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“Many college players among 20 charged in point-shaving scheme”

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See the link below. From the article:

”Twenty men have been charged in a point-shaving scheme involving 39 college basketball players on 17 NCAA Division I teams, leading to 29 games being fixed, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Fifteen of the defendants played college basketball during the 2023-24 and/or 2024-25 seasons, according to the indictment. Two of the players named in the indictment, Cedquavious Hunter and Dyquavian Short, were sanctioned in November by the NCAA for fixing New Orleans games.

Four of the players charged -- Simeon Cottle, Carlos Hart, Camian Shell and Oumar Koureissi -- have played for their current teams in the past week. The allegations against Hart, Shell and Koureissi stem from their previous schools, while Cottle's alleged incident occurred in the 2023-24 season. None of the allegations against them involve this season.

"This was a massive scheme that enveloped the world of college basketball," U.S. Attorney David Metcalf said in a news conference. "This was a significant and rampant corruption of college athletics."

The charges, filed in federal court in Philadelphia, include bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy. The bribery charges carry a maximum sentence of five years. The fraud charges carry a maximum sentence of up to 20 years.”

Schools Named in Indictment

Abilene Christian
Alabama State
Buffalo
Coppin State
DePaul
Eastern Michigan
Fordham
Kennesaw State
La Salle
New Orleans
Nicholls State
North Carolina A&T
Northwestern State
Robert Morris
Saint Louis
Southern Miss
Tulane

www.espn.com

Many college players among dozens charged in point-shaving plot

A college basketball point-shaving scheme involving more than 39 players on 17 teams resulted in dozens of games in the previous two seasons being fixed by a gambling ring that included a former NBA player, according to a federal indictment.
www.espn.com www.espn.com

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MtNittany said:
W/ prop bets on how many times the 2 guard takes a shot in a basically meaningless game, I'm sure this still doesn't go on today.
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Is anything being done to confront this obvious problem? Asking.
 
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LionJim said:
Is anything being done to confront this obvious problem? Asking.
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In FL, you can only legally bet on Hard Rock - which doesn't allow individual college prop bets on football or basketball (same w/ many other states). Maybe the rest of the states could adopt this obvious rule?
 
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ESPN writing a story about college athletes shaving points is like your local drug dealer writing an article about a bunch of junkies getting arrested. I bet there’s a lot more point shaving going on than is outlined in that article.
 
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op2 said:
ESPN writing a story about college athletes shaving points is like your local drug dealer writing an article about a bunch of junkies getting arrested. I bet there’s a lot more point shaving going on than is outlined in that article.
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I don’t think that there’s any doubt that a lot of college basketball players are on the take to gamblers and organized crime; this has been going on for decades in that sport with NYU, BC, and Arizona State, just to name a few. It probably would be worse if not for NIL, but there’s a lot of it happening.

What’s sad is that PSU still would lose even if every player on the other team was trying to throw the game.
 
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So who or what organization is behind this corruption? It seems as if they prey on poor vulnerable players from small schools
 
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MtNittany said:
In FL, you can only legally bet on Hard Rock - which doesn't allow individual college prop bets on football or basketball (same w/ many other states). Maybe the rest of the states could adopt this obvious rule?
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Only if they got lotsa Native Americans.
 
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BobPSU92 said:
See the link below. From the article:

”Twenty men have been charged in a point-shaving scheme involving 39 college basketball players on 17 NCAA Division I teams, leading to 29 games being fixed, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Fifteen of the defendants played college basketball during the 2023-24 and/or 2024-25 seasons, according to the indictment. Two of the players named in the indictment, Cedquavious Hunter and Dyquavian Short, were sanctioned in November by the NCAA for fixing New Orleans games.

Four of the players charged -- Simeon Cottle, Carlos Hart, Camian Shell and Oumar Koureissi -- have played for their current teams in the past week. The allegations against Hart, Shell and Koureissi stem from their previous schools, while Cottle's alleged incident occurred in the 2023-24 season. None of the allegations against them involve this season.

"This was a massive scheme that enveloped the world of college basketball," U.S. Attorney David Metcalf said in a news conference. "This was a significant and rampant corruption of college athletics."

The charges, filed in federal court in Philadelphia, include bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy. The bribery charges carry a maximum sentence of five years. The fraud charges carry a maximum sentence of up to 20 years.”

Schools Named in Indictment

Abilene Christian
Alabama State
Buffalo
Coppin State
DePaul
Eastern Michigan
Fordham
Kennesaw State
La Salle
New Orleans
Nicholls State
North Carolina A&T
Northwestern State
Robert Morris
Saint Louis
Southern Miss
Tulane

www.espn.com

Many college players among dozens charged in point-shaving plot

A college basketball point-shaving scheme involving more than 39 players on 17 teams resulted in dozens of games in the previous two seasons being fixed by a gambling ring that included a former NBA player, according to a federal indictment.
www.espn.com www.espn.com

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Old news. It was done in the 50's, 60's and 70's. iirc
 
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Catch1lion said:
Iowa wrestling is laying down on the job . 😍
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I'd guess Psu wins 8 of the 10 matches, only HVY would Iowa be a favorite of more than a little bit. But IF Iowa gets 3 (i'll give one upset), none of them will be bonus pts, so I think their max score is 9. That would leave 21-9 at minimum but I would guess they receive bonus pts from SVN and Barr. With them kicking off their 197, I could see Barr getting 6. but because Brand boys like to stall, I think its a lot of lower scoring matches. I'd take Iowa to cover. 26-9
 
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Bison13 said:
I'd guess Psu wins 8 of the 10 matches, only HVY would Iowa be a favorite of more than a little bit. But IF Iowa gets 3 (i'll give one upset), none of them will be bonus pts, so I think their max score is 9. That would leave 21-9 at minimum but I would guess they receive bonus pts from SVN and Barr. With them kicking off their 197, I could see Barr getting 6. but because Brand boys like to stall, I think its a lot of lower scoring matches. I'd take Iowa to cover. 26-9
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We’re screwed. 😞
 
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