Former Arizona center Deandre Ayton, the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s NBA draft, was named Wednesday in the federal trial concerning alleged corruption and fraud in college basketball, according to multiple reporters. AAU coach T.J. Gassnola testified that he provided payments to the players and families of Ayton and four other players.
The other athletes are Billy Preston (who withdrew from Kansas last season without playing in a game for the Jayhawks), Silvio De Sousa (currently on Kansas's roster), Brian Bowen (who signed with Louisville, left in November and landed at South Carolina) and Dennis Smith (whom the Mavericks made the No.