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[KansasCityCats]

Can't wait until this whole thing goes away.

Either "blow up" college basketball & punish every D-1 school...or "let it go" and ensure that it never happens again.

Sick of waiting (while each program gets nailed "one at a time").

At least Dukie V will have another program to rip on.  Wait...he won't say a negative word about Bill Self...

[WILD]

Kansas has been in the news like crazy with the FBI news, but non of the talking heads is making a big deal about it. This is such BS!  Take a look at the latest FBI jayhawk news below.

https://twitter.com/CBSSportsCBB/status/1022164581706354689

[KansasCityCats]

KU Representatives were in NY discussing the allegations & nobody was aware.

Not sure why ESPN lets them off the hook...but still won't "clear" Arizona by confirming that their initial story was absolute BS.

Local radio referenced Arizona yesterday & compared Ayton's situation to DeSouza...which is ridiculous because Ayton was NEVER caught (just accused by the fake ESPN story).

Can't wait until the FBI allows the NCAA to clear up this whole mess.  They need to set new guidelines & move on (so Miller/Arizona know how to move forward with the future of our program).

[WILD]

Louisville altered docs to hide that Christian Dawkins visited with Bowen.

https://twitter.com/JasonRileyWDRB/status/1035005076119728129

[WILD]

I missed this a few days back. Dickie V really does have a thing for Patino. What a joke!

https://twitter.com/DickieV/status/1033865885537038336

[Dav]

https://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2018/9/26/17905914/fbi-college-basketball-investigation-every-school-recruiting-louisville-usc-arizona

Arizona

The Impact

The FBI's indictment alleged that Book Richardson, a top assistant to Sean Miller since 2009, accepted $20,000 in bribes from Dawkins and Sood for steering a top Arizona point guard recruit to work with them. The recruit in question is believed to be five-star floor general Jahvon Quinerly, who wound up signing with Villanova. Richardson, who was arrested, was immediately placed on administrative leave and subsequently fired in January.

Arizona's role in this scandal blew up in February when ESPN's Mark Schlabach released a report alleging the FBI had caught Miller on a wiretap explicitly discussing a $100,000 to ensure that center DeAndre Ayton would sign with the school. The next night, Miller did not coach the Wildcats' game against Oregon, but Ayton played. As details from Schlabach's report became more and more refuted, Miller returned to the team and coached the rest of the season without issue.

The Wildcats began the season ranked No. 3 in the country, struggled through the first half of the year, but appeared to hit their stride in March with a Pac-12 tournament triumph. That belief was squashed a week later when 13-seed Buffalo ran all over Miller's team en route to a stunning 89-68 upset in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Where They Are Now

Arizona's 2018 recruiting class was hurt by the FBI investigation, most notably when Shareef O'Neal (Shaq's son) flipped his commitment to UCLA following the release of Schlabach's report for ESPN. Though the Wildcats figure to take a step backwards in 2018-19, it appears as though they'll be back on course in short order. The best evidence for that is the recent commitment of Nico Mannion, the top-ranked point guard in the class of 2019. Just days after Mannion's commitment, Miller also received a pledge from 7-footer Christian Koloko.

[KansasCityCats]

Interesting that more writers outside of ESPN are still referencing Schlabach's article...but never mention that ESPN essentially retracted the accusations in their entirety via their "errors page". 

Maybe this guy is trying to get a job with ESPN.  Regardless, more people (outside of Arizona) should be aware that the story was pulled back.

[Dav]

Interesting that more writers outside of ESPN are still referencing Schlabach's article...but never mention that ESPN essentially retracted the accusations in their entirety via their "errors page". 

Maybe this guy is trying to get a job with ESPN.  Regardless, more people (outside of Arizona) should be aware that the story was pulled back.

Shows the power of the news media.  Dumb-asses can say anything and it'll stick.

[ichi]

alongside today's ESPN article (written by Schlabach!) about the trial starting is a box labelled 'Editors Picks' which contains a link to the 'Sean Miller talked payment on wiretap' pile of crap written by Schlabach

of course people will quote that story when ESPN is still promoting it, despite having walked back or edited major portions, despite no evidence

great, now I'm all pist off again

[WILD]

The trial for Christian Dawkins the agent who allegedly paid Book Richardson in the FBI scandal begins tomorrow. Can't wait till the trials are all over, so we can close the door on this nightmare. 

https://twitter.com/AdamZagoria/status/1046552332241170435