesday, the NCAA announced that former University of San Francisco basketball player Marcus Williams knowingly provided information to a player at another school for betting purposes. After agreeing to a negotiated solution… Read more »
Banned player coming clean Former University of New Orleans basketball player Dae Dae Hunter has admitted to point-shaving in college games last season. Appearing on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Hunter said he knew full well what he was doing and needed the money. Earlier this month, the NCAA permanently pulled Hunter’s and five others’ eligibility… Read more »
Unusually large bets One can argue whether the spread of legal sports betting in the United States is good, bad, or somewhere in between, but one thing it has certainly done is make detecting shenanigans much easier. ESPN has reported that because of suspiciously large bets, two Eastern Michigan men’s basketball games are being investigated.… Read more »
Bet on college basketball games The NCAA has determined that Brody Curry, the former head women’s basketball coach at the University of the South (also know as Sewanee), violated both the NCAA’s sports betting and ethical conduct rules for wagering on sports between 2021 and 2023. According to the NCAA’s Tuesday announcement, Curry placed more… Read more »
Bettors spotted a rare stat-keeping mistake in a college basketball game this past weekend that persisted through to the final score. After the score was corrected, some sportsbooks decided to pay out wagers on both sides. It was a game that not a whole lot of people paid attention to besides alumni of the schools… Read more »
