The last thing the NCAA needs on the road to the Final Four is even a whiff of the point-shaving scandals that have periodically rocked college basketball: at Arizona State and Northwestern in 1997-1998; Tulane in 1985; Boston College in 1981; St. Joseph’s in 1961 and City College of New York in 1951.
That’s why, for the second year in a row, the NCAA asked FBI agents to warn players, coaches and trainers from all 32 teams in the regional round on the ways gamblers try to use them to try to beat the point spread, says Rachel Newman Baker, director of agents, gambling and amateurism activity.
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