It’s been nearly 17 months since news first broke that a handful of college basketball assistant coaches, as well as agents and apparel company executives, had been arrested as part of an FBI bribery investigation. Since then several of those implicated have pled guilty to various charges, including former Arizona Wildcats assistant Emmanuel ‘Book’ Richardson.
The NCAA looked like it was waiting for the entire process to play out before getting involved in any way, though that appears to have changed.
According to Yahoo! Sports’ Pat Forde, Pete Thamel and Dan Wetzel, the NCAA has begun a formal inquiry into possible violations stemming from the federal investigation.