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Are big-time programs -- and coaches -- treated differently when under NCAA investigation?

Oct 15, 2015 at 9:04a ET

Oct 15, 2015 at 9:04a ET

Louisville's Rick Pitino and North Carolina's Roy Williams are in charge of basketball programs under NCAA investigation.

Every October I visit dozens of college basketball’s best teams, watching practices, chatting up players and talking with head coaches and their assistants about the state of their programs and their sport as a whole.

This month, one topic has been impossible to avoid: the scandal at the University of Louisville involving escorts who were allegedly paid to have sex with men’s basketball recruits and their fathers as well as current basketball players.