Overview
- The NCAA named Cedquavious Hunter, Dyquavian Short and Jamond Vincent (New Orleans), Donovan Sanders and Alvin Stredic (Mississippi Valley State), and Chatton “BJ” Freeman (Arizona State) as permanently ineligible.
- New Orleans players were found to have manipulated performances in seven games from December 2024 through January 2025, with texts referencing plans to “throw the game,” a $5,000 payment and an instruction during a timeout not to score.
- Mississippi Valley State’s case included an integrity service flagging suspicious activity tied to Jan. 6, 2025, and evidence that Sanders and Stredic provided betting information after offers of money to underperform, with conduct traced back to Dec. 21, 2024.
- Arizona State’s Freeman knowingly supplied proprietary information on multiple occasions to former Fresno State player Mykell Robinson and to his then‑girlfriend for daily fantasy wagers, later denying the exchanges before resolving the case.
- The infractions were handled as separate cases with no school penalties, the NCAA said all six failed to fully cooperate or misled investigators, and the wider probe of roughly 30 players continues with reporting that points to overlap with federal NBA-related gambling investigations.