On September 11th, 2025, the NCAA announced that it was formally investigating 13 former Division I men’s basketball players for violations of gambling rules and not cooperating with investigators. The NCAA says all the cases are different but they involve players betting for and against their team. As well as giving out information to be used by bettors to knowingly manipulate scoring and game outcomes.

The former students were enrolled at Temple, Arizona State, Eastern Michigan, New Orleans, Mississippi Valley State and North Carolina A&T. The NCAA also reiterated that the investigation is solely on the former student-athletes and not the schools themselves.

“Arizona State University is aware of the NCAA investigation and outcome related to a former student-athlete who is no longer enrolled at ASU,” the school said in a statement. “The university cooperated fully with all inquiries, and was not implicated in any way.”

It is currently unknown if any of these students are still enrolled at other schools, or have even transferred. The NCAA is still obligated to inform schools if any of their players are facing a potential eligibility issue.

The NCAA also said that it was releasing this information publicly due to the extensive reporting on the cases already. They mentioned that all the cases are in different stages of an investigation but didn’t include any specifics or who these players were. The cases although, appear to be related.

Federal prosecutors have linked a widespread college basketball gambling scheme to the NBA as well. They are now trying to see if this is in anyway tied to the Jontay Porter situation. If you aren’t aware of the Porter situation, Jontay manipulated his own performances during games to help bettors win money on his over/under. Miami Heat’s Terry Rozier is also under investigation in connection to the scheme.

Porter was then banned by the NBA, pled guilty to one federal charge of wire fraud conspiracy. As well as four other being charged, with three pleading guilty and one currently in plea negotiations with the government, but has not been charged at this time.

Five colleges have gotten visits from the FBI regarding ties to the gambling scheme.

The NCAA is also considering easing its gambling rules to let college athletes place bets on professional sports. The proposal will be reviewed this fall. The NCAA is also advocating for a ban on prop bets, wagers tied to individual player statistics, which experts warn are particularly vulnerable to manipulation.

Right now, athletes and athletic department staff are barred from betting on any NCAA-sponsored sport, whether professional or amateur. Even under the new rules, they would still be prohibited from wagering on their own teams or sports.

“The NCAA monitors over 22,000 contests every year and will continue to aggressively pursue competition integrity risks such as these,” NCAA President Charlie Baker said in a statement. “I am grateful for the NCAA enforcement team’s relentless work and for the schools’ cooperation in these matters. The rise of sports betting is creating more opportunity for athletes across sports to engage in this unacceptable behavior, and while legalized sports betting is here to stay, regulators and gaming companies can do more to reduce these integrity risks by eliminating prop bets and giving sports leagues a seat at the table when setting policies.”