NCAA announces infractions decisions on six former men's college basketball players from sports betting investigation

The NCAA Committee on Infractions has issued three separate decisions following investigations that uncovered sports betting violations. It involves six former men’s basketball student-athletes from New Orleans, Mississippi Valley State and Arizona State.

According to the NCAA, while the cases at each school were not directly connected, all involved betting-related game manipulation and/or players providing information to known bettors. Each case also included a lack of cooperation during the investigation, as the student-athletes knowingly provided false or misleading information to enforcement staff.

As a result, all six players were found in violation of the NCAA’s ethical conduct rules, triggering permanent ineligibility. The individuals involved were identified as Cedquavious Hunter (New Orleans), Dyquavian Short (New Orleans), Jamond Vincent (New Orleans), Donovan Sanders (Mississippi Valley), Alvin Stredic (Mississippi Valley) and Chatton “BJ” Freeman (Arizona State). None of the players remain enrolled at their previous institutions.

The three cases were resolved through the NCAA’s negotiated resolution process in coordination with the schools. Hunter and Sanders declined to participate in their respective cases, while Short, Vincent and Stredic did not respond to enforcement staff as their cases were processed. Freeman, meanwhile, took part in a negotiated resolution and accepted responsibility for his violations.

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Moreover, the news comes after the revelation that three former Eastern Michigan men’s basketball players — Jalin Billingsley, Da’Sean Nelson and Jalen Terry — did not cooperate with their investigation into potential sports betting conduct.

Back in September, the NCAA announced the permanent eligibility revocation of three Division I basketball players for betting on their own games. The NCAA also revealed that it was pursuing additional sports gambling investigations into 13 former men’s basketball players from six different colleges.

The NCAA did not name the alleged violators. But it did identify that the 13 former student-athletes were previously associated with Arizona State, Eastern Michigan, Temple, New Orleans, North Carolina A&T and Mississippi Valley State.

Per the release distributed, “The NCAA enforcement staff received notifications from multiple integrity monitoring services in early 2025 about suspicious first-half betting activity on Eastern Michigan‘s Jan. 14 game (against Central Michigan). Integrity Services subsequently determined that abnormal betting activity occurred on two previous games that season as well. Shortly thereafter, the enforcement staff contacted the school and opened a collaborative investigation.”

As the reach of sports gambling grows by the moment, more cases like these are going to keep popping up across the country, as we’ve seen. For now, it appears that more young men who got caught up in gambling will face repercussions that could hold serious implications for the remainder of their lives.

— On3’s Daniel Hager contributed to this article.