{"id":540529,"date":"2026-01-16T12:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/540529\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:01:12","slug":"friday-headlines-college-basketball-point-shaving-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/540529\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Headlines: College Basketball Point Shaving Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/story\/_\/id\/47619154\/many-college-players-20-charged-point-shaving-scheme\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Major news dropped on Thursday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Major news dropped on Thursday<\/a> when a federal indictment was unsealed on Thursday in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The document revealed a college basketball point-shaving scheme that involved over 39 college basketball players on 17 teams. The scheme led to dozens of games over the course of the last two seasons being fixed with the gambling ring being run by a former NBA player.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In the official story on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/story\/_\/id\/47619154\/many-college-players-20-charged-point-shaving-scheme\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ESPN;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ESPN<\/a>, it says that four of the players named have played over the last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">While a gambling ring that involves fixing college basketball games is no laughing matter, there was this post on Twitter yesterday that came across pretty funny regarding Louisville in the Kenny Payne era.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">And this anecdote is pretty wild itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">There are numerous charges that involve dozens. It will almost certainly be mind-blowing to see what else is revealed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">No one connected to the University of Kentucky basketball program was mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>Tweet of the Day<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">HUGE win!<\/p>\n<p>Headlines<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yoursportsedge.com\/2026\/01\/15\/dl-tavion-gadson-is-an-important-returner-for-cats\/vaughts-views\/larryvaught\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tavion Gadson is an Important Returner for Cats \u2013 Vaught\u2019s Views;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Tavion Gadson is an Important Returner for Cats \u2013 Vaught\u2019s Views<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Couldn\u2019t agree more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/story\/_\/id\/47619154\/many-college-players-20-charged-point-shaving-scheme\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Many college players among dozens charged in point-shaving plot \u2013 ESPN;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Many college players among dozens charged in point-shaving plot \u2013 ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Yikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/kentucky-wildcats\/news\/mark-pope-excited-see-andrija-jelavic-grow-hes-got-better-basketball-front-him\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mark Pope excited to see Andrija Jelavi\u0107 grow \u2013 KSR;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mark Pope excited to see Andrija Jelavi\u0107 grow \u2013 KSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Lots of opportunity lately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47622840\/chiefs-patrick-mahomes-want-ready-week-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Patrick Mahomes: \u2018I want to be ready for Week 1\u2019 \u2013 ESPN;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Patrick Mahomes: \u2018I want to be ready for Week 1\u2019 \u2013 ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Aggressive goal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/kentucky-wildcats\/news\/mitch-barnhart-commends-how-will-stein-juggled-two-jobs-kentucky-football-oregon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Barnhart Commends How Stein Juggled Two Jobs \u2013 KSR;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Barnhart Commends How Stein Juggled Two Jobs \u2013 KSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Pretty impressive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47623813\/seahawks-sam-darnold-oblique-injury-expects-face-49ers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sam Darnold hurts oblique but expects to face 49ers \u2013 ESPN;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sam Darnold hurts oblique but expects to face 49ers \u2013 ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Should be interesting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/teams\/kentucky-wildcats\/news\/kentucky-baseball-season-preview-nick-mingione\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kentucky will have intriguing young talent on veteran roster \u2013 KSR;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kentucky will have intriguing young talent on veteran roster \u2013 KSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Best of both worlds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47622415\/howie-roseman-downplays-aj-brown-trade-talk-says-eagles-wr-great-player\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Howie Roseman downplays A.J. Brown trade talk \u2013 ESPN;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Howie Roseman downplays A.J. Brown trade talk \u2013 ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Moving on feels inevitable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Major news dropped on Thursday when a federal indictment was unsealed on Thursday in the Eastern District of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3723],"tags":[74343,7,217,36100,1975,74342,231,772,1544,4015],"class_list":["post-540529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-aaron-harrison","tag-basketball","tag-college-basketball","tag-federal-indictment","tag-louisville","tag-mike-rutherford","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-basketball","tag-ncaab","tag-pennsylvania"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115904674831327247","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}