Yahoo: "If Your School Produced A First-Round Pick In The Past Three Years, Be Worried”
Yahoo's Pete Thamel and Pat Forde dropped another bombshell report on Wednesday - and this one features a quote that will strike fear into the hearts of fans of college basketball's top programs.
Yahoo reporter Pete Thamel reported last week that "as many as" 50 college basketball programs could be in trouble after the FBI's investigation into the underbelly of the sport. Now, it looks like he's getting a bit more specific.
Thamel and Forde are reporting that a source tells them that programs that have had a first-round pick in the past three years should be "worried." Here's the full quote:
“There are spreadsheets detailing who got paid, how much they got paid and how much more they were planning to pay,” said a source familiar with the investigation. “The feds got everything they wanted and much more. Don’t think it will only be players who ended up signing with ASM that got paid. Those spreadsheets cast a wide net throughout college basketball. If your school produced a first-round pick in the past three years, be worried.”
The obvious question here - which programs could that include? It turns out, quite a few.
The below schools had at least one player taken in either the first round of the 2015 NBA Draft, the 2016 NBA Draft or the 2017 NBA Draft. Of course, it's unclear whether every program on the list is looking at trouble.
To be clear, neither the programs nor players below have been implicated. It's simply a list of every first round pick in the last three NBA drafts who played college basketball.
Kentucky: Karl-Anthony Towns, Willie Cauley-Stein, Trey Lyles, Devin Booker, Jamal Murray, Skal Labissiere, De'Aaron Fox, Malik Monk, Bam Adebayo
Ohio State: D'Angelo Russell
Duke: Jahlil Okafor, Justise Winslow, Tyus Jones, Brandon Ingram, Jayson Tatum, Luke Kennard, Harry Giles
Arizona: Stanley Johnson, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Lauri Markkanen
Wisconsin: Frank Kaminsky, Sam Dekker
Texas: Myles Turner, Jarrett Allen
Murray State: Cameron Payne
Kansas: Kelly Oubre, Josh Jackson
Louisville: Terry Rozier, Donovan Mitchell
UNLV: Rashad Vaughn
Notre Dame: Jerian Grant
Utah: Delon Wright, Jakob Poltl, Kyle Kuzma
Virginia: Justin Anderson
Arkansas: Bobby Portis
LSU: Jarell Martin, Ben Simmons
Wyoming: Larry Nance Jr.
Georgia State: R.J. Hunter
Syracuse: Chris McCullough, Malachi Richardson, Tyler Lydon
UCLA: Kevon Looney, Lonzo Ball, T.J. Leaf
California: Jaylen Brown
Providence: Kris Dunn
Oklahoma: Buddy Hield
Washington: Marquese Chriss, Dejounte Murray, Markelle Fultz
Gonzaga: Domantas Sabonis, Zach Collins
Baylor: Taurean Prince
Michigan State: Denzel Valentine
Vanderbilt: Wade Baldwin IV, Damian Jones
Marquette: Henry Ellenson
Florida State: Malik Beasley, Jonathan Isaac
Michigan: Caris LeVert, D.J. Wilson
Saint Joseph's: DeAndre' Bembry
North Carolina: Brice Johnson, Justin Jackson, Tony Bradley
New Mexico State: Pascal Siakam
NC State: Dennis Smith Jr.
Creighton: Justin Patton
Wake Forest: John Collins
Indiana: OG Anunoby
Purdue: Caleb Swanigan
Colorado: Derrick White
Villanova: Josh Hart
It's unclear if or when the FBI's findings will be made public. But at this point, fans of dozens of college basketball programs are starting to worry that their alma mater may not be safe.