Arrested Developments: Players Go From Breaking Ankles to Ankle Bracelets

Is it time to hit Ctrl-Alt-Delete on the entire sport and reboot with renewed emphasis on authentic student-athletes? Beneath its vibrant veneer, college basketball has a description-defying rap sheet cast including a colossal collection of contemptible characters. Like it or not, it's an unfortunate fact of life that many reality show-addicted onlookers find it alluring to explore the private lives and personal misfortunes of standout players who think they are hoop heartthrobs.

Never underestimate the astonishing absence of integrity among the powers-that-be charlatans tarnishing many major universities. Amid the showmanship and scam artistry, PT Barnum continues to chortle, "I was right all along!" about "there's a sucker born every minute."

Entering dangerous terrain when comparing unprincipled athletes to the public-at-large segment of our population, there is a seemingly congested intersection populating hot hoop prospects who become prime suspects. Rarely exposed to the rigid word "no," some of the hero worshiped think the world revolves around them and develop a sordid sense of "out-of-bounds" entitlement. Many of the misguided go from the brink of the NBA to the clink put away, donning a jumpsuit rather than a uniform.

"When you are among the high-flying adored, your view of the world becomes blurred," wrote psychologist Stanley Teitelbaum of the flouting-of-the-law behavior in the book "Sports Heroes, Fallen Idols: How Star Athletes Pursue Self-Destructive Paths and Jeopardize Their Careers."

"Off the field, some act as if they are above the rules of society; hubris and an attitude of entitlement become central to the psyche of many athletes. They may deny that they are vulnerable to reprisals and feel omnipotent and grandiose as well as entitled."

Far too many depraved derelicts can't resist and make the toxic transition from game-breakers to lawbreakers when seduced by the dark side. There have been a striking number of heart-breaking stories rocking the world of sports, derailing dreams and creating miscreants who are poster boys for bad behavior.

Idaho professor Sharon Stoll was not surprised when sports pages occasionally read like a police blotter focusing on 15 minutes of shame or 15 seconds when it comes to Slick Rick's prowess.

"In sport, we have moved away from honorable behavior," said Stoll, who operated the Center for Ethical Theory and Honor in Competitive Sports and conducted a 17-year study during which 72,000 athletes filled out questionnaires. "The environment of athletics has not been supportive of teaching and modeling moral knowing, moral valuing and moral action. Many of these young people have no sense of what is acceptable behavior."

An "I'm-a-stud" mindset goes way out of bounds when an alarming number of former college hoopers think they're still BMOC when hired by a high school district and victimize underage females.

It's unnerving when active or former narcissistic players go from the big time to the big house. Infinitely more disconcerting is when deaths are involved amid the life and crimes. Nowhere did the plot sicken more than during the trashy summer of 2003 at Baylor. Carlton Dotson, a J.C. recruit, was sentenced to 35 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering Bears roommate/teammate Patrick Dennehy with a hand gun. Dennehy, shot twice above the right ear, was New Mexico's leading rebounder (7.5 rpg) in 2001-02 under coach Fran Fraschilla before he was dismissed from the squad when Ritchie McKay succeeded Fraschilla. Dotson was arrested upon telling FBI agents he shot Dennehy after the player tried to shoot him.

Coach Dave Bliss was fired by Baylor, the world's largest Baptist school, before reports surfaced about his direct involvement in a Hall of Shame coverup attempting to hide drug use and NCAA violations within his program by repulsively encouraging an assistant coach and Bears players to depict the slain Dennehy as a drug dealer.

"I liken Bliss to a child molester," said Brian Brabazon, Dennehy's stepfather, to USA Today. "He may not physically molest kids, but he molests their minds. What a callous, cold-hearted person he is.

"I'm not sure where Carlton's mind was when the shooting started, but as far as I'm concerned, Bliss was in that field (where the body was discovered)."

Amid the occasional repulsive garbage, college basketball is too great a game to be ruined by moral malfeasance. The accompanying "Thugs R Us" profiles aren't designed to defile hoopdom. Actually, if college basketball can survive such unsavory incidents and classless ambassadors, it must be a helluva sport.

But what went awry for slam dunkers who wound up in the slammer? The common thread seems to be how the delusional perpetrators think they're slick enough to talk or force their way into anything; then desperate enough to be shamed by virtually nothing. Equally shameful are the self-indulgent coaches willing to pursue dim-witted recruits boasting questionable pasts without conducting any sort of background check or simply ignoring known criminal activity by their soon-to-be mercenaries. The partnering by coaches in the deceit and dishonesty is an incalculable affront to their counterparts who attempt to abide by the rules.

If anyone seemed to be operating above the fray, it was The Doctor. But it turned out that Julius Erving was immersed in financial woes, auctioning memorabilia in the fall of 2011 to cover debts. Erving had admitted he was the father of Alexandra Stevenson amid her run to the 1999 Wimbledon semifinals. It wasn't as if Dr. J needed more favorable publicity as a role model providing positive inspiration! Stevenson's mother is a free-lance journalist who worked as a sports writer in Philadelphia when he displayed his high-wire act there for the 76ers.

The NBA Players' Association reportedly reminds its rookies every year that 60% of NBA players such as Joe Smith (first overall pick out of Maryland in 1995 earned $61 million over 16-season career) go broke five years after their final basketball-related paycheck. Ill-equipped to handle millions of dollars, drug-related problems seem to escalate for college kids with sufficient skill to play professionally. According to time.com, sources estimated that 2/3 of the NBA's out-of-control players smoked weed in the late 1990s, becoming a drag on society with each drag to get high. The straight dope is that most of the college culprits corrupting an otherwise grand game seem to "go to pot" first. Too bad these "Dope Diamonds" didn't boast the character to invest that "wasted" time taking "trips" to the free-throw line to work on improving their "foul" shooting from the charity stripe.

Meanwhile, promiscuous individuals who must have majored in some misguided "Big Bang Theory" expect female groupies to be nothing more than charitable harems. There was anecdotal evidence about the number of out-of-wedlock babies stemming from NBA dead-beat dads dispensing DNA was higher than the annual total of win-one-for-the-stripper players in the league.

Never underestimate the extent of entitlement. For instance, needy Kobe Bryant's resort commingling before knee surgery in Vail, Colo., made him a perverted piker compared to Earvin Johnson admitting his Magical Mystery Tour sexual frivolity included sleeping with 300 to 500 people per year (entertainment venue featured the Lakers' locker room and sauna). How many team employee enablers, perhaps singing "Do You Believe in Magic?" while in the process of doing their dirty deeds, facilitated such indulging nonsense? Of course, this great feat of Magic paled in comparison to Wilt Chamberlain's community partnership claim to bedding 20,000 women before and after leaving Philly to drive around the plains of Kansas in a souped-up red and white Oldsmobile convertible.

Statistics show athletes, provided go-to attorneys along with go-to professors to remain eligible, are convicted at a much lower rate than the national average. According to a USA Today study during a Kobe trial, prominent athletes are much less likely to be convicted of sexual assault than the average citizen. Consider this start statistical comparison: 2/3 of the general population is convicted when charged with sexual assault while 2/3 of prominent athletes are exonerated in sexual assaults.

A byproduct of "players" aspiring to set statistical records on and off the court, Michael Jordan's philandering contributed to the most costly divorce ever (estimated $168 million in settlement ending 17-year marriage to wife Juanita) prior to golf legend Tiger Woods' breakup. The absence of a pre-nuptial reportedly cost Bryant $75 million, including three houses in the Newport Beach area, as part of his divorce settlement. Elsewhere, James Worthy, Jordan's college teammate and Magic's Lakers teammate, was arrested and charged with solicitation for prostitution. Said Worthy's ex-wife Angela, a former North Carolina cheerleader: "That feeling of entitlement, that whatever I want, I can have, and that feeling of invincibility. It's a lethal cocktail."

Any accountability goes out the door when a commentator such as ESPN's Screamin' A. Stiff includes Bryant among the players he is thankful for at Thanksgiving because of his professionalism and way he conducts himself. Actually, booby bars and escort services all across the country go into a major depression when there is an NBA lockout or a "Superman" such as Shaq retires; particularly since he says with a straight face that he was a "respectful cheater." This seemingly endless tawdry conduct also included chaotic card games on plane flights cannibalizing several squads, adding fuel to the filthy flamboyance.

"Let's face it," longtime NBA forward Eddie Johnson told SI about the league's sexually overactive appetite. "Athletes are whores. We're paid to use our bodies. So sex becomes the same thing after the games. We become like dogs sometimes, and we all talk about the same women in every city." Consequently, it shouldn't be a surprise when a Left Coast culture created by Wilt, Magic, Worthy, Shaq and Kobe fosters a video secretly recorded by Los Angeles Lakers rookie D'Angelo Russell leaked on the Internet went viral about a teammate discussing his involvement with a teenage girl who isn't his rapper fiancee.

What ignites the malignant bile to where Cincinnati product Jason Maxiell acknowledged on the Oprah Winfrey Network that he slept with 341 side chicks (apparently one for each DI school) before and during his marriage to reality-star wife (Basketball Wives LA)? Grossly under-reported is the prevalent use of sex as a racy college recruiting tool. The arousal culture commences innocently enough with exceptional scantily-clad hostesses displaying their wares to exceptions - scholastically suspect "studs" who don't meet a school's usual admission standards but gain entry because of a special talent compromising academic values. In other words, a classless institution of lower learning is more attracted to someone adept at throwing a no-look pass than exhibiting a citadel of higher learning focusing more on looking at an authentic student infinitely more capable of passing a genuine college class. Whatever happened to "No Pass/No Play?" as coaches across the country make a mockery of standardized testing. Breeding scholastic fraud, sham majors are widespread in order to meet academic progress for tournament eligibility and contract bonus provisions.

At some point, these "special" individuals are totally responsible for their actions (including sexual activity); especially when they begin attending a university. Out-of-control coaches toying with testosterone transgressions, resembling sleaze-ball agents wooing potential clients, should be fired on the spot if it is discovered they allowed, even if tacitly, their veteran players to "escort" impressionable and susceptible teenage "rock stars" to anything connected with jiggle joints/sex parties/lusty liaisons during morally-reprehensible recruiting visits. In a 2015 sexcapade, a former recruit said he felt as if "I was in a strip club" when visiting Louisville. Since coaches are so fond of portraying a fatherly-figure image, it seems anyone harmed by a thug they brought to campus should be able to sue the indifferent mentors as if they were a real parent. But many dense despots won't come to grips with their elemental enabling until a coach's own delicate daughter is dragged into the deviant dragnet.

At the risk of sounding like a prude, it should be declared institutional neglect if a tone-deaf school doesn't issue to parents of a prospective signee an itinerary detailing precisely what their son did under the school's supervision while on and off campus during a recruiting visit. Far too many pimp-like coaches seem to take an unprincipled hear-no-evil/see-no-evil stance by simply looking the other way while devilish boys-gone-wild recruits sample the latest favors and flavors they could enjoy by signing on the dotted line. An example of this self-absorbed attitude was former Syracuse guard Scoop Jardine tweeting that "#collegetaughtme that groupies really exist! But we just call them #teamplayers! Ahaha."

In many instances, the incessant preaching about abiding by regulations is complete propaganda BS from the outset via schools becoming little more than incubators for abhorrent activity, including creating a dangerous "War on Women." How many self-centered unethical coaches - male and female - helped arrange abortions over the years so they could maintain control over their players' bodies amid their inability to control themselves? How low has the bar been set when nearly every marquee coach associated with scumbag such as player pimp/drug dealer Curtis Malone in Washington, D.C.? Lifting up the sewer manhole covering basketball's boulevard, the scandalous stench can render you senseless. The corrosive "Cradles of Criminals" seems to focus on Chicago, Cincinnati, Las Vegas, Memphis, New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore/Washington.

The simplistic notion that staying in college longer to allegedly become more mature isn't any sort of remedy. In fact, a study at the Mississippi College School of Law infers that the less time a player spends in college, the less likely he was to get arrested. Female hoopers seemed to be trying to keep up with the "bad boys." Tennessee legend Chamique Holdsclaw faced criminal charges in Atlanta for allegedly firing a gun at her ex-girlfriend's auto in 2012 and Baylor All-American Brittney Griner had a highly-publicized domestic violence incident with her partner.

