Overview
- The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions, which issued its ruling Tuesday, declared Elijah Gray and Will Richardson permanently ineligible.
- Investigators said the players agreed with a bettor to throw Fordham’s Feb. 23, 2024 game against Duquesne for $10,000 to $15,000, though Gray said he later played normally in a 79–67 win.
- Gray cooperated and admitted sharing information with a known bettor, while Richardson denied involvement and later gave false information during an October 2025 interview.
- Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania charged more than two dozen people in January, and Gray has agreed to plead guilty with sentencing set for July.
- The NCAA said the bettors posed as agents offering name, image and likeness help, a tactic that could spur tighter school controls on outside contacts and clearer education on gambling risks.