Two extra sports activities betting controversies have rocked the school basketball world.
Fresno State and University of New Orleans each held a number of gamers out this week as investigations started.
Fresno State reported that Jalen Weaver and Zaon Collins “are being withheld from competition as the university reviews an eligibility matter.”
Moreover, ESPN reported Mykell Robinson was additionally a part of the investigation. Robinson is now not a part of the staff and hasn’t performed since Jan. 11.
The college and the NCAA started an investigation into the gamers. Weaver and Collins have been two of the Bulldogs’ main scorers, each averaging greater than 12 factors per recreation. Robinson averaged greater than 10 factors earlier than being faraway from the staff.
Fresno State has struggled this 12 months with a 5-23 document and are 1-16 in Mountain West play. The actual nature of the playing investigation stays unknown.
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At the University of New Orleans, 4 of the staff’s prime gamers have been held out since Jan. 27.
James White, Jah Short, Dae Dae Hunter, and Jamond Vincent are all now reportedly a part of an investigation by the college and the NCAA.
White was the squad’s main scorer, averaging greater than 19 factors per recreation. Short, Hunter, and Vincent all averaged round 8 factors per recreation. As in Fresno, the precise particulars on what’s being investigated isn’t identified.
College sports activities betting scandals are on the rise not too long ago.
A Temple basketball recreation was flagged for suspicious playing exercise and different basketball packages might have been focused over the past two years, in keeping with an ESPN report.
Additionally, in 2023, now-former University of Alabama baseball head coach Brad Bohannon misplaced his job after he gave inside info to a bettor who wished to wager in opposition to the Crimson Tide.
Shortly after the Alabama scandal, one other one was uncovered in Iowa, the place greater than a dozen athletes have been charged with unlawful sports activities betting.
“The NCAA takes sports betting very seriously and is committed to the protection of student-athlete well-being and the integrity of competition,” the NCAA famous in an announcement. “The Association works with integrity monitoring services, state regulators and other stakeholders to conduct appropriate due diligence whenever suspicious reports are received. Due to confidentiality rules put in place by NCAA member schools, the NCAA will not comment on current or potential investigations.”