Coaches often try to convince the masses they focus on instructing their players about making choices, but we never thought that meant them deciding whom to contact from jail with their one phone call. There may be sadder tales of athletic falls from grace, although not many with about 100 "Fall-Americans" included among the disarray. Disinfectant might be needed while wading through the cesspool, but the following alphabetical list of unfiltered summaries are American tragedies exploring self-absorbed punks who went from playing on one court to pleading in another:

Abdul Abdullah, Providence (coached by Rick Barnes) - Big East Conference's leader in assists in 1993-94 was arrested in summer of 2017 during a traffic stop in Rhode Island as a fugitive from justice and held for extradition to Georgia as a probation violator on a statutory rape conviction (step niece just turned 14 at the time) dating back to a New Year's Day 1999 offense. Rhode Island police subsequently issued an arrest warrant because he did not register as a sex offender.

Alex Abreu, Akron (Keith Dambrot)/West Georgia (Michael Cooney) - The Zips' leader in assists late in 2012-13 campaign when he was suspended following an arrest ending up in him pleading guilty to one count of felony drug trafficking (handling more than $15,000 in cash and $25,000 in weed). Puerto Rico native was able to transfer after receiving probation instead of jail time.

Richie Adams, UNLV (Jerry Tarkanian) - A 1989 conviction for larceny and armed robbery led to a five-year prison term for the two-time Big West Conference Tournament MVP. Following his parole, Adams was convicted of manslaughter in September 1998 after being accused of stalking and killing a 14-year-old Bronx girl in a housing project where both lived. The girl's family said Adams attacked her because she rejected his advances. Adams, nicknamed "The Animal" because of his intense playing style, was considered a defensive whiz and led the Rebels in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots for their PCAA champions in 1983-84 and 1984-85. "I used drugs occasionally, when I wanted to do it," Adams said. "When I went to play basketball, if I needed a pain reliever, I would sniff some cocaine." His trouble with the law escalated in 1985, a day after he was drafted in the fourth round by the Washington Bullets, when the two-time All-PCAA first-team selection was arrested for stealing a car. In high school, Adams and several teammates allegedly stole their own coach's auto.

Glendon Alexander, Arkansas (Nolan Richardson Jr.)/Oklahoma State (Eddie Sutton) - Imprisoned at Seagoville (Tex.) Federal Correctional Institution after pleading guilty to bank and wire fraud. Among a variety of con jobs and scams, Alexander's most brazen was transferring nearly $1.5 million from the account of a California adult-entertainment industry executive into his account. Alexander, who averaged 10.1 ppg from 1996-97 through 1999-00 before saying later he seldom attended class at either school, took the money after meeting the nanny of the adult entertainment figure's children in an internet chat room and visiting her in Encinitas, Calif. Alexander, who earned a spot on the 1996-97 SEC All-Freshman team with Arkansas before competing in the NCAA playoffs with Oklahoma State, also admitted to writing checks totaling $46,500 off the commercial account of a Dallas area dentist and $150,000 worth of cash and jewelry from former major leaguer Derek Bell. He averaged 9.4 ppg in 1998-99 when OSU teammate Doug Gottlieb led the nation in assists. Described by Richardson as "a troublesome person; an habitual liar," Alexander was arrested in May 2009 and sentenced to six months in federal prison for failure to make restitution payments. He reportedly attempted to cash a scholarship check belonging to a OSU teammate with a forged signature.

Andre Allen, Memphis (John Calipari) - Arrested in fall of 2010 and faced charges including possession of marijuana with intent to sell, improper display of registration and violation of light law. Police also noticed a loaded handgun in Allen's pants although he had a handgun carry permit. The backup to standout point guard Derrick Rose was suspended from the Tigers' 2008 squad before it reached the Final Four for failing an NCAA-mandated drug test. He spent his first season out of uniform focusing on academics and dealing with charges of soliciting a prostitute. In the fall of 2014, Allen was arrested after officials said they found money, pot and a stolen loaded gun in his Cadillac. In late March 2019, he was arrested at his residence after narcotics detectives executed a search warrant.

Clifford Allen, UNLV (Jerry Tarkanian) - November 1985 J.C. signee by the Rebels was sentenced to 45 years in prison after pleading no contest to second-degree murder as part of a plea bargain in the death of a man in Milton, Fla. Allen, a native of Los Angeles, said in a recorded statement that he used a steak knife to kill a 64-year-old guidance counselor after the man allegedly made sexual advances in the counselor's trailer. Allen was driving the victim's auto when he was arrested.

Tony Allen, Oklahoma State (Eddie Sutton) - Big 12 Conference MVP in 2004 was charged in late November 2021 with domestic assault, domestic vandalism and interference with emergency calls in connection with an incident at his wife's apartment. Previously, he was found not guilty after indicted on three counts of aggravated battery escalating into an August 2005 shooting in his native Chicago. Juco recruit was arrested in late summer 2002 for obstruction and resisting a police officer after 25 cops were summoned at 2:30 a.m. to break up riot of about 300 people linked to rival groups from OSU and Langston University at a Whataburger restaurant.

Donell "D-Nice" Allick, Providence (Tim Welsh)/Louisiana Tech (Keith Richard) - After averaging 11.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg and 3.6 apg as a Louisiana Tech teammate of Paul Millsap in 2003-04 and 2004-05 following a brief stint with PC, junior college recruit was convicted of several drug offenses and served time in prison. In late June 2011, he was the victim of a homicide in the wee hours of the morning in New Haven, Conn., when he was shot several times in the back. Police believe he was targeted and ambushed after a domestic dispute. He had pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a controlled substance after being nabbed in New Rochelle with 1,000 packets of heroin before violating probation in 2010.

Desmond Allison, Kentucky (Tubby Smith)/Martin Methodist TN - Slain in Columbus, Ohio, in late July 2011 when shot multiple times in senseless incident at an apartment complex amid two women arguing over a baseball cap. Starter as a freshman (over future NBA standout Tayshaun Prince), he was kicked off the Wildcats' squad just before the 2000 NCAA playoffs after a DUI and marijuana possession charge in connection with UK's short-lived "no-tolerance" policy. He subsequently had multiple arrests in his Tampa hometown on drug charges. At the end, Allison left behind multiple children and mothers.

Darrell Allums, UCLA (Gene Bartow, Gary Cunningham and Larry Brown) - Center for the Bruins' 1980 NCAA Tournament runner-up was sentenced to nine years in state prison for armed robbery. According to a probation report, Allums became dependent on cocaine and turned to robbing Target stores and Domino's Pizza deliverymen to get cash.

Rafer Alston, Fresno State (Jerry Tarkanian) - Pleaded no contest in 1997 to assaulting his former girlfriend and was arrested for violation of parole in 1998 the same year he set Fresno's single-season record for assists. Alston had two brushes with the law in August 2007 - charged with misdemeanor assault and public intoxication in Houston and charged with stabbing a man at a Manhattan nightspot. He was sued stemming from a brawl in July 2010 for allegedly hitting a fellow Queens strip club patron with a bottle. Alston was suspended by the Miami Heat for the final portion of the 2009-10 campaign after an unexplained absence from the team.

Benny Anders, Houston (Guy Lewis) - After participating in back-to-back Final Fours (1983 and 1984), his college career ended in the summer of 1985 when he was sentenced to three years' probation for possession of a gun on campus.

Chris Andersen, Houston (Clyde Drexler) - UH dropout received a two-year ban from the NBA in 2006 for violating the league's drug policy. He tested positive for a "drug of abuse" (not marijuana, which would have drawn a five-game suspension).

Dwight Anderson, Kentucky (Joe B. Hall)/Southern California (Stan Morrison) - Prep phenomenon claims he got into drugs after transferring from UK to USC, where Anderson led the Trojans in scoring in 1980-81 and 1981-82. Shackled by a reputation of drug addiction, he bounced around in the basketball minor leagues before ending up in the back alleys of his Dayton, Ohio, hometown and becoming homeless (living on his parents' porch because they wouldn't let him in). Played in underground games hosted by drug dealers before turning his life around working for a local church.

Greg "Cadillac" Anderson, Houston (Guy Lewis) - The All-SWC first-team selection in 1985-86 and 1986-87 was sentenced to five months in prison after pleading guilty in federal court to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. A grand jury in Biloxi, Miss., indicted Anderson in June 1998, accusing him and three other men of buying and selling cocaine in Biloxi and Houston, his hometown.

Willie Anderson, Georgia (Hugh Durham) - In the fall of 2003, he reportedly lost almost all of the $1.75 million he was to receive from a deferred 10-year contract with the San Antonio Spurs to the IRS and three women who said he did not pay child support. The IRS, in a lawsuit, had sought almost $400,000 from what it said were unpaid taxes from a nightclub Anderson co-owned, Strictly Jazz, plus unpaid income taxes. During court hearings in 2000, it was revealed Anderson fathered at least nine children by seven women. Civil warrants were issued twice for his arrest in child-support matters in Georgia state court. The two-time All-SEC selection in the late 1980s was jailed in November 1999 for contempt when he didn't show up for another hearing.

Carmelo Anthony, Syracuse (Jim Boeheim) - Arrested on suspicion of drunken driving at 4 a.m. in mid-April 2008 after one of his worst games of the season with Denver. He was suspended for 25 contests during the 2006-07 campaign for punching New York Knicks guard Mardy Collins in the face during one of the NBA's worst brawls. Linked to the mantle of the "stop snitchin'" movement, appearing in an underground DVD circulated in his Baltimore hometown in 2004, encouraging those who are questioned by the police to refuse to "snitch" on drug dealers, murderers and other criminals. Suspended one game without pay midway through the 2012-13 campaign for confronting an opposing player (Boston's Kevin Garnett) multiple times (in arena tunnel, near players' locker rooms and in parking garage) following a loss against the Celtics.

Keith Appling, Michigan State (Tom Izzo) - All-Big Ten Conference selection was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty to carrying a concealed weapon and attempted resisting and obstructing a police officer as part of a plea deal. The case was the third in which he faced weapons-related charges in a four-month span in mid-2016. The Spartans' leader in assists from 2011-12 through 2013-14 was arrested at a Dearborn strip club in late spring and charged with carrying a concealed weapon (handgun under driver's seat), possession of a loaded firearm (AK-47 in trunk) and marijuana possession. The next month, Appling was arrested again on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon. Near the end of summer, he was apprehended after police located a discarded Gucci bag missing from his vehicle (with loaded semi-automatic Beretta inside). In mid-February 2020, Appling faced heroin charges (sentenced to 18 months of probation). Appling and teammate Adrien Payne were accused of raping a student in their dorm room in September 2010 during freshmen orientation, but no charges were filed and neither was suspended. In May 2021, he was arrested in connection with the probe of a Detroit murder. Earlier the same month, he faced serious charges for two felonies: Assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and felony firearms (altercation with a female acquaintance's ex-boyfriend).

Gilbert Arenas, Arizona (Lute Olson) - Suspended for most of the 2009-10 NBA season stemming from a felony gun possession in a locker room and subsequent actions appearing to make light of the episode. Arrested in May 2006 in Miami after allegedly ignoring a police officer's command to return to his car (charges later dropped). Pleaded no contest to misdemeanor weapon charges resulting from an incident in San Mateo County (Calif.) in 2003 after being an All-Pacific-10 selection as a sophomore in 2000-01. Arrested in California in late June 2013 for possession of illegal fireworks in the back of his pickup truck. In the spring of 2014, Arenas took a cinder block and smashed a Mercedes his longtime flame had been driving, claiming the incident was revenge for her allegedly breaking numerous windows in his house and ruining his Netflix account by throwing his computer into the pool. In late January 2016, Arenas bragged on social media how he committed credit-card fraud at strip clubs.

Ron Artest, St. John's (Fran Fraschilla and Mike Jarvis) - Authorities arrested him in early March 2007 after a woman called 911 from his five-acre Sacramento estate saying she had been assaulted. Deputies arrested him on suspicion of domestic violence and using force or violence to prevent his victim from reporting a crime. Five years earlier, he was ordered to attend anger management classes after another girlfriend (mother of one of his children) filed assault charges against him. His temper flared in 2003 at New York's Madison Square Garden when he smashed a video monitor valued at $100,000. He drew six suspensions in the 2002-03 season and two in the 2003-04 campaign. On November 19, 2004, at The Palace of Auburn Hills (Mich.), Artest went into the stands igniting a melee with the crowd and subsequently received the longest suspension in NBA history for an infraction not linked to drugs or gambling (86 games: 73 regular season and 13 postseason). All-Big East Conference first-team selection as a sophomore in 1998-99 changed his name to Metta World Peace in mid-September 2011. Told Yahoo Sports that on multiple occasions he was approached to fix games when he played for St. John's.

