NCAA revokes eligibility of 6 more college basketball players as it continues sports betting probe
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NCAA revokes eligibility of 6 more college basketball players as it continues sports betting probe
Young men tend to be the dominant demographic group that participates in sports betting. And so I’m actively developing *** course at Carnegie Mellon University to teach freshman students about sports betting. Uh, and I was motivated by this, uh, from my time as an instructor of literally seeing students. On campus, talk about sports betting, engage in sports betting on their phones in the classroom. And my view was we should tackle this head on as statistics instructors. I teach statistics and probability theory, and that’s underpinning, understanding all of these types of bets and recognizing. How, how much could they actually win? What is the expected value of placing these bets? And so of the bets people can make and consider, one of the types of bets that really do have *** low probability of winning are parlays or even more specifically, same game parlays. Uh, and these are bets which by design. *** low probability, uh, where they rely on several types of bets, uh, being correct at the same time, uh, each of which have their individual probabilities, but the idea is maybe the payoff could be great and so people might lean *** little into those, but they tend to be so rare that in general, should probably avoid. Take advantage of different types of responsible gaming resources that are out there. There’s information from the responsible Gambling Council, the National Council on Problem Gambling, and there’s tools within sports books that you can use. They’re required to have front and center about limiting how much are you going to bet on *** given day.
NCAA revokes eligibility of 6 more college basketball players as it continues sports betting probe
Updated: 12:09 PM CST Nov 7, 2025
The NCAA revoked the eligibility of six men’s college basketball players for allegations of sports betting on Friday in three separate cases at New Orleans, Mississippi Valley and Arizona State.The NCAA Committee on Infractions released findings from an investigation that concluded Cedquavious Hunter, Dyquavian Short, Jamond Vincent, Donovan Sanders, Alvin Stredic and Chatton “BJ” Freeman manipulated their performances to lose games, not cover betting lines, ensure certain prop bets were reached or provided information that enabled others to do so during the 2024-25 regular season.In September, the NCAA also banned three college basketball players for betting on their own games at Fresno State and San Jose State.The violations at New Orleans against Hunter, Short and Vincent came to light after the NCAA received a tip about game manipulation. The NCAA said a student-athlete overheard the three players discuss a third party placing a bet on their game against McNeese State on Dec. 28, 2024. New Orleans lost 86-61.That same student-athlete reported that during a timeout near the end of the game, Short instructed him not to score any more points. New Orleans suspended all three student-athletes for the remainder of the season while it investigated the allegations.The NCAA investigation showed that the three players manipulated their performances in seven games from December through January to lose by more points than the spread for that game.The violations against Freeman were uncovered when the NCAA reviewed text messages involving Mykell Robinson, who played at Fresno State. Records on Robinson’s phone indicated that on four separate occasions between November and December 2024, Freeman knowingly provided information to Robinson, who was betting on Freeman through daily fantasy sports accounts.Freeman also knowingly provided information on at least two occasions to his then-girlfriend, who was also betting on Freeman.The NCAA said last month that it had been investigating at least 30 current or former players for gambling issues.
The NCAA revoked the eligibility of six men’s college basketball players for allegations of sports betting on Friday in three separate cases at New Orleans, Mississippi Valley and Arizona State.
The NCAA Committee on Infractions released findings from an investigation that concluded Cedquavious Hunter, Dyquavian Short, Jamond Vincent, Donovan Sanders, Alvin Stredic and Chatton “BJ” Freeman manipulated their performances to lose games, not cover betting lines, ensure certain prop bets were reached or provided information that enabled others to do so during the 2024-25 regular season.
In September, the NCAA also banned three college basketball players for betting on their own games at Fresno State and San Jose State.
The violations at New Orleans against Hunter, Short and Vincent came to light after the NCAA received a tip about game manipulation. The NCAA said a student-athlete overheard the three players discuss a third party placing a bet on their game against McNeese State on Dec. 28, 2024. New Orleans lost 86-61.
That same student-athlete reported that during a timeout near the end of the game, Short instructed him not to score any more points. New Orleans suspended all three student-athletes for the remainder of the season while it investigated the allegations.
The NCAA investigation showed that the three players manipulated their performances in seven games from December through January to lose by more points than the spread for that game.
The violations against Freeman were uncovered when the NCAA reviewed text messages involving Mykell Robinson, who played at Fresno State. Records on Robinson’s phone indicated that on four separate occasions between November and December 2024, Freeman knowingly provided information to Robinson, who was betting on Freeman through daily fantasy sports accounts.
Freeman also knowingly provided information on at least two occasions to his then-girlfriend, who was also betting on Freeman.
The NCAA said last month that it had been investigating at least 30 current or former players for gambling issues.