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An NCAA investigation into possible betting-related game manipulation and/or providing information to known bettors has found six former men’s basketball players guilty. The six players, who competed at New Orleans, Mississippi Valley, and Arizona State, are all now permanently ineligible.
Those six basketball players, Cedquavious Hunter, Dyquavian Short, Jamond Vincent, Donovan Sanders, Alvin Stredic, and Chatton “BJ” Freeman, also, according to the NCAA, knowingly provided false or misleading information to investigators. The NCAA says the cases are not directly related and added in a previous report that the schools will not be punished.
The case against BJ Freeman
BJ Freeman, perhaps the highest-profile player to be banned, was discovered to have provided inside information to Fresno State player Mykell Robinson. Robinson then used that information to bet on Freeman through daily fantasy sports accounts. Freeman also provided information to his girlfriend at the time on at least two occasions. She also placed bets on his performance. During the investigation, the NCAA said he knowingly provided false or misleading information.
During his three years playing NCAA basketball – two at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and one at Arizona State – Freeman averaged 17.8 points per game, 5.2 rebounds, and 3.2 assists in 84 games. After the 2024-25 season, he had one season of athletics eligibility remaining.
The case against Hunter, Short, and Vincent
Former University of New Orleans players Cedquavious Hunter, Dyquavian Short, and Jamond Vincent were all suspended in February 2025 after a teammate reported overhearing them speaking to a third party about placing a bet for them. During a timeout in that same game, Short told that teammate not to score any more points. Text messages on Vincent’s phone were later shown to have alerted three third parties to bet on the contest because he and his teammates planned to “throw the game.”
“In total, the enforcement staff’s investigation demonstrated that Hunter, Short, and Vincent manipulated their performances for the purpose of financially benefiting themselves and others in seven games from December through January,” the NCAA wrote. “In all seven games, Hunter, Short and Vincent lost or attempted to lose by more points than the betting spread identified by sportsbook operators, in a conspiracy with outside bettors.”
The case against Sanders and Stredic
Donovan Sanders and Alvin Stredic, then playing for Mississippi Valley, were brought to the NCAA’s attention by an integrity monitor who noted betting trends for the school’s Jan. 6 game were suspicious. During a subsequent investigation, one of their teammates said he overheard Sanders on the phone with an unknown third party talking about “throwing the game.”
“The enforcement staff demonstrated that Sanders knowingly provided information to a third party for the purposes of sports betting for two games and Stredic did the same for one game,” the NCAA wrote. “Finally, both student-athletes failed to cooperate with the investigation when they provided false or misleading information to investigators and did not provide requested records during the investigation.”