Vincent Askew, Memphis State (Dana Kirk) - Freshman starter for the Tigers' 1985 Final Four team was arrested in mid-August 2008, accused of unlawfully having sex with a minor (16-year-old girl) in a Miami hotel room. He pleaded guilty to a charge of child abuse with no great bodily harm and was placed on probation for three years. Briefly coached Elliston Baptist Academy in Memphis before leaving the job under a cloud. Attended summer school at Kansas under Larry Brown before budding transfer returned to Memphis. KU was placed on probation stemming from wrongdoing in connection with improper inducements to Askew.

Cornelius "Corky" Ausborne, UNLV (Bill Bayno) - J.C. recruit who averaged 6.5 ppg as a senior in 1997-98 was sentenced in mid-February 2005 to two to five years in prison followed by five years probation for being a teacher having sexual relations with two middle school Hispanic girls.

Clyde Austin, North Carolina State (Norman Sloan) - Sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty in mid-December, 2003, to fraud and money laundering charges related to a Ponzi scheme that duped over 1,000 investors out of more than $16 million. What made Austin's situation worse was that most of the people he swindled trusted him as a minister. He was an All-ACC second-team selection as a sophomore in 1977-78.

Ryan Ayers, Notre Dame (Mike Brey) - Charged with three counts of voyeurism and one count of domestic violence. Charges involved his relationships with two women over a four-year span where he allegedly recorded them, without their consent, naked or while having sex with them. Ayers, who averaged 6.5 ppg and 2.4 rpg for UND from 2005-06 through 2008-09, is also said to have hit one of the females in the face during an altercation in his car. Son of former Ohio State/Philadelphia 76ers coach Randy Ayers left the Fighting Irish program at the start of 2020-21 school year.

Jaylen Babb-Harrison, Eastern Kentucky (Jeff Neubauer and Dan McHale) - Starter as senior when arrested in early December 2016 at 3:15 a.m. and subsequently indicted on charge of first-degree rape in his off-campus apartment.

Earl Badu, Maryland (Gary Williams) - Walk-on member of 2002 NCAA titlist was in legal and financial trouble in the years preceding his suicide in late September 2012 jumping from an eastern Baltimore overpass.

Tony Bagtas, Penn (Jerome Allen) - Kicked off team before pleading guilty to eight charges including theft, burglary and trespassing during his freshman season with the Quakers in 2013-14. He was sentenced to 11 1/2 to 23 months of confinement with immediate parole.

Terrance Bailey, Wagner (Neil Kennett) - The Seahawks' all-time leading scorer (2,591 points from 1983-84 through 1986-87) was arrested by Trenton police for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend in late January 2017.

Jimmie Baker, UNLV (John Bayer and Jerry Tarkanian)/Hawaii (Bruce O'Neil) - Claiming he had a sugar daddy while attending UNLV (setting a school single-game rebounding mark of 26 against San Francisco and career rebounding average record of 12.8 rpg in 1972-73 and 1973-74), he also said he was introduced to cocaine by a teammate as a freshman and eventually moved on to heroin. After Baker, associating with the wrong crowd, was run down by a car (incurring a fractured neck and permanently paralyzed left arm), shot in the thigh and stabbed on Christmas Eve 1977, he was smuggled out of Hawaii and returned to his hometown of Philadelphia, where he went "underground" for another decade or so afflicted by drug and alcohol abuse.

Tommy Baker, Indiana (Bob Knight)/Eastern Kentucky (Ed Byhre) - Dismissed with two IU teammates for allegations of marijuana use in the late 1970s. In 1990, Baker was convicted of three felony charges relating to the distribution of cocaine. All-Ohio Valley Conference first-team selection in 1980-81 was convicted of similar charges in 1994, 1997 and 2002, with his longest prison term being seven years.

Vin Baker, Hartford (Jack Phelan and Paul Brazeau) - Squandering almost $90 million, his restaurant was foreclosed on by a Connecticut bank as was his 9,300-square foot Georgian brick colonial house. In 2003, the North Atlantic Conference MVP in 1992-93 sought treatment for an alcohol problem while playing for the Boston Celtics, who later suspended him for failing to comply with treatment. In June 2007, Baker was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, pleading guilty to the lesser charge of reckless driving.

Stuard Baldonado, Duquesne (Ron Everhart) - The 6-7 forward from Colombia, suspended from school soon after Labor Day, 2007, amid drug violation charges, was arrested again hours later on a misdemeanor drug charge. He was one of five Dukes players shot on campus the previous year. Further complicating Baldonado's situation were charges earlier in 2007 of aggravated battery and false imprisonment in a domestic violence case in Miami-Dade County, Fla., where he attended junior college.

Adrian Banks, Arkansas State (Dickey Nutt) - Memphis product was leading ASU in scoring early in the 2007-08 campaign when arrested for firing a handgun within Jonesboro city limits (suspended for about a month). Juco recruit told police he found the gun at a nightclub where a fight was breaking out. "I found the gun on the ground and didn't want anyone to get shot, so I shot the gun until it was empty," Banks said according to the police report.

Louis Banks, Cincinnati (Tony Yates and Bob Huggins) - The Bearcats' leading scorer as a junior in 1989-90 was found not guilty the next year in a non-jury trial of two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. One woman, a criminal justice major, said Banks stopped only after she reminded him that he wasn't using a condom. Banks and teammate Elnardo Givens were welcomed back to the Bearcats' squad by Yates after they entered guilty pleas on possession of stolen property.

Sean Banks, Memphis (John Calipari) - C-USA Freshman of the Year in 2004 and three accomplices allegedly linked to a ring known as the James Bond Gang were arrested in his home state of New Jersey in early August 2011 after a couple of luxury-home burglaries and high-speed chase. More than $20,000 in jewelry and other valuables taken during the two heists were found in the stolen SUV. A marijuana arrest, disruptive behavior and academic issues forced Banks' departure from Memphis midway through his sophomore season. Suspended several games in high school after being a passenger in a car that police attempted to stop for driving erratically before it sped off. Upon ditching the auto, Banks and the other passengers tried to run off, but were caught. According to ShamSports.com, Banks' background included an arrest for burning a gang insignia into a teenage girl's leg. In late September 2013, he was arrested in connection with a domestic violence complaint involving the mother of his child.

Cyril Baptiste, Creighton (Eddie Sutton) - The Bluejays' leading scorer and rebounder in 1969-70 and 1970-71 was beset by personal woes after leaving early for the pros. He failed his physical with the Golden State Warriors, testing positive for drugs. One of the most promising high school athletes in South Florida history, the sometime street person served prison time in Maryland before succumbing to prostrate cancer and dying at age 56.

Norwood "Pee Wee" Barber Jr., Florida State (Joe Williams and Pat Kennedy) - FSU's leader in scoring and assists in 1985-86 and 1986-87 was drug peddler convicted as part of a federal probe of hierarchy selling and distributing crack cocaine. J.C. recruit who became All-Metro Conference first-team selection as senior was sentenced in late 2005 to a minimum of life imprisonment under Florida's "three strikes" law (two prior convictions for selling drugs in 1990 and 1993). President Barack Obama commuted Barber's life sentence in 2016 (slated for release in 2022 before legislation signed by President Donald Trump freed him in 2019).

Charles Barkley, Auburn (Sonny Smith) - Arrested for breaking a man's nose during a fight at 2:30 A.M. just before Christmas in 1991 after a game at Milwaukee and also for throwing a bar patron through a plate-glass window in late October 1997 after being struck with a glass of ice while in Orlando for an exhibition game. In August 1997, a jury rejected a $550,000 lawsuit from a man who claimed Barkley beat him up at a Cleveland nightclub. Charges were dropped against Barkley and fellow NBA player Jayson Williams stemming from an accusation they were in a bar fight in Chicago in 1992. Compulsive gambler said in an ESPN interview in May 2006 that he lost approximately $10 million through gambling, including $2.5 million "in a six-hour period" while playing blackjack. The Wynn Las Vegas resort filed a civil complaint in May 2008 that Barkley failed to repay four $100,000 casino markers, or loans, received the previous October. He took a leave of absence from TNT Sports' broadcast booth in early 2009 after test results showed he was legally drunk (nearly twice the legal limit) on New Year's Eve when Phoenix police arrested him on suspicion of drunken driving. Barkley, who triggered a national debate with his "I am not a role model" proclamation, told police he was in a hurry to go have sex from a female passenger he had just picked up from a popular nightclub.

Tyrone Barley, Saint Joseph's (Phil Martelli) - Atlantic 10 Conference Sixth Man of the Year with 2004 undefeated in regular-season club received a 10- to 20-year sentence in state prison for armed robbery following arrest in February 2013 regarding thefts of three women and Taser use on him after reckless police chase.

Kelsey Barlow, Purdue (Matt Painter)/Illinois-Chicago (Howard Moore) - Guard who averaged 14.8 ppg, 5 rpg and 3.9 apg for UIC in 2013-14 was kicked off Boilermakers team in mid-February 2012 following a disturbance at a local bar just before 3 a.m. Son of Former Notre Dame frontcourter Ken Barow was recognized for his "choke" gesture against Big Ten Conference rival Indiana and Mohawk haircut. Kelsey was suspended just before the 2011 NCAA playoffs for condut detrimental to the squad.

Lucas Barnes, Miami (Leonard Hamilton)/Southern (Tommy Green)/Florida International (Shakey Rodriguez) - Charges were dropped after he was arrested midway through FIU's 1998-99 campaign facing false imprisonment, battery and grand theft of a girlfriend's car. Suspended for five games at FIU for improperly using a friend's meal card. He had been suspended for disciplinary reasons midway through his sophomore season with Miami after getting into a dispute with his girlfriend, and in a fit of rage, leaving a threatening message on her answering machine.

Marvin Barnes, Providence (Dave Gavitt) - Unanimous first-team All-American in 1973-74 was arrested for a variety of things - trespassing, being under the influence of narcotics, burglary of a locked vehicle. Homeless in San Diego, he stole X-rated videos to sell for drug money. Barnes claims his cocaine addiction escalated to the point where he snorted the drug on the Boston Celtics' bench during a game. Barnes claims he hit rock bottom during one of his drug-related prison stints when he almost killed a fellow inmate. Barnes attended the John Lucas Treatment Center in Houston and worked as a director at a halfway house before encountering liver problems. In mid-May 2007, he was arrested by state police on a felony charge of cocaine possession. In mid-January 2012, Barnes, 59, was arraigned in Rhode Island on a charge of soliciting a 17-year-old minor for sex after they met through his Rebound Foundation for at-risk youths. In 1972, he was charged with assault after allegedly hitting PC teammate Larry Ketvirtis with a tire iron following a scrimmage. Barnes once asked Providence Journal columnist Bill Reynolds if cocaine kills brain cells before saying: "I must have been a genius when I started out." While incarcerated, Barnes also told Reynolds: "Here I am trying to get myself straightened out and they come out with a brand-new drug (crystal meth)."

Damien Baskerville and Noel Jackson, Weber State (Ron Abegglen) - Among the top five scorers and rebounders for the Wildcats' squad that upset North Carolina in the first round of the 1999 NCAA playoffs, they were co-defendants in a rape case. Baskerville was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading no contest to charges stemming from two rapes. Prosecutors reduced the charges against Jackson to gross lewdness in return for his testimony against his teammate in one of the cases. Jackson was sentenced to three months in jail for assisting in a sexual assault on a former girlfriend.

Armon Bassett, Indiana (Kelvin Sampson)/Ohio University (John Groce) - All-Big Ten Conference third-team selection as a sophomore in 2007-08 was kicked out of IU after allegedly failing drug tests. Named Mid-American Conference Tournament MVP in 2010. Punched a bouncer, breaking his nose, in the spring of 2010 after leading OU to a convincing victory against Georgetown in the NCAA playoffs with 32 points. Arrested in mid-January 2011 in hometown of Terre Haute, Ind., for possession of marijuana. Apprehended in early January 2016 and charged with aggravated battery after allegedly pouring bleach over his girlfriend's head and face in front of the victim's toddler before reportedly verbally abusing officers. The couple had been arrested two years earlier and found in possession of illegal drugs, $1,060 in cash and two handguns.

