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  2. 1978–79 Boston College basketball point-shaving scandal

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    The 1978–79 Boston College basketball point-shaving scandal involved a scheme in which members of the American Mafia recruited and bribed several Boston College Eagles men's basketball players to ensure the team would not win by the required margin (not cover the point spread) or win by the required margin (cover the point spread), allowing gamblers in the know to place wagers against that ...

  3. CCNY point-shaving scandal - Wikipedia

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    CCNY point-shaving scandal. The CCNY point-shaving scandal of 1951 was a college basketball point-shaving gambling scandal that officially involved seven American colleges and universities in all, with four of these schools being in the New York metropolitan area, two of them occurring in the Midwest, and one of them being in the South. [1]

  4. Jack Molinas - Wikipedia

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    Molinas played in the Eastern Professional Basketball League (EPBL) from 1954 to 1962 for the Williamsport Billies, Hazleton Hawks and Wilkes-Barre Barons. He was selected as the EPBL Most Valuable Player in 1956. Molinas was a five-time All-EPBL First Team selection (1955–1958, 1960) and two-time Second Team selection (1959, 1961). [10]

  5. March Madness: With the bracket set, here are the point ... - AOL

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    Here are the opening lines for the first-round games (four matchups won't be set until the First Four is completed), with the spreads from BetMGM: East Region No. 1 UConn (-26.5) vs. No. 16 Stetson

  6. Point shaving - Wikipedia

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    Point shaving. In organized sports, point shaving is a type of match fixing where the perpetrators try to change the final score of a game without changing who wins. This is typically done by players colluding with gamblers to prevent a team from covering a published point spread, where gamblers bet on the margin of victory. The practice of ...

  7. NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament upsets - Wikipedia

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    As the NCAA forbids any association with gambling, and point spreads vary depending on the bookie taking the bets, these are unofficial: Biggest point-spread upsets since expansion to 64 teams in 1985: Fairleigh Dickinson +23.5 over Purdue 63–58 in 2023 [6] Norfolk State +21.5 over Missouri 86–84 in 2012 [7] UMBC +20.5 over Virginia 74–54 ...

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