Fingers crossed that we're gonna come out of this OK. And, especially happy for Coach L if it happens.
BTW, UConn fans (many at least) are convinced that someone paid Durand Scott to jilt them and come to UM. (He was a HS teammate of Kemba Walker at Rice HS in NYC.) Their board was full of that talk at the time!
Anyway, here's the relevant portion of the ESPN article I referenced above.
"Regardless of what happens with the criminal cases, sources with knowledge of the FBI investigation told ESPN this week that the clandestine probe could result in potential NCAA violations for as many as three dozen Division I programs, based on information included in wiretap conversations from the defendants and financial records, emails and cell phone records seized from NBA agent Andy Miller. His office was raided on the same day the FBI arrested 10 men, including four assistant coaches, in late September.
"It's not the mid-major programs who were trying to buy players to get to the top," a source told ESPN. "It's the teams that are already there."
The sources told ESPN that many of the alleged incidents involve illegal cash payments to prospects and their families, as well as players and their families receiving tens of thousands of dollars from agents while they were still playing in college. In some cases, according to the sources, NCAA head coaches were aware of the payments, while others didn't have knowledge of the schemes.
"At some point, the NCAA is going to see this stuff," the source said. "What are they going to do? They can't sit on their hands. If one kid is getting punished at USC for taking money, then the kid taking money at another school has to be punished, too."
36 (if it turns out that way) Div I programs is a pretty hefty percentage.