Fresno State, San Jose State men's basketball players have eligibility permanently revoked in sports betting scandal

The NCAA Committee on Infractions announced three men’s basketball players from Fresno State and San Jose State have had their collegiate eligibility permanently revoked after they were found to have participated in a coordinated sports gambling operation, the NCAA announced Wednesday.

The student-athletes — Fresno State’s Mykell Robinson and Jalen Weaver, and San Jose State’s Steven Vasquez — were released from their respective teams and are no longer enrolled at their schools, per the release. As part of the investigation, the NCAA found all three student-athletes either “bet on their own games, one another’s games and/or provided information that enabled others to do so during the 2024-25 regular season,” according to the release.

Two of the athletes — identified as Robinson and Vasquez, who were previously roommates at Fresno State during the 2023-24 season — orchestrated the operation that included the manipulation of a player’s performance in the games in question “to ensure that certain bets were won” (and) “as a result, they violated ethical conduct rules” thus triggering the permanent revocation of their collegiate eligibility.

NCAA enforcement began its investigation after being notified by Fresno State and a sports betting integrity monitor about suspicious prop bets placed on Robinson, with the NCAA staff uncovering all three student-athletes shared information about individual betting lines for the purposes of manipulating outcomes to win their prop bets.

Former Fresno State teammates orchestrated sports gambling scheme over text message

According to the NCAA release, Robinson and Vasquez — who had transferred to San Jose State for the 2024-25 season — discussed over text messages in January 2025 that Robinson planned to underperform in several statistical categories during a regular-season game. The pair and a third party then bet a combined $2,200 on Robinson to underperform in those categories, resulting in a $15,950 payout distributed among all three parties.

That same season, Robinson reportedly placed 13 daily fantasy sports over-line and under-line prop bets, totaling $454, on parlays that included his own individual performance, though Robinson did not win on all of the best while collecting $618 on one particular occassion, per the release.

Robinson also placed multiple bets on Weaver, his new roommate at Fresno State, include two bets placed before a December 2024 game after the two teammates exchanged information about their respective betting lines. In that instance, Weaver placed a $50 prop bet on a parlay involving himself, Robinson and a third student-athlete, and won $260.

Robinson and Vasquez both failed to cooperate with the NCAA enforcement staff’s investigation, according to the release, the three individual cases were resolved via a negotationed resolution with their respective schools. Weaver participated and agreed to the violation in his case.

Robinson, a 6-foot-7 junior forward in 2024-25, averaged 10.3 points and 6.2 rebounds in 33.5 minutes per game for Fresno State last season, while Weaver, a 6-4 senior guard, averaged 12.5 points and 3.9 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 33.2 minutes per game last season. Meanwhile, Vasquez averaged just 2.1 points in 8.7 minutes per game as a 6-2 senior guard for San Jose State in 2024-25.