Raleigh, N.C. • College basketball has spent an entire season operating amid the specter of an FBI corruption investigation that led to criminal charges against assistant coaches, agents, apparel company employees and others.
"March Madness and the Final Four, it's supposed to be one of the best times to be a sports fan," said Michael L. Buckner, a Florida-based attorney who has worked on infractions cases. "This is when men's basketball is celebrated — it takes over sports for that one month through the first week of April. It takes over the fascination of everybody, even people who aren't college basketball fans.