NCAA Investigating 13 Former Basketball Players for Sports Betting Violations

• The NCAA is alleging violations of sports betting rules and/or related failure to cooperate violations for 13 former basketball players
• These include student-athletes betting on and against their own teams, plus several other violations
• The NCAA Committee on Infractions resolved three similar cases earlier this week

The NCAA is investigating several former men’s basketball student athletes who competed at six schools for sports betting violations.

The NCAA announced it is in the process of alleging violations of sports betting rules and/or related failure-to-cooperate violations for 13 former men’s basketball student athletes who competed at six schools.

While the facts differ for each athlete, they all include instances of student athletes betting on and against their own teams, sharing information with third parties for purpose of sports betting, knowingly manipulating scoring or game outcomes, and/or refusing to participate in the enforcement staff’s investigation.

Schools Not Involved in Ongoing Cases

According to the NCAA’s report, the schools and respective school staffs in the ongoing cases are not alleged to have been involved in the violations by student-athletes. The enforcement staff is not seeking penalties for the schools themselves.

Student-athletes being investigated were formerly associated with Eastern Michigan, Temple, Arizona State, New Orleans, North Carolina A&T and Mississippi Valley. Additional cases are still being investigated.

The NCAA noted it will not reveal the names of the athletes in question and none of them are currently enrolled at their previous NCAA schools.

“The NCAA monitors over 22,000 contests every year and will continue to aggressively pursue competition integrity risks such as these,” NCAA President Charlie Baker said. “I am grateful for the NCAA enforcement team’s relentless work and for the schools’ cooperation in these matters. 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.”

The NCAA’s enforcement staff became aware of unusual betting activities around regular-season games played by these teams. The enforcement staff followed up with these reports and substantiated, in some cases through text messages, direct messages on social media platforms, and other material evidence, that violations had occurred.

NCAA Revokes Eligibility of Three Athletes

Earlier this week, the NCAA Committee on Infractions released findings from an NCAA enforcement investigation that uncovered violations by three student-athletes who competed in men’s basketball at Fresno State and San Jose State.

Mykell Robinson, Steven Vasquez, and Jalen Weaver were all released from their respective teams and are no longer enrolled in their schools. They are now permanently ineligible to participate in NCAA athletics.

The NCAA began an investigation after notifications from Fresno State and a sports betting integrity monitor flagged suspicious prop bet activity placed on Robinson. The NCAA enforcement staff uncovered evidence that the three student-athletes shared information about individual betting lines to manipulate outcomes to win prop bets.

Robinson and Vasquez, former roommates at Fresno State during the 2023-2024 season, discussed over text message that Robinson planned to underperform in several statistical categories during a regular season game in January 2025.

Robinson, Vasquez and a third party bet a $2,200 on Robinson for his under-line performance in those categories. As a result, a $15,950 payout was awarded to those who had bet. Additionally, it was discovered Robinson placed 13 daily fantasy sports over-line and under-line prop bets of $455 on parlays that included his own performance. Robinson did not win on all of the bets but did collect $618 on one occasion.

Finally, Robinson placed multiple bets on Weaver, who Robinson’s teammate at Fresno State, including two bets before a game in late December 2024. He and Weaver exchanged information about their personal betting lines, and as a result of the coordination Weaver placed a $50 prop bet on a parlay for himself, Robinson, and a third-student athlete, and won $260.

Robinson and Vasquez refused to participate in the processing of their cases. Weaver chose to participate and agreed to the violation in his case.