- According to an ESPN report, FBI wiretaps recorded University of Arizona head basketball coach Sean Miller discussing a payment of $ 100,000 in order to ensure the signing of a top recruit.
- The news is just the latest to break from the ongoing FBI probe into bribery and corruption within college basketball.
- When an Arizona assistant coach was arrested in September, Miller maintained that he knew nothing of potential bribes regarding recruits to the university.
Arizona Wildcats head coach Sean Miller may be the next domino to fall in the FBI’s investigation into bribery and corruption within college basketball.
According to a report from ESPN, the FBI intercepted calls in which Miller spoke with Christian Dawkins, a “runner” for sports agent Andy Miller and a central figure of the FBI’s probe. ESPN reports that Miller discussed paying $ 100,000 in order to make sure that now-freshman Deandre Ayton signed with Arizona.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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