Thirteen male university basketball players of six schools participated in game schemes, including betting on their own team, manipulation of the game and sharing information with third parties for game purposes, NCAA announced Thursday.
The players previously associated with eastern Michigan, the Temple, the state of Arizona, New Orleans, North Carolina A&T and the state of the Mississippi Valley are under investigation for random games violations, according to the NCAA, which refused to name the athletes until the infractions process has concluded. According to NCAA, none of the players are enrolled in schools where infractions occurred.
The violations include athletes that you bet on and against their own teams, share information with third parties in order to bet, manipulating to know the results of punctuation or game and/or refusing to participate in the investigation of the execution personnel. The NCAA said that the cases of additional sports bets are at different stages.
The NCAA said that some third parties are involved in multiple cases and that they were aware of how some players were committed to the schemes, but refused to give details.
“The increase in sports bets is creating more opportunities for sports athletes to get involved in this unacceptable behavior, and although legalized sports bets are here to stay, regulators and game companies can make more to reduce these integrity risks by eliminating proportion bets and giving the sports leagues a seat at the table when they establish policies,” said the president of the NCAA. In a release.
It is not alleged that the schools and the respective personnel in the cases were involved in the violations, and the application personnel do not seek sanctions by the institutions, the NCAA said in their release.
ESPN previously reported that the betting accounts associated with a game ring under federal investigation placed bets considered suspicious by the betting corridors against Temple, Eastern Michigan, North Carolina A&T, state of the Mississippi and New Orleans valley in the last two seasons.
The United States Prosecutor's Office for Eastern District of Pennsylvania is investigating a game ring with links with the NBA betting scandal that involves former player Jontay Porter, according to multiple sources.
Sportsbooks began to notice suspected betting patterns in select university basketball games, often at the extension point and under/under total in the first halves, during the 2023-24 season. A temple game against UAB on March 7, 2024 attracted the scrutiny after the extended point in the full game moved from UAB -2 to up to -8. Multiple Sports albums of the USA. UAB won 100-72.
The next season, two games that involved east of Michigan were marked for an unusual betting activity, and four players from the University of New Orleans were suspended from the team last season as part of a game investigation, according to multiple sources.
