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Twenty men were charged in a college basketball point-shaving scheme, according to an indictment released Jan. 15. Here's which teams were involved:
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Even wilder? Only one of the 40 is a women’s basketball game, so the boom is more because of more television channels carrying games, not networks giving Saturday shine to the women’s game. Even extra wilder on that? The one women’s game is a Mountain West game where one team is 5-12 on the season. It’s not even a high profile women’s game! Weird!
Texas Tech added a second Quad 1 win to its résumé with a win over West Virginia. The Lady Raiders also beat No. 21 Baylor on Dec. 21. They have Kansas State (62nd in NET) and No. 19 Iowa State looming before January ends, and it's not like the Lady Raiders have had an easy schedule to this point: per NET, they've faced the 67th-toughest schedule.
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The Kentucky Wildcats have had a rough season so far, just 11-6 on the season and 2-2 in the SEC. But, they are coming off of a win over LSU in which they hope
Once again the NCAA finds itself at the center of a controversy and powerless to stop it. A point-shaving scandal in college basketball made national news this week as the federal government indicted 20 people in a scheme involving over three dozen players from 17 Division I basketball programs.