Billy Ray Bates, Kentucky State (James Oliver) - Dubbed Black Superman when he averaged 46 ppg playing professionally in the Philippines, he was sentenced to seven years in prison after robbing a New Jersey Texaco station in mid-January, 1998, slashing the ear of an attendant in the process. "I went to play the lottery," said Bates, blaming the robbery on cocaine and alcohol. "And that's when the devil got inside me." Poverty-ridden Mississippi native averaged more than 20 points per game over his last two college seasons in the late 1970s.

Lonny Baxter, Maryland (Gary Williams) - The leading rebounder for the Terrapins' 2002 NCAA champion was sentenced to two months in jail after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges, including carrying a handgun without a license a few blocks from the White House, in mid-August, 2006. Uniformed Secret Service agents responded after shots were fired from a white SUV. Two summers earlier, Baxter was arrested at his Washington condominium after his shotgun went off and a bullet shattered a neighbor's window across the street. In July, 2007, he pleaded guilty to illegally shipping guns through Federal Express and was sentenced to 60 days in prison.

Jerome Beasley, North Dakota (Rich Glas) - NCAA Division II Player of the Year in 2002-03 was jailed for the second time in two years after allegedly failing to try hard enough to pay his debts (more than $200,000 in child and spousal support). But a judge released him during the summer of 2012 after ruling he wasn't told about his rights in the case.

Malik Beasley, Florida State (Leonard Hamilton) - FSU's runner-up in scoring and rebounding as a freshman in 2015-16 was suspended 12 games without pay by the NBA after pleading guilty to a felony charge of threatening to commit a crime of violence for the purpose of terrorizing another person in fall of 2020 (sentenced to 120 days in jail). As part of the plea, a felony drug charge was dismissed. Meanwhile, he issued a public apology to his wife and family regarding a fling with Larsa Pippen, Scottie's ex and Real Housewives of Miami alum nearly twice Beasley's age.

Michael Beasley, Kansas State (Frank Martin) - In the first week of August 2013, the 2007-08 first-team All-American had his fourth public run-in involving marijuana in some capacity since entering the NBA. As a rookie with the Miami Heat in 2008 before being considered expendable when the franchise cleared cap room to pursue LeBron James, Beasley was fined $50,000 by the league after acknowledging he was involved in an incident with a couple of other players at a rookie symposium in New York (found in a room at the resort with two women - violating NBA policy for the event - and security personnel said the scent of marijuana was detected). Checked himself into a Houston rehab center in the summer of 2009 after there was a internet-wide photo of him with a bag of what was assumed as pot on a table in front of him. Arrested in late-January 2013 in Scottsdale, Ariz., for multiple traffic violations (including driving on a suspended license and speeding), Beasley was investigated for an alleged sexual assault committed earlier that month. His AAU coach, Curtis Malone, was arrested in mid-August 2013 and charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin two decades after he was convicted for distributing crack cocaine in 1991. Dalonte Hill was an assistant coach under Martin at K-State after serving in a similar capacity under Malone, the step-father of former Duke All-American guard Nolan Smith.

Corey Beck, Arkansas (Nolan Richardson Jr.) - Arrested at 2:00 a.m. midway through the 1992-93 season for allegedly driving while intoxicated before pacing the NCAA champion Hogs in assists and steals the next campaign. In early November 2004, he was jailed for the third time in two years for failure to pay child support and violating his probation. According to court documents, Beck flunked multiple drug tests for cocaine, admitted to marijuana use and lied to his probation officer about where he lived. In the fall of 2007, Beck was shot in the hand and face defending himself during an attempted auto theft in Memphis. Arrested in summer of 2008 for contempt of court stemming from failure to pay child support for his four daughters. In the summer of 2010, he was booked into jail at almost 3:00 a.m. following an arrested for driving while intoxicated. Arrested in late January 2013 for failure to pay fines and costs in connection with his conviction for driving while intoxicated and other traffic offenses in 2011.

William Bedford, Memphis State (Dana Kirk) - All-American as a junior in 1985-86 was arrested in February 2001 after Taylor, Mich., police said they found 25 pounds of marijuana in his car. Subsequently served time in a Fort Worth, Tex., prison on drug-related charges. In 1987, he was subpoenaed by a Maricopa County (Ariz.) grand jury investigating drug use among Phoenix Suns players and testified against his teammates after receiving immunity. In March 1988, Bedford admitted he was addicted to cocaine and marijuana and was committed to the NBA's treatment facility in Van Nuys, Calif. Known as "Willie B" - as in "Will he be at practice?" - Bedford relapsed the following October and was readmitted to the clinic. When he returned, his behavior on and off the court grew more erratic. He received a dozen traffic tickets and 10 license suspensions in less than four years. In September 1997, Bedford, who was on three years probation at the time, tested positive for cocaine and was sent to a Texas state jail for one year. Also arrested in Texas for failing to pay more than $300,000 in child support.

Ron Behagen, Minnesota (Bill Musselman) - All-American forward as a senior in 1972-73 was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to pay restitution after pleading guilty to stealing money from a 68-year-old Atlanta woman suffering from Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and dementia. Behagen, receiving the woman's ATM card from her caretaker, withdrew $7,140 from the woman's bank account in 40 transactions the spring of 2011 with all of them recorded on surveillance cameras.

Chane Behanan, Louisville (Rick Pitino)/Colorado State (Larry Eustachy) - Member of 2013 All-NCAA Tournament team dismissed from UL's squad midway through the next season for a violation of university policy. Suspended that preseason for a similar disciplinary infraction. In an interview with Bleacher Report's Jason King, Behanan said he "began smoking weed regularly (at Louisville), often after a long practice or a tough, physical game - and almost always when he was alone." After the Cardinals captured the NCAA title, Behanan told King "there were parties every night. People were inviting us places all the time and trying to give us stuff. It was a good feeling. I got caught up in it. Everywhere you went, there was something to get into. It was so easy." He was cited for marijuana possession in early April 2014 in Louisville. In early August 2018, Behanan was arrested and accused of being a backseat passenger in an auto with "marijuana residue" while sitting next to a stolen AK-47-style rifle (marijuana charge dropped after completing education program and possession of stolen firearm charge also dropped after another person in auto took responsibility for weapon). Two months later, Behanan was indicted by a grand jury after allegedly failing to pay child support. In early 2020, he was accused of placing fraudulent charges on a stolen credit card.

Stephan Bekale, Penn State (Jerry Dunn) - In a matching-gift scam, Nittany Lions forward from 1999-00 through 2001-02 was sentenced to 30 months in prison, ordered to pay $276,600 in restitution and forfeit a BMW vehicle after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. In an indictment unsealed in the spring of 2011, AIDS charity founder and ex-Bank of America employees fraudulently obtained matching funds after falsely certifying that charitable contributions were made to his nonprofit organization "Hoops For Africa."

Barry Bekkedam, Villanova (Rollie Massimino) - Investment manager was sentenced in early 2017 to 11 months in prison for his role in a loan scheme in 2009 at a defunct bank to obtain $13 million in bailout money. He averaged 2.1 ppg and 1.7 rpg for Nova from 1986-87 through 1988-89.

Maurice Bell, Northeast Louisiana (Mike Vining) - Leading scorer and rebounder as a sophomore was dropped from team prior to 1998 Southland Conference Tournament because of his arrest for auto burglary. The same day, Monroe police served him with a warrant charging him in connection with the 1996 burglary of a sound store.

Winston Bennett, Kentucky (Joe B. Hall and Eddie Sutton) - Terminated as a Boston Celtics assistant coach after violating the team's contractual agreement for practicing at Brandeis by having a sexual relationship with a female student enrolled there. All-SEC second-team selection as a junior in 1985-86 was fired as coach at Kentucky State in 2003 after striking a player in the face. Despite being the ultimate backup pro player, Bennett said he "slept with 90 women a month." After only 10 weeks on the job, he was fired in fall of 2017 from his state government position after sending inappropriate emails (including subordinates).

Len Bias, Maryland (Lefty Driesell) - It was one of those moments when time seemed to stand still. The fallout stemming from the All-American forward's cocaine-induced death just four days after the 1986 NBA draft included the ouster of long-time Terrapins coach Lefty Driesell. Bias had become the only individual named ACC player of the year although his team had a losing league record (6-8 mark to finish in sixth place). Four and half years later, Bias' younger brother, Jay, a former Allegany Community College (Md.) forward after failing to measure up to DI scholarship academic standards, was shot and killed in the parking lot following an argument at a jewelry store in a local mall.

Alwayne Bigby, Northeastern (Bill Coen)/Rhode Island (Dan Hurley) - Forward who averaged 2.7 ppg and 2.5 rpg from 2009-10 through 2012-13 was one of two suspects charged in mid-April 2014 with first-degree murder as the driver of white SUV in the drive-by shooting of a 33-year-old mother of four in Ontario. Bigby was on bail for three years prior to acquittal as jury believed his account that he never knew of convicted co-defendant's deadly intentions. He reportedly sped off from police cruisers on the highway, crashed his Range Rover and fled nearly 10 kilometers by foot before catching a bus and subsequently turning himself in to police upon consulting his mother.

Paul Biko, Bucknell (Don Smith and Jim Valvano) - Sentenced in mid-September 2016 to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $437,336 in restitution. Charged with living lavishly (more than $100,000 over three years on country club fees, a $30,000 boat, a $16,000 Caribbean vacation, his daughter's $200,000 wedding, $2.1 million on real estate, $21,750 for cosmetic dental work and $1.45 million to buy an ice cream franchise), the money covered all the income and Social Security taxes he collected from employees of his companies and never turned over to the IRS over a four-year period. In 2002, prosecutors charged him with ripping off more than $853,000 from an oral surgeon over the entire span of the 1990s. As a senior in 1972-73, Biko was runner-up in scoring average for the Bison in Valvano's inaugural campaign as a major-college head coach.

Willie Biles, Tulsa (Ken Hayes) - Drugs and alcohol overtook him for several years until he turned his life around. One of the nation's top 10 scorers in 1972-73 and 1973-74 went on to serve as the Parks and Recreation Director for the City of Memphis.

Jimmy Black, North Carolina (Dean Smith) - The starting playmaker for the Tar Heels' 1982 NCAA titlist spent a few hours in jail the spring of 1995 after being arrested in a domestic-abuse case while serving as an assistant coach for Notre Dame.

Nate Blackwell, Temple (John Chaney) - Drug dependency cost him his profession (suspended as assistant coach at his alma mater in early March of 2003), marriage, legacy and future. Unable to work after doctors found a tumor pressing against his adrenal gland, All-American in 1986-87 went back to live with his parents in the Philly row home where he grew up.

Daron "Mookie" Blaylock, Oklahoma (Billy Tubbs) - Busted in 1997 when drug sniffing dogs uncovered marijuana on him in a Vancouver, Canada airport. Second-team All-American was arrested around 4 a.m. in early March 1989 and charged with public drunkenness following a report of an argument at a convenience store. He was charged with vehicular homicide arising from a head-on crash killing a mother of five in suburban Atlanta in late May 2013. Blaylock, accused of driving on a suspended license and failure to maintain his lane in the crash, was also wanted on charges of failure to appear in court, DUI and drug possession. Bond was set at $250,000 stemming from a criminal record including six DUIs in a six-year span from late 2007 to late 2013 (one when blood alcohol content was 4 1/2 times legal limit) before pleading guilty (term reduced to seven years - suspended after three - and eight years' probation according to a plea deal). Prior to the crash, a doctor had ordered Blaylock (treated for seizures) not to drive, prosecutors said. A former Hawks ballboy told SI that Blaylock was stoned a large part of the time he played for Atlanta after spending many game days at a strip club.

Hal Blondeau, North Carolina State (Everett Case and Press Maravich) - In late summer of 2010, a federal judge sentenced him to three years in prison after Wolfpack player from mid-1960s was convicted of investment adviser fraud for bilking nearly $3 million from a then-83-year-old woman. Given power of attorney after client showed early signs of Alzheimer's disease, he dipped into her account for a wine collection and $350,000 beach house (listed in her name but would have been given to him upon her death).

Corie Blount, Cincinnati (Bob Huggins) - Center for 1992 Final Four team served a one-year prison sentence for possession of marijuana. He was charged with felony drug possession in early December 2008 after Butler County (Ohio) authorities saw him pick up a package from California they knew contained marijuana and then found more weed at his home. Deputies confiscated a total of 29 pounds of marijuana, several vehicles, three guns and $34,400 in cash. Blount, who avoided trafficking charges as part of his plea agreement, also was ordered to pay $10,000 in fines, serve 250 hours of community service and lose his driver's license for three years.

