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Sportsbook accounts connected to the gambling
ring bet against Eastern Michigan, Mississippi Valley State and
North Carolina A&T, according to ESPN, which cited anonymous
sources.
Three North Carolina A&T players were suspended indefinitely
last week “for violating team rules,” though it was not clear if
the statement from men’s basketball coach Monté Ross had any
connection to the gambling allegations.
According to ESPN, some of the same sportsbook accounts also
placed large wagers on prop bets involving former Toronto
Raptors player Jontay Porter in two games during the 2023-24 NBA
season and then-Charlotte Hornets guard Terry Rozier in 2023.
Porter has admitted to manipulating his performance during games
for gambling purposes and has been banned from the NBA for life.
Rozier declined last week to comment on a reported investigation
into unusual betting on his performance in a game.
The sportsbook accounts linked to the gambling ring also wagered
on a Temple game flagged for suspicious betting last March.
“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 said in a statement. “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.”
The growth of legal sports betting has prompted concerns about
increased stress on athletes and the potential for wrongdoing.
In 2023, about two dozen Iowa State and Iowa athletes were
criminally charged after a state investigation into illegal
sports wagering; some charges were dropped after investigators
were found to have misused tracking software that detected open
mobile betting apps in Iowa State athletic facilities.
That same year, Alabama fired its baseball coach amid an
investigation into suspicious bets involving a Crimson Tide game
at LSU.
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