Prior to being implicated in a federal bribery investigation a little more than a year ago, the Arizona Wildcats seemed to be on the short list of nearly every top prospect in the 2018 recruiting class. That included Nassir Little, a 5-star forward who in August 2017 had Arizona among his final five choices.
If the attorney for one of three men currently on trial in a federal basketball corruption trial is to be believed, Arizona was willing to pay a pretty penny to have Little come to Tucson. Literally.
“The University of Arizona was going to pay, or offered to pay, $150,000 for Nassir Little to go to Arizona,” Casey Donnelly, the attorney representing former Adidas executive Jim Gatto, said Tuesday during his opening statement.