Antonio Bobo, Oklahoma (Kelvin Sampson) - Drug conviction landed St. Louis product in federal prison for three years until his release in late 2006 after he averaged 2.4 ppg and 1.7 rpg as a freshman in 1994-95. He originally signed with OU coach Billy Tubbs.

George "Rick" Bolling Jr., Auburn (Sonny Smith) - Owner of five pharmacies was sentenced in spring of 2017 to two years in prison for illegally dispensing opioid painkillers and other controlled substances. High school teammate of Mike Davis was a college walk-on teammate of Charles Barkley during first half of the 1980s before coaching at the junior college level.

Dick Boushka, St. Louis (Eddie Hickey) - The 1956 Olympian rose to chief executive of the Vickers Oil company and eventually got into real estate development. But in December 2002, the Billikens' All-American in 1954-55 pleaded guilty in federal court in Wichita, Kan., to defrauding a bank of more than $17 million. Boushka, sentenced to 70 months in prison for his white-collar crimes, admitted that he made false statements inducing the bank to make several large loans to him in 1998. He also admitted cheating another businessman out of $1.5 million.

Alvin "P.J." Boutte, Detroit (Ray McCallum) - Arrested as a freshman in fall of 2011 outside a bar in wee hours of the morning after police said they found a stun gun in his left front pants pocket.

Frederick Jay Bowdy, West Georgia (Ed Murphy and Michael Cooney) - Aspiring actor from San Antonio committed suicide in North Hollywood around 5:30 a.m. in late January 2017 while broadcasting on Facebook's livestream. Authorities said Bowdy, who averaged 4.1 ppg and 1.9 rpg in 18 games in 2006-07 and 2007-08, killed himself days after he was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. Lead actor in 2016's "Prepper," an independent movie about a suburban high school teacher dealing with societal collapse. Father of six children also worked at the Hollywood Men, an exotic dance revue, performing under the name "Houston."

Jamel Bradley, South Carolina (Eddie Fogler and Dave Odom) - The Gamecocks' leading scorer in 2000-01 and 2001-02 was a deputy working at a high school when allegedly having sex with a student in his patrol car while in uniform. He was fired as a resource officer in fall of 2018 when sued in federal court over a relationship with a different student (case settled for $900,000) and after reportedly lying and tampering with an internal investigation into his predatory behavior. The school district confirmed five internal probes involving Bradley dating back to 2011.

Jarekious Bradley, Kent State (Rob Senderoff)/Southeast Missouri State (Dickey Nutt) - Memphis recruit was arrested in mid-July 2011 after an incident with his former girlfriend resulted in charges of aggravated burglary and criminal damaging. A woman claimed Bradley came inside her apartment without permission and demanded money he felt she owed him. At one point, deputies say, Bradley tried to remove money from the woman's purse, prompting a physical confrontation between them with the woman being injured. Other individuals in the apartment gave Bradley money and he left.

Jim Bradley, Northern Illinois (Tom Jorgensen) - In 1982, Bradley was 29 when he died from a shot in the back in the wee hours of the morning in Portland, Ore., outside a downtown disco two days after his arrest for dealing in a controlled substance. Bradley had 15 games with at least 20 rebounds in 1971-72 and 1972-73, including a career-high 31 vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee. "He was as talented a player as I ever saw," said college and pro standout Dan Issel, who played on two ABA teams with Bradley, "but nobody will ever remember his name because he didn't come close to what he could have been. He could have been as good as anybody who ever played, as far as I'm concerned."

Carlton Bragg Jr., Kansas (Bill Self)/Arizona State (Bobby Hurley)/New Mexico (Paul Weir) - Battery charges were dropped after mid-December 2016 incident when he allegedly struck his girlfriend and pushed her down a flight of stairs during an argument. Cleveland native was suspended three games for "a violation of (KU) team rules" in late January 2017 (misdemeanor charge of drug paraphernalia possession). Attended ASU briefly but was booted from squad in first semester for violating an unspecified team rule. Bragg served a three-game suspension around Christmas 2019 stemming from a police probe of attempted rape during the summer (wife of county DA is UNM's Dean of Students). Bragg was leading the Lobos in rebounding and blocked shots in mid-January 2020 when dropped off roster following arrest on suspicion of driving while intoxicated and possession of marijuana.

John Brisker, Toledo (Bob Nichols) - The Rockets' second-leading scorer in 1967-68 before becoming ineligible the next season was arrested during the 1971 World Series in Pittsburgh and charged with assault and battery, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Two of the three police officers who pulled from physically from a reserved taxi were hospitalized. Acknowledged as one of the most volatile players in the early years of the ABA before hooking on with the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics prior to their owner cutting him for "fueling dissension." Teammate Charlie Williams said: "Say something wrong to the guy and you had this feeling he would reach into his bag, take out a gun and shoot you." In early 1978, Brisker, a black power advocate, went to Africa, allegedly to start an import/export business. One theory is that the hothead native of Detroit traveled to Uganda at the invitation of ignominious Idi Amin, a ruthless dictator who was overthrown in 1979. Speculation is that Brisker was executed by an anti-Amin firing squad. A King County (Wash.) court declared him legally dead in 1985.

Rakeem Brookins, Siena (Mitch Buonaguro) - Team leader in assists as freshman in 2010-11 pleaded guilty to larceny and was ordered to make $750 restitution following arrest on charges of burglary in the spring of 2013. Admitted to police he stole the wallet from his drug dealer's townhouse. Philly product was suspended three games during 2012-13 campaign for "violation of athletic department policy."

Delray Brooks, Indiana (Bob Knight)/Providence (Rick Pitino) - Head coach in mid-May 2000 when he pleaded no contest to stealing $25,000 from Texas-Pan American and was sentenced to 10 years probation. He had been dismissed the previous August for depositing a check from a tournament hosted by Southwest Missouri State into his personal account, then frittering away the money. After transferring from IU, Brooks was the second-leading scorer for PC's 1987 Final Four squad. In 2006, he was arrested for a probation violation stemming from his first run-in with the law (failure to pay restitution in the case).

Michael Brooks, Tennessee (Don DeVoe) - One of Tennessee's all-time leading scorers, an All-SEC first-team guard in 1984-85, was arrested in mid-May 2009 on drug charges and outstanding warrants. Stopping Brooks' auto for speeding, police say they found a plastic bag of what they believed to be cocaine and a bottle with pills identified as hydrocodone.

Rydell Brooks, Niagara (Joe Mihalich)/Akron (Keith Dambrot) - Redshirt transfer from Niagara was arrested in mid-May 2008 after shooting at police officers during a foot chase following a traffic stop. Facing charges of attempted aggravated massacre and felonious assault, he was convicted of lower-level felonies for tampering with evidence and sentenced to four years in prison. Brooks admitted having two weapons for self-defense after being threatened by local gang members.

Derek Brower, Syracuse (Jim Boeheim) - Member of the Orangemen's 1987 NCAA Tournament runner-up pleaded guilty in a Cincinnati courtroom to interstate travel for drug dealing. Served six months of a five-year sentence in federal prison.

Damone Brown, Syracuse (Jim Boeheim) - All-Big East Conference second-team selection in 2000-01 was indicted in a federal drug investigation in February 2009. Sentenced to a year of probation despite pleading guilty to felony charges of concealing money laundering for allegedly leasing a safe deposit box at a Buffalo bank used by a drug kingpin to store $170,000 of drug profits. An FBI agent was shot and wounded during the roundup of suspects.

Elton Brown, Virginia (Pete Gillen) - The Cavaliers' leading scorer and rebounder in 2003-04 pleaded guilty during the summer of 2005 to a concealed weapon charge stemming from an altercation over a woman at a mall where she worked.

Frank Brown, Montana State (Mick Durham) - Sentenced in September 2005 to 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of rape with a 15-year-old girl. He was ordered to undergo treatment and register as a sexual offender. The Las Vegas product led the Bobcats in assists as a sophomore in 2003-04.

Lewis Brown, UNLV (Jerry Tarkanian) - Beset by an arrest history including charges for drugs, the third-leading rebounder and sixth-leading scorer for the Rebels' 1977 national third-place team spent more than 10 years homeless on the streets of Santa Monica, Calif., before passing away in mid-September 2011 at the age of 56. According to the New York Times, family members said he used cocaine at UNLV. "Drugs were his downfall," said his sister.

Monroe "Monnie" Brown, Penn State (Bruce Parkhill) - Sentenced in 1998 to serve four years in prison on charges of cocaine trafficking. He participated in national postseason competition all four of his seasons (one NCAA/three NIT) and was team MVP as senior in 1991-92.

Takais Brown, Georgia (Dennis Felton) - Juco recruit who led the NIT-bound Bulldogs in scoring with 14.2 ppg in 2006-07 before he was dismissed for a violation of team policies the following season was one of three men charged in mid-August 2014 in connection with the slaying of an elderly man found dead from a gunshot wound inside his Flint, Mich., residence. They were acquitted of all charges brought against them after spending roughly two years awaiting trial. One of the trio is the son of the victim's gardener.

Tyrone Brown Jr., Georgia Southern (C.Y. Young) - Brown, a reserve forward in 2011-12 dismissed from GSU's team a few days earlier for academic reasons, was arrested following an incident at an apartment complex. According to police accounts, Brown and another man lured a male victim into his apartment on the pretense of playing video games. After the victim was inside the apartment, Brown and the other man allegedly attacked him, taking a wallet from his pocket, which contained identification and a small amount of cash.

Zach Brown, Connecticut commitment (Kevin Ollie)/St. John's signee (Chris Mullin) - Seven-foot center from Miami area who attend numerous high schools was booked in late May 2016 on charges of armed robbery by sudden snatching and credit card fraud. In mid-January 2017, he was arrested for robbing a Walgreens and also ticketed for driving with a suspended license, unpaid parking tickets and expired tag on his car. Previously removed from an academy in Connecticut after he was involved in an on-court altercation with opposing players following a game. Arrested on a strong-arm necklace robbery charge stemming from a South Beach mugging in late May 2017.

Tony "Red" Bruin, Syracuse (Jim Boeheim) - The Philadelphia 76ers' seventh-round draft choice in 1983 pleaded guilty in May 1986 to selling cocaine to an undercover detective in Syracuse on two separate occasions in April 1984. Bruin tested positive for drug and alcohol use multiple times while on probation, including a drug-related incident when he was stabbed. In Swee'pea (a book principally about wayward New York sensation Lloyd Daniels), Bruin denied rumors he used cocaine in the locker room at halftime, played games with coke stuffed inside his socks and served as the middleman in several drug deals for other players in the Big East Conference (where he was an all-league third-team choice as a junior).

Keith Brumbaugh, Oklahoma State signee (Sean Sutton) - Arrested six times over a 26-month span, he served two jail sentences. Charged with shoplifting at an Oklahoma Wal-Mart and was kicked off a J.C. team in Chipola, Fla., for possession of marijuana. Never played for the Cowboys and led the NJCAA in scoring with Hillsborough (Fla.) in 2007-08 before declaring for the NBA draft.

Kenny Brunner, Georgetown (John Thompson Jr.)/Fresno State (Jerry Tarkanian) - Served some jail time for an alleged armed robbery of Los Angeles City College coach Mike Miller. In 1998, Brunner was booked in Fresno on a felony complaint of assault with a deadly weapon and grand theft. Previously, Brunner led Georgetown in scoring, assists and steals as a freshman in 1997-98 before leaving school because of "emotional difficulties." Despite his series of problems, coach Jim Harrick recruited him for Georgia before Brunner was denied entrance.

Deandre Buchanan, Wisconsin (Bo Ryan)/Minnesota State-Moorhead (Stu Engen) - All-NSIC honorable mention selection as team-leading scorer with 12.9 ppg in 2003-04 was acquitted in spring of 2007 of killing a 23-year-old man in North Dakota after testifying that shooting at dice game was accidental with the 22-caliber handgun going off during a struggle. He'd been charged with 16 felonies in 2004, linked to an armed home invasion but charges were dropped when witnesses changed their statements. Pleaded no contest to possessing THC with intent to deliver in spring of 2009, receiving two years' probation.

