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Names, details still to come
The NCAA has announced that 13 men’s basketball players at six different schools have committed violations of the organization’s gambling rules. Specifics have yet to be divulged, but the NCAA said that the transgressions include “betting on and against their own teams, sharing information with third parties for purposes of sports betting, knowingly manipulating scoring or game outcomes, and/or refusing to participate in the enforcement staff’s investigation.”
neither staff members nor the schools themselves are alleged to have been involved in any wrongdoing
The schools for which the athletes played are Arizona State, Eastern Michigan, Mississippi Valley, New Orleans, North Carolina A&T, and Temple. None of the athletes are still at the schools where the infractions occurred, and neither staff members nor the schools themselves are alleged to have been involved in any wrongdoing.
The NCAA is not releasing any names or further details of exactly what anyone did until the entire infractions process comes to a close.
“The rise of sports betting is creating more opportunity for athletes across sports to engage in this unacceptable behavior, and while legalized sports betting is here to stay, regulators and gaming companies can do more to reduce these integrity risks by eliminating prop bets and giving sports leagues a seat at the table when setting policies,” said NCAA President Charlie Baker in statement on Thursday.
Significant line movement
While the NCAA is just speaking in general terms right now, we do know information about some of the situations from previous media reports.
a massive move on what would normally be a lower-interest game
In January, ESPN’s David Purdum reported that sports betting integrity firm Integrity Compliance 360 (IC360) alerted sportsbooks, regulators, and athletic conferences to suspicious betting on Eastern Michigan men’s basketball games. In a January 14, 2025 game, Eastern Michigan’s opponent, Central Michigan, was a 3.5-point favorite for the first half when betting opened, but high betting volume pushed that another three points to -6.5 just before tipoff, a massive move on what would normally be a lower-interest game. Central Michigan did not cover that first half spread, going into halftime up 39-33 before routing Eastern Michigan, 82-63.
The Temple University violations likely have to do with former player Hysier Miller, though the NCAA has yet to confirm anything.
Another integrity company, US Integrity, flagged a March 7, 2024 game between Temple and the University of Alabama-Birmingham in which UAB was a 1.5-point favorite at the beginning of the day, but grew to a 7-point favorite by tipoff. UAB won the game handily.
At the time, Sports Illustrated reported that US Integrity had been watching Temple “for a while.”
In November 2024, ESPN reported that Hysier Miller was the subject of a federal point-shaving investigation. He had transferred from Temple to Virginia Tech in the offseason, but was dismissed from the team that October for unspecified reasons.
Three Fresno State players banned
The NCAA’s announcement comes just one day after it confirmed that three former Fresno State men’s basketball players had been put on the permanently ineligible list for gambling infractions.
In January 2025, Mykell Robinson and Steven Vasquez discussed over text that Robinson planned to intentionally “underperform” in a January 7 game to make sure “under” prop bets on his stats won. The two players and a third party bet a total of $2,200 on Robinson to miss the prop targets, which he did, resulting in a $15,950 payout.
Robinson also placed 13 parlay bets that included his own stats and put money on teammate Jalen Weaver’s props. Weaver wagered $50 on a prop bet parlay that included his own play, Robinson’s, and a third athlete’s.
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