Marty Blazer’s testimony and how it affects Northwestern, explained

Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY SportsTuesday, during the second of three fraud and bribery trials that the government is bringing against key figures in college basketball, Northwestern came up unexpectedly.

Key witness Marty Blazer, a self-made financial advisor who is testifying against former Arizona assistant coach Brian Dawkins and co-defendant Merl Code Jr., mentioned the Wildcats as one of seven college football teams with players he paid in order to potentially represent them as a financial advisor after they went pro.

The seven programs were Northwestern, Pittsburgh, Penn State, Michigan, Notre Dame, UNC and Alabama. Blazer said that he paid monthly installments of between $100 and $3,000 to…