Anthony Buford, Akron/Cincinnati (Bob Huggins) - Second-leading scorer for the Bearcats' 1992 Final Four team and his girlfriend were sentenced in February 2012 to 41 months in federal prison for mortgage fraud conspiracy and ordered to pay nearly $2.8 million in restitution to lending institutions they defrauded.

Marcus Bullard, Mississippi State (Richard Williams) - Starting point guard for 1996 Final Four team was sentenced to three years in prison for violating his probation on drug charges. He was accused of pistol-whipping another student on MSU's campus in 1996, violating terms of his probation by possessing a weapon and failing to report to his probation officer. He had pleaded guilty in 1994 and was put on probation after being charged with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute the previous year. His older brother served time in the same penitentiary for manslaughter. He pleaded guilty in 1998 to crack cocaine possession and received three years of probation. While on probation, he was accused of hitting a rival fraternity member in the head with a gun. The incident led to revocation of his probation and he served a short prison term. He went to prison again after pleading guilty to cocaine and ecstasy charges in 2004. Following a drive-by shooting in late 2012, Bullard was sent to prison in the summer of 2013 on a parole violation. In 2016, he was in trouble with the law multiple times.

Luther "Ticky" Burden, Utah (Bill Foster and Jerry Pimm) - Sentenced in August 1984 to the two years he already served in an upstate New York prison stemming from his involvement in a bank robbery of $18,000 in Hempstead, N.Y., in 1980 just five blocks from his house. Originally sentenced to six to 18 years after three associates struck deals with the state and testified against him. But he was released when a court ruled that police didn't have a search warrant when they raided his home. Upon release, he bounced back by promoting concerts and overseeing his own financial consulting company. Longtime counselor at a YWCA near his Winston-Salem, N.C., home. Burden was an All-American as a junior in 1974-75 before leaving college early for the pros.

Antonio Burks, Memphis (John Calipari) - C-USA Player of the Year in 2003-04 was shot by a robber (subsequently sentenced to 97 years in prison) in the abdomen during a dice game in 2009 in the backyard of a vacant duplex. In early June 2015, he was arrested after a fight with his girlfriend. In the fall of 2006, Burks was arrested for failing to appear in court for a speeding ticket. In late July 2021, Burks was arrested for illegal gambling.

Justin "Spider" Burns, Cal State Fullerton (Bob Burton) - Two-year starter for the Titans (10.4 ppg and 6.7 rpg in 2005-06 and 2006-07; second-leading rebounder as junior and senior) was arrested in Jackson, Miss., in the spring of 2011 on a murder charge related to the strangulation slaying of his ex-girlfriend the previous fall. Her body was found by target shooters in a valley desert area under a pile of blackened rocks. According to Burns' arrest report, the brother of rapper Jason Douglas Burns (a/k/a WorldWideWebbb) was the last person to be seen with the West Covina, Calif., resident and had argued with her the night before she was killed after coming to Las Vegas to visit him. In the weeks after her burned body was found, his father (former UNLV player Michael "Spiderman" Burns) refused to cooperate with police about his son's whereabouts, the report said.

Darnell Burton, Cincinnati (Bob Huggins) - After allegedly continuously breaking the school's drug policy, the All-CUSA third-team selection as a senior in 1996-97 was sentenced in Lexington, Ky., in early 2008 to seven years in prison for first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance.

Karon Burton, La Salle (Dr. John Giannini) - Academic redshirt was arrested on drug-dealing charges in spring of 2009 after an undercover sting. Police said Burton threw two baggies containing marijuana onto the ground and had $1,030 cash on him. Burton agreed to waive all charges except the most serious offense (felony charge of possession with intent to deliver). He previously was found guilty of disorderly conduct in 2006 and 2007. His father and stepfather both were murdered within a year of each other.

Eric Bush, UAB (Murry Bartow and Mike Anderson) - Guard who led C-USA with 3.1 spg in 2002-03 was arrested in late summer 2012 by Drug Task Force and Anderson, Ind., police. In 2009, J.C. recruit was pardoned by an outgoing judge for a conviction of dealing cocaine after serving less than one year in prison.

Claude "Muff" Butler, New Orleans (Don Smith) - J.C. recruit who averaged 12.2 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 4.3 apg and 1.6 spg for UNO in 1981-82 and 1982-83 got involved in the drug trade as a young adult and spent many years in and out of jail. At one juncture in 1997, he was dispatched to a notoriously rugged federal prison in Seagoville, Tex., but still failed to turn his life around until getting out and becoming a personal basketball instructor.

Darryl Butterfield, Missouri (Mike Anderson) - Suspended from the team as a senior following his arrest for allegedly punching an ex-girlfriend during a domestic dispute. He was also arrested for two outstanding warrants - driving with a revoked license and failure to obey a police officer.

Tony Byers, Wake Forest (Carl Tacy) - The Demon Deacons' leading scorer as All-ACC second-team selection in 1972-73 and 1973-74 entered an Alford guilty plea in court in the summer of 2015 for misdemeanor sexual battery. The 63-year-old bus driver was accused of having sex with a mentally handicapped woman although Byers' attorney said his client wasn't aware of the accuser's disability (IQ in 40s).

Will Bynum, Arizona (Lute Olson)/Georgia Tech (Paul Hewitt) - Arrested by Israeli police in January, 2008, after allegedly running over a man with his car as Bynum left the scene of a nightclub brawl in Jerusalem.

Jason Caffey, Alabama (Wimp Sanderson and David Hobbs) - Pro career fizzled amid a series of personal problems, including an anxiety attack in 2002 and an assault charge in 2003. Went to bankruptcy court in October, 2007, seeking protection from creditors, who include eight women with whom he has had 10 children. Arrested in spring of 2010 in Mobile, Ala., and charged with domestic violence.

Souleymane "Jules" Camara, Kentucky (Tubby Smith) - Slated to appear in court in mid-January 2013 on charges of drug paraphernalia possession and felony theft (of a gun from an acquaintance). He pleaded guilty to DUI in 2010, reckless driving and possession of an open alcoholic beverage in 2008 and another DUI as a UK player in 2000. Camara averaged 5.9 ppg, 3.8 rpg and 1.1 bpg from 1998-99 through 2002-03.

Marcus Camby, Massachusetts (John Calipari) - Arrested for possession of marijuana in mid-June 1997 before being arrested by Pearland, Tex., police in mid-September 2011 and charged with marijuana possession. Admitted accepting thousands of dollars in cash, jewelry, rental cars and prostitutes from agents while in college (national player of the year in 1995-96).

Ritchie Campbell, Hawaii commitment (Riley Wallace) - Just days after leading scorer in Western New York high school history (for 27 years) left jail following stint there stemming from involvement with alcohol and drugs (weapons charge linked to August 1993 arrest while driving stolen vehicle), he was fiddling with a gun at 3 a.m. in spring of 1994 while drunk at his girlfriend's house. The weapon went off and the bullet struck a woman he didn't know (10 years older than him) in the back of her neck. After the mother of a baby girl died two days following the shooting, J.C. recruit was convicted of first-degree manslaughter and served 17 years in prison. In July 1992, a jury acquitted him of attempted murder and other charges involving a shootout with Buffalo police during the summer of 1991.

Derrick Caracter, Louisville (Rick Pitino)/Texas-El Paso (Tony Barbee) - Arrested and jailed in late April 2011 after allegedly hitting a waitress at a downtown New Orleans IHOP while drunk. Wore out his welcome with the Cardinals - showing up on campus as a freshman about 40 pounds overweight and subsequently being suspended indefinitely due to a suspect work ethic before returning and promptly breaking curfew.

John Carson, Cincinnati (Bob Huggins)/Akron (Dan Hipsher) - Fatally shot in mid-December 2006 while breaking and entering a Lawrenceville, Ohio, home. His life after basketball (3.1 ppg with Cincinnati in 1997-98; 4 ppg with Akron in 1999-00) included multiple felony incarcerations. He was declared ineligible at UC in the fall of 1997 after receiving $200 from a job he never worked.

Howard Carter, Louisiana State (Dale Brown) - Charged in the spring of 1995 with buying and using drugs after French police arrested him and seized a dose of heroin. He was arrested with five suspected drug dealers in the stairwell of a building shortly before his team was slated to play. Carter, a two-time All-American who averaged 15.2 ppg and 4.4 rpg for LSU from 1979-80 through 1982-83 and appeared in the 1981 Final Four, took out French citizenship and played for the country's national team.

Randy Carter, Minnesota (Clem Haskins) - Four-year starting forward from 1990-91 through 1993-94 was sentenced to six months in a federal "boot camp" after pleading guilty to cocaine distribution charge involving a government informant.

Parrish Casebier, Evansville (Jim Crews) - All-Missouri Valley Conference first-team selection in 1990-91 and 1991-92 received an eight-year prison sentence in 1995 for felony rape of a minor. Wanted in mid-2003 on drug-dealing charges in Nebraska. Arrested in mid-2010 in Council Bluffs, IA, for kidnapping and human trafficking, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Job Casimir, Quinnipiac (Joe DeSantis)/USC Aiken (Vince Alexander) - While home for Christmas break in Stamford, Conn., in 2009, he was charged with first-degree armed robbery for holding up a bank. Casimir, who led Aiken in assists as a junior in 2007-08, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, suspended after 54 months. He averaged 3.1 ppg and 2.3 apg with Quinnipiac as a freshman and sophomore before transferring.

Leslie Cason, Rutgers (Dick Lloyd) - Center was a high school standout in East Rutherford, N.J., under prep coach Dick Vitale in the early 1970s. Cason signed with Jerry Tarkanian-coached Long Beach State but scholastic shortcomings sidetracked him. After attending San Jacinto (Tex.) Junior College, he returned home to play briefly for the Scarlet Knights. Reportedly arrested close to 100 times for selling drugs. In the spring of 1997 at the age of 43, Cason died of AIDS brought upon by a heroin addiction. "There's only one man to blame," Cason said of his two-decade drug habit shortly before dying. "The man in the mirror."

Rex Chapman, Kentucky (Eddie Sutton) - All-American as sophomore in 1987-88 was arrested in September 2014 for allegedly shoplifting $14,000 worth of merchandise a total of nine times from an Apple store and then selling the items at a pawnshop for $5,460. Ten days following his arrest, Chapman checked himself into a substance-abuse treatment program reportedly trying to break an addiction to drug helping wean people off opiates. It was his third stint in rehab for prescription narcotics since horse-racing addict retired as a player.

Lorenzo Charles, North Carolina State (Jim Valvano) - All-American as junior in 1983-84 stole two pizzas from delivery boy while in summer session in 1982. Brooklyn native was handed a 10-year suspended sentence for larceny, made to perform 300 hours of community service, do some custodial work for police department and undergo psychiatric counseling.

Michael Charles, UAB (Gene Bartow) - Regular with three consecutive NCAA playoff teams for the Blazers in the mid-1980s was shot and killed in September, 1997, while banging on the front door of a house about 3 a.m. in Birmingham, Ala. Charles, 31, was on probation at the time of his death for a theft conviction earlier in the year. Court records showed he also was convicted of theft in 1991 and possession of a forged instrument in 1995.

Derrick Chievous, Missouri (Norm Stewart) - Sporting trademark band-aid, All-American as a junior in 1986-87 was charged with felony stealing in May, 2001, for allegedly taking items from the United Parcel Service terminal in Columbia, Mo., where he had worked for nine months after playing in the NBA and Europe. Chievous, who had been under investigation for months regarding possible theft, allegedly fled from managers while carrying stolen items. In 1997, he was arrested for failure to pay child support. "I'm not the marrying type," said Chievous, who had daughters in his college town plus Philadelphia and Chicago. "I'm not always the greatest dad. But I'm the best dad they've got."

Tony Christie, Clemson (Rick Barnes and Larry Shyatt) - After averaging 6.4 ppg for the Tigers in the late 1990s, he pleaded "no contest" to a charge of assault during 2010-11 prep season after a female student claimed the high school coach touched her inappropriately.

Keon Clark, UNLV (Bill Bayno) - Sentenced in mid-September, 2007, to 30 months in prison on a felony charge of driving on a suspended license. An Illinois judge tossed out the sentence in mid-December 2007 because he did not have legal representation. Cited for multiple counts of marijuana possession and sale over the years. Also charged twice for having a gun without a license, twice for possession of a controlled substance other than marijuana, operating a vehicle without insurance, driving under the influence and criminal damage to property. "His record and his behavior suggests he has a serious mental problem," Clark's attorney said his client was a no-show to his own sentencing. "It's possible he's unfit to stand trial or be sentenced, or that he's insane." The Danville (Ill.) Police Department, seizing Clark's Mercedes in 2005 through the state's Drug Asset Forfeiture Procedure Act, used the car as a command vehicle for a year before selling it on eBay for the top bid of $45,100, which was posted by a California man. Later, he was a fugitive while in a rehab center in Texas. "I never played a game sober," Clark said. In early December 2013, Clark received an eight-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to weapons and DUI charges in two separate cases.

