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NCAA Rules Ex-San Francisco Guard Marcus Williams Ineligible Over Sharing Betting Info

Investigators cited text messages recovered from a separate case involving Fresno State’s Mykell Robinson.

Overview

  • The NCAA said it reached a negotiated resolution coordinated with the University of San Francisco that leaves Williams with no remaining college eligibility.
  • Enforcement staff found Williams knowingly provided information about his upcoming points, 3-pointers, rebounds and assists to Robinson before at least nine games in 2024–25.
  • Text messages discovered after imaging Robinson’s phone showed Williams directing him to take the over on those statistical lines.
  • The NCAA said Williams gave false or misleading information during a March interview, including denying a daily fantasy account linked to his name and email.
  • Williams’ agent said the player never bet on college games and expressed regret over the communications, as the case unfolds within a wider NCAA betting crackdown involving roughly 30 cases and multiple ineligibility rulings this year.