The NCAA is looking into 13 college basketball players at six Division I schools for breaking the rules of wagering on sports

Some student-athletes from Eastern Michigan, Temple, Arizona State, New Orleans, North Carolina A&T, and Mississippi Valley State are being looked at for reportedly "betting on and against their own teams."

The NCAA said that it is looking into violations of sports betting laws involving 13 athletes at six collegiate basketball programs: Arizona State, Eastern Michigan, Temple, New Orleans, North Carolina A&T, and Mississippi Valley State. The NCAA's enforcement staff says they found some student-athletes "betting on and against their own teams," as well as other point-shaving claims.

Earlier this week, Fresno State's Mykell Robinson and Jalen Weaver, as well as San Jose State's Steven Vasquez, lost their eligibility for good because they bet on themselves.

"The NCAA's extensive integrity monitoring program and network of sources made the enforcement staff aware of strange betting activities around regular-season games played by these teams," the NCAA said in a statement. "The enforcement staff looked into those reports and found proof of violations in some cases through text messages, direct messages on social media, and other physical evidence."

The NCAA said that the schools and their present coaches are "not accused of being involved in the violations."

Arizona State is the only school in a strong league that is currently linked to the NCAA's investigation. In the mid-1990s, the men's basketball program was involved in a point-shaving scandal. One of its best players, Stevin "Hedake" Smith, and teammate Isaac Burton worked together to point shave in certain games for an on-campus bookie in exchange for tens of thousands of dollars.

The school sent a statement to CBS Sports on Thursday: "Arizona State University is aware of the NCAA investigation and outcome pertaining to a former student-athlete who is no longer enrolled at ASU. The university fully cooperated with all requests for information and was not involved in any manner.

A source tells CBS Sports' Matt Norlander that the former Arizona State player who is said to have been involved in illegal gambling is BJ Freeman. Freeman was a shooting guard who averaged 13.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 2.6 assists in 22 starts. He was thrown off the team in late February for what ASU said at the time was behavior that hurt the program. Freeman, who started his career in Milwaukee, made a public pledge to UCF in late April, but the school never said he was a part of its program.

There is a lot of information about what happened before Thursday's disaster. Hysier Miller, Temple's top scorer in 2023–24, was looked into for allegedly shaving points. Miller moved to Virginia Tech before the 2024–25 season, but the Hokies let him go before he could play a game.

Accounts linked to a gambling ring that is being looked at by the federal government for its role in two NBA betting cases were also linked to "unusual wagering activity" on North Carolina A&T, Mississippi Valley State, and Eastern Michigan last season. North Carolina A&T punished three basketball players last January for "violating team rules." This included the top two scorers of the season, Landon Glasper and Ryan Forrest. However, Glasper told CBS Sports that he "never gambled." Last April, Glasper moved to Southern Miss. Forrest is still in the transfer portal.

ESPN said that the same accounts that were related to the investigation were also involved in shady betting on prop bets featuring former Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter during the 2023-24 season and former Hornets guard Terry Rozier in 2023. Porter was kicked out of the league, but Rozier has not been charged or directly accused of doing anything wrong.

Charlie Baker, the president of the NCAA, stated in a statement, "The NCAA watches over 22,000 contests every year and will continue to aggressively pursue competition integrity risks like these." "I appreciate the NCAA enforcement team's hard work and the schools' willingness to help with these issues." Sports betting is becoming more popular, which gives athletes in all sports more chances to do this unacceptable thing. Even though legalized sports betting is here to stay, regulators and gaming companies can do more to lower these integrity risks by getting rid of prop bets and letting sports leagues help set policies.