Monterale Clark, Marquette commitment (Buzz Williams) - J.C. recruit from Milwaukee was arrested in the fall of 2009 in Hillsboro, Tex., and charged with alleged second-degree felony sexual assault stemming from a dorm-room party on the campus of Hill College.

Mateen Cleaves](players/mateen-cleaves), Michigan State (Tom Izzo) - Two-time Big Ten Conference MVP and 2000 Final Four MOP arrested in mid-March 2010 on suspicion of drunken driving but ended up leading to careless driving. Acquitted of sexual assault charges in late summer 2019 after accused of false imprisonment by intoxicated woman who said she was driven in his Cadillac SUV to a Knights Inn and attacked four years earlier following a Flint-area charity golf outing and trip to local bar for drinks. A surveillance video showed Cleaves, clad only in socks, pulling the near-naked woman back to a motel room twice. He faced misdemeanor charges of stealing beer while in college but that case eventually was dropped.

Ricky Clemons, Missouri (Quin Snyder) - J.C. recruit, after reportedly attending six different high schools, was kicked off the Tigers' squad during the summer of 2003 after a judge determined the North Carolina native violated conditions for serving a sentence in a halfway house and ordered him to jail. The sentence stemmed from two misdemeanors in an assault case involving his former white girlfriend after she didn't want to watch Roots. In subsequent taped jail telephone conversations, Clemons alleged that Mizzou assistant coaches gave money to him and other players. Clemons, who scored 26 points against Iowa and 27 against Syracuse, also crashed an ATV on the school president's lawn at a July 4 party. Believe it or not, the wife of the school's first black president suggested that Clemons avoid dating white women. A mid-2001 charge he choked and struck another woman in Idaho was not prosecuted because the woman didn't respond to a request to testify.

Gyasi Cline-Heard, Penn State (Jerry Dunn) - Leading rebounder and second-leading scorer for the Nittany Lions' 2001 Sweet 16 squad was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges of conspiring to distribute crack cocaine stemming from his arrest in February 2012 in Clearwater, Fla., for running a drug/gun ring. Raids of his tattoo shop and multiple other residences in the area unearthed four dozen guns. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the enormity of the stockpile of weapons shocked investigators (most of them assault rifles and machine guns with rounds capable of penetrating officer's vests and cruisers). The bust unfolded after undercover agents purchased, in the course of 11 transactions over the winter, more than a pound of cocaine - crack and powder - plus a .380-caliber handgun from the son of former NBA player and coach Gar Heard. The guns seized were "to kill people and to keep their drug operation going," the sheriff said.

Verice Cloyd, Alabama (Mark Gottfried)/Chattanooga (John Shulman) - Arrested in Fayetteville, N.C., a month after a warrant was issued in Nashville in January 2012 stemming from an accusation he enticed a 12-year-old girl into an apartment and raped her. Cloyd was convicted of aggravated burglary in 2011 and received a three-year probated sentence. He was also convicted of misdemeanor gun possession in 2009. Played briefly for 'Bama in 2006-07 and UTC in 2007-08 before transferring to William Carey MS.

Tony Cole, Georgia (Jim Harrick)/Robert Morris, IL (Al Bruehl) - In 2003, he told a TV journalist the coaching staff provided him with money for a hotel stay, telephone bills and TV set plus fraudulently made an "A" in a class taught by the coach's son that he failed to attend. Included on the final exam of the rigorous class ("Coaching Principles and Strategies of Basketball") was the penetrating question: "How many points is a 3-point shot worth?" Shortly thereafter, Cole was charged with writing a bad check. Cole, who averaged 5.6 ppg in 2001-02 for the Bulldogs, was kicked off the team the previous year after being charged with aggravated assault with intent to rape. Cole, who attended five high schools and three junior colleges, was also accused in 2002 of assaulting and making harassing phone calls to another female student at Georgia and, in a related misdemeanor charge, of criminal trespass. Before arriving at Georgia, he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor trespass charges in connection with the alleged sexual assault of two J.C. employees in Rhode Island in December 1999 and February 2000. Six years after his accusations of improper benefits, Cole was in the middle of another scandal triggering the dismissal of a Cook County official in Illinois. Cole was fired in the spring of 2009 as a human resources assistant in the highway department for not including past criminal convictions on his job application. Cole's former boss, the county's CFO, was asked to resign after it was disclosed she twice bailed Cole out of a Chicago jail following his arrest for violating a protection order involving an ex-girlfriend that he had pleaded guilty to punching in the face in 2008. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Cole faced additional charges including violating his bond, obstructing a police officer, resisting police and battery.

Derrick Coleman, Syracuse (Jim Boeheim) - The Big East Conference's 1990 MVP was stopped in Farmington Hills, Mich., at 3:30 a.m. in late July 2002 for speeding (120 mph in a 70 mph zone) and taken into custody after refusing a breathalyzer test. Arrested in late October 1999 in Charlotte for driving while under the influence after the vehicle he was driving collided with a tractor-trailer. A couple of months earlier, he was accused of urinating in front of patrons at a downtown Detroit Chinese restaurant and charged with disorderly conduct. Coleman also faced a civil lawsuit in Michigan in which he was accused of trespassing and battery at a Detroit woman's home in 1997. In 1995, he was arrested and charged with refusing to move his truck and swearing at a police officer in Detroit. Despite earning an estimated $87 million in his NBA career, he owed creditors $4.7 million after a series of poor real estate investments in Detroit.

Spencer Coleman, Montana (Wayne Tinkle) - J.C. recruit and starting forward was dismissed from team after facing his second alcohol-related citation in four months in spring of 2013 following arrest at about 2:45 a.m. outside a downtown bar. Earlier, before Coleman turned 21, he was cited for speeding and being a minor in possession of alcohol.

Brian Conway, Northern Iowa commitment (Ben Jacobson) - Received a 10-year prison sentence after pleading guilty stemming from his arrest in October 2008 for an armed robbery of a couple near an ATM. After Conway's arrest, UNI promptly ended its recruitment of the Chicago prepster, a son of former DePaul player Brandon Cole. Conway was arrested with Rajsaun Thompson (the son of former Iowa star Ray Thompson), a J.C. player who was also held in connection with a subsequent armed robbery.

Norm Cook, Kansas (Ted Owens) - After several run-ins with the law, he was diagnosed as suffering from paranoid schizophrenia in 1996 and was incarcerated or confined to his home in Lincoln, Ill., for 30 years until slipping into a diabetic coma and dying in late 2008 at the age of 53. The Boston Celtics' first-round draft choice in 1976 as an undergraduate is the father of former Illinois and NBA forward Brian Cook.

Marquie Cooke, Virginia Tech (Seth Greenberg)/Colorado State (Dale Layer)/Louisiana-Lafayette (Robert Lee)/Elizabeth City State NC (Shawn Walker) - Dismissed from a Nike summer camp for allegedly having a run-in with a staff member over the condition of his uniform. Dropped from VT's squad following a tumultuous freshman campaign in 2004-05, including refusing to go into a game, sulking on the bench when he wasn't playing, returning to campus late from the holiday break and missing the NIT after a locker-room confrontation upon elimination from the ACC Tournament. Left CSU before the next season after he got into an altercation during a party. His stint at ULL also turned into a short stay when conflict arose with a teacher.

Andre Cornelius, George Mason (Jim Larranaga and Paul Hewitt) - Guard who averaged 7.8 ppg from 2008-09 through 2011-12 was arrested for possession of marijuana in spring of 2012 only months following suspension for first 10 games of senior season after pleading guilty to credit card fraud.

Deshawn Corprew, Texas Tech (Chris Beard) - Juco recruit in regular rotation left program following suspension from NCAA tourney finalist in June of 2019 after allegations of Title IX allegations.

Attila Cosby, Pittsburgh (Ralph Willard)/New Mexico (Fran Fraschilla)/George Washington (Tom Penders)/Bowie State MD (Luke D'Alessio) - GWU's leading rebounder in 2000-01 was found guilty by judge on seven of nine counts and sentenced to 900 days in jail in case stemming from a mid-May 2000 incident in which prosecutors said he picked up a 46-year-old prostitute and assaulted her with a broomstick at his dormitory. Cosby, claiming he was "weak-minded," pulled up in his girlfriend's car to entice her by offering drugs. Cosby stole a $10 roll of quarters from her and said he was a police officer and would kill her if she said anything. He was suspended near the end of his sophomore year for an altercation with a Pitt assistant coach prior to never playing for UNM.

Kyle Cox, Ball State (Tim Buckley) - After resigning as coach for a prestigious Indianapolis private school 1 1/2 months earlier, he was arrested in early February 2016 and accused of repeatedly coercing a 15-year-old female student to text him explicit photographs. Sentenced to 14 years behind bars, he played in majority of BSU's games as a freshman in 2002-03 before concentrating on golf.

Modie Cox, Buffalo (Dan Bazzani and Tim Cohane) - First prime local recruit for the Bulls' rise to Division I level pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges in a cocaine trafficking case following accusation in early November 1996 with possessing 17.6 pounds of the drug (spent a year in jail). Two-year captain and All-Mid-Continent Conference second-team selection as senior when leading league with 6.7 apg. Averaged 9.8 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 4.8 apg and 2 spg from 1992-93 through 1994-95.

Chris Craig, Creighton signee (Dana Altman)/Texas-El Paso (Billy Gillispie) - Guard who averaged 8.6 ppg, 2.5 rpg and 2.7 apg for the Miners in 2002-03 and 2003-04 was arrested in Utah in early August 2013 on an outstanding warrant for drug possession one month after he was detained at a Walmart in Arizona following alleged threatening statements to people on a junior college campus. Former assistant coach at Northern Colorado who referred to himself as an "Islamic jihadist" was spotted wandering about and warning Catholics and Mormons that they "would be destroyed" in the near future. Dealing with mental illness after coaching Eastern Utah to a third-place finish in the 2010 NJCAA Tournament, he drove a car covered in spray-painted religious messages. In mid-September 2016, Craig was arrested after allegedly threatening to blow up an elementary school in Utah (pleaded guilty to making a false alarm in exchange for other charges being dropped; prison sentenced of one to 15 years was suspended while placed on five years of probation). In spring of 2018, he was re-arrested after authorities said he stopped taking his medication as ordered by a judge, threatened his family and prompted the school he terrorized to be placed on alert again.

Anthony Crater, Ohio State (Thad Matta)/South Florida (Stan Heath) - Starting playmaker was dismissed from USF's team for "violation of team rules" after 2010-11 season after incurring a suspension for same nebulous reasons midway through the previous season. He was arrested with teammate Mike Mercer, a transfer from Georgia, for marijuana possession in January 2009. Crater transferred from OSU after failing a drug test. Mercer was arrested the previous fall for public consumption of alcohol and he was dismissed from the Bulldogs' squad in 2007 for "being a disruption."

Brandon Crawford, Coastal Carolina (Cliff Ellis) - Already ruled academically ineligible earlier in his senior season, juco recruit was arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana midway through the 2011-12 campaign. Crawford allegedly had another outstanding warrant out for his arrest for the same charge regarding an undercover investigation.

Kevin Criswell, Montana (Pat Kennedy and Larry Krystkowiak) - In spring of 2014, the Grizzlies' second-leading scorer four straight seasons from 2002-03 through 2005-06 faced two-count indictment charging physical therapist with conspiracy and acquiring hydrocodone and oxycodone by forgery, fraud or subterfuge. He was sentenced to four years of probation, six months in a residential drug treatment center and paying restitution of $6,400 to one patient suffering severe emotional trauma after pleading guilty to breaking into homes and stealing pain pills from multiple patients.

