Jeff Manning and Adam Zagoria
NEW YORK -- Brian Bowen Sr., testifying on the fourth day of the college basketball corruption trial, rattled off with encyclopedic detail the lucrative deals some of the best-known universities in the country allegedly offered his son. There was the $150,000 offered by Oklahoma State, the $100,00 package offered by Creighton, $50,000 from Arizona. He even got paid for his son's skills by private youth teams sponsored by Nike.
But when it came to the "astronomical" sum allegedly offered by Oregon, Bowen Sr. suddenly had a memory lapse. Asked by the government specifically what Oregon's financial offer was, Bowen Sr.