Javaris Crittenton, Georgia Tech (Paul Hewitt) - All-ACC third-team selection was sentenced to 23 years as part of a plea deal stemming from charges of murder and gang activity. Charged in late August 2011 after a woman was a drive-by shooting victim on a Southeast Atlanta street by someone inside a dark-colored SUV. The mother of four wasn't the intended target in what appeared to be retaliation for a $50,000 robbery of jewelry in the spring when Crittenton was a victim. Crittenton, who pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor gun charge in late January 2010 and received probation, was suspended 38 games by the NBA after he and teammate Gilbert Arenas acknowledged bringing guns into the Washington Wizards locker room following an altercation stemming from a card game on a team flight. While out on bond, Crittenton was arrested in mid-January 2014 in a drug sting taking down more than a dozen persons accused of selling multiple kilos of cocaine and several hundred pounds of marijuana.

Flenoil Crook, Jacksonville (Don Beasley) - J.C. recruit, who originally signed with New Mexico, was convicted in the fall of 1978 of shooting a JU teammate (Donnie Tyler) in the back in his apartment. Crook, who claimed the shooting was accidental, was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Tyler testified that Crook fired for no apparent reason.

JamesOn Curry, Oklahoma State (Eddie Sutton and Sean Sutton) - He was a North Carolina recruit as the state's all-time leading high school scorer. But the guard ended up at OSU after the Tar Heels revoked their scholarship offer following him pleading guilty in April, 2004, to felony charges of delivery and sale of marijuana to an undercover officer. Curry, after leaving college early, was arrested in Boise, Idaho, in mid-January 2008 and charged with misdemeanor counts of urinating in public and resisting arrest.

Raynardo Curry, Western Kentucky (Dennis Felton) - Two-time leader in steals was kicked off WKU's team following 2001-02 season after drug arrest. Faced similar charges earlier in the year. Memphis product previously served three days in jail after pleading guilty to receiving stolen property worth less than $300.

Willie Cutts, Arkansas (Eddie Sutton)/Arkansas State (Nelson Catalina) - Sophomore in 1981-82 when he was dismissed from Arkansas' squad for leaving the floor, dressing and exiting arena midway through the first half of a game against East Tennessee State. Reportedly involved in numerous transgressions thereafter.

Quintin Dailey, San Francisco (Dan Belluomini and Pete Barry) - All-American season in 1981-82 was marred by him pleading guilty to aggravated assault of a nursing student in a dormitory (sentenced to three years' probation and paid settlement of $100,000). A document in the case revealed that the two-time WCC Player of the Year accepted $1,000 from USF boosters for a summer job the Baltimore native did not have to do, sparking the termination of the school's basketball program for three seasons. Dailey gained 30 pounds in a single NBA season, twice violated the league's drug policy, attempted suicide and took leaves of absence for psychiatric care. "I had to learn life by trial and error as I went along, I erred a lot," Dailey told the Los Angeles Times before dying in Las Vegas at the age of 49 because of a heart ailment.

Lloyd Daniels, UNLV commitment (Jerry Tarkanian) - In 1987, the playground prodigy with suspect academic credentials (attended three high schools in New York City, two prep schools outside the state and never graduated from any of them) had his Rebels career end before it started after he was caught buying cocaine from an undercover police officer. The buy at a North Las Vegas crack house was videotaped by a local TV station covering a sting operation. He was also identified as a suspect in the theft of five Final Four tickets from school arena offices. Daniels, known as "Sweet Pea," almost died about a year later after being shot in front of his home in Queens, N.Y., in what police said was retaliation for a drug debt stemming from him allegedly stealing drugs after beating up younger pushers. "A jump shot like Larry Bird and a handle like Magic Johnson," a sportswriter wrote about Daniels. "The only thing he couldn't do with a basketball was autograph it."

Aaron Dare, Manhattan (Bob Delle Bovi)/Adelphi NY - Jaspers frontcourter in 1987-88 served 13 years in prison after conviction in 2008 on dozens of counts of felony fraud in a real estate scheme involving $1.6 million stolen from mortgage clients.

Ed Davender, Kentucky (Joe B. Hall and Eddie Sutton) - The two-time All-SEC third-team selection in the late 1980s was sentenced to eight years in prison after being arrested in early September 2009 in a scam to sell fraudulent UK season tickets. Allegedly accepting advance payments for tickets that weren't available for him to sell, he was charged with three felony counts of theft by deception and one count of trafficking in a controlled substance within 1,000 yards of a school. Davender pleaded guilty to taking money for the tickets, but never producing them.

Dwight Davis, Houston (Guy Lewis) - At one point, the 1971-72 All-American found himself complacent living in a shed as long as he could continue to feed his addiction. When illegal activities eventually got the best of him, Davis was placed in jail on drug-related charges. After serving six months in jail, Davis cleaned up his act once and for all, joining AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) on his way to recovery.

Glen "Big Baby" Davis, Louisiana State (John Brady) - Leading scorer and rebounder for 2006 Final Four team as SEC Player of the Year was arrested at a Hampton Inn in Baltimore suburb in early February 2018 with a quarter of a pound of marijuana and $92,000 in cash. Arrested a couple of months later for felony assault with intent to cause great bodily injury. When confronted by a man he apparently almost struck with his vehicle outside a West Hollywood nightclub, Davis allegedly picked up the victim and slammed him on the concrete (facial fractures, broken tooth and broken ribs).

Harry Davis, Florida State (Hugh Durham) - Conditionally pardoned by Gov. Rick Scott in fall of 2012 for a 1987 cocaine conviction. Metro Conference Co-Player of the Year as a senior in 1977-78 was arrested aboard a Greyhound bus and served one-year sentence in county stockade.

Jerome Davis, Ball State (Ray McCallum) - Averaged 5.4 ppg in 1998-99 before he was sentenced to 1 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to selling two pounds of marijuana to a police informant for $1,800 in marked bills.

Antoine Davison, UNLV (Jerry Tarkanian)/Utah (Rick Majerus) - Chicago product signed with UNLV but he never made it to Las Vegas. Instead, he got 16 months in prison for armed robbery and theft. After junior college, he played for the Utes in 1991-92 and set a school single-season record for highest field-goal percentage.

Daniel Deane, Utah (Ray Giacoletti)/Oregon State (Craig Robinson) - Stopped for doing 86 mph in a 55-mph zone in late February 2012, he was arrested for possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance, delivery of marijuana and money laundering. Deputies found about 10 pounds of marijuana, powdered substance believed to be Ecstacy and more than $4,500 in cash. Less than two months later, he was a passenger arrested with another man after an I-5 traffic stop yielded more than six pounds of pot. The son of former NBA guard Greg Deane scored a career-high 19 points with OSU against Nevada just before Thanksgiving in 2008.

Devonaire Deas, Florida State (Steve Robinson)/Iona (Jeff Ruland)/Winston-Salem State (Rick Duckett and Philip Stitt) - Sentenced to five years probation after pleading guilty in late January 2000 to a reduced charge (attempted third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and possessing a firearm on which the serial number had been removed) following his role as getaway driver in a botched robbery and shooting the previous month in Albany, N.Y. Went on to become a starter for WSSU teams winning more than 20 games in 2000-01 and 2001-02. As a transfer redshirt at Iona, Deas was dismissed in the fall of 1998 after missing classes for two straight weeks. He had quit FSU's squad in the spring after being academically ineligible the previous fall.

Bryce Dejean-Jones, Southern California (Kevin O'Neill)/UNLV (Dave Rice)/Iowa State (Fred Hoiberg) - Fatally shot in the abdomen in late May 2016 after mistakenly breaking into an apartment he believed belonged to his daughter's mother about 3 a.m. following a reported argument while visiting Dallas for her first birthday. Transferred from USC following a few incidents including punching a teammate and getting into a dispute with a resident adviser. Despite being UNLV's leading scorer, he was suspended for shoving a teammate. Arrested in mid-December 2014 at Iowa State and charged with "hosting a drug house" after police responded to a complaint about loud noises and found marijuana inside his apartment.

Walt "Corky" Devlin, George Washington (Bill Reinhart) - Compulsive gambler, married to a regular singer on the Arthur Godfrey Show, consistently stole money from his family and was penniless when migrating to a Trappist monastery in Kentucky. His addiction is depicted in a book about him called "In Search of Corky." All-American in 1954-55 was jailed in California after acting as a strikebreaker for a union. Treated for mental depression, he made an appearance on the Phil Donahue Show about Gambler's Anonymous. Said Devlin: "When I gamble, it's like play money. It doesn't matter if I win or lose. The thrill is there either way."

Norman "Skip" Dillard, DePaul (Ray Meyer) - Sentenced in June 1995 to 8 1/2 years in prison for robbing a man of $3,000 at gunpoint. Dillard pleaded guilty to robbing the man after following him from a riverboat casino to a restaurant. The money was the victim's gambling winnings. Dillard, who averaged more than 12 ppg for Blue Demon teams from 1979-80 through 1981-82 that combined for a 79-6 record, was released from prison in September of 1992 after serving about four years on an armed robbery conviction.

Anthony DiLoreto, Cal Poly signee (Kevin Bromley)/Utah State (Stew Morrill) - Seven-foot center from Minnesota also reportedly recruited by St. Louis' program under Rick Majerus was dismissed from the Aggies' roster in spring of 2010. DiLoreto arrived at USU under a cloud of controversy following his arrest and guilty plea as the get-away driver in his blue Honda in a botched bank robbery in Wisconsin (sentenced to 90 days in jail and 100 hours of community service). As a redshirt, he was suspended from team activities after cited for possession of marijuana.

Michael Dixon Jr., Missouri (Mike Anderson and Frank Haith)/Memphis (Josh Pastner) - Big 12 Conference Sixth Man of the Year before receiving same award in AAC in 2013-14 was accused of forcible rape in late summer following Mizzou's 30-5 season in 2011-12, but it was determined there was insufficient evidence to the criminal charges. He was suspended for "a violation of team rules" by the Tigers before choosing to transfer after it was revealed there was another similar incident 2 1/2 years earlier when the alleged victim declined to press charges following coach Anderson reminding her how campus life could become uncomfortable if she proceeded. In a campus police report unearthed by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, an MU employee at the time involved in the first incident said Dixon threatened her if she got pregnant ("kick her in the stomach and push her down the stairs"). Dixon was also suspended in mid-December 2010 for violating team rules. Playing professionally overseas, he was involved in fatal auto accident in Athens, Greece, in early December 2016.

Darnell Dodson, Pittsburgh signee (Jamie Dixon)/Kentucky (John Calipari)/Southern Mississippi (Larry Eustachy) - USM police chief said he was arrested along with Cory Markell Smith, a former member of the USM and William Carey teams, and charged with auto burglary and residential burglary in late April 2011. Academic woes nixed his Pitt career. J.C. recruit was kicked off UK's squad the previous summer before being arrested for disorderly conduct near a tavern in the fall at about 3:15 a.m. Played for two NCAA playoff teams, averaging 6 ppg and 2.5 rpg for UK in 2010 and 11.2 ppg and 4.9 rpg for USM in 2012.

Emanuel "Trai" Donaldson III, St. John's (Steve Lavin) - Ordered held without bond following arrest by Tampa police after four separate shooting murders in fall of 2017 involving victims ranging in ages from 22 to 60. McDonald's manager received $110,000 reward for helping crack the case when coworker contacted police officer doing paperwork in restaurant after Donaldson asked her to hold bag containing loaded .40 Glock firearm while alleged serial killer went to nearby business to arrange a payday loan. Police said AT&T cellphone data put him in area of each killing and a hoodie seen in released surveillance videos was found in his Ford Mustang. Sports management major walked onto team during 2011-12 season when Red Storm only had seven scholarship players available, but 6-0 guard never played in a game for the program.

Bryan Doss, Detroit (Don Sicko)/Wayne State MI (Charlie Parker) - After averaging 6.3 ppg and 3.2 rpg for UD in 1983-84 and 1984-85, he was incarcerated from the late 1980s to 2005 following conviction for possession and delivery of cocaine.

Robbie Dean Dosty, Arizona (Fred Snowden) - Sentenced to two years of probation after pleading guilty in summer of 2007 to theft by extortion stemming from his threat to send photographs of a man having sex with him to the man's employer. Drug charges were dropped in exchange for the guilty plea from Dosty, who averaged 10 ppg and 5 rpg from 1977-78 through 1980-81. He also faced multiple drug charges in a five-year span the next decade.

Javonte Douglas, Old Dominion (Jeff Jones) - J.C. forward who played key role in run to NIT semifinals was suspended from ODU's team in summer of 2015 after arrest when he was charged with assaulting a student (convicted of misdemeanor assault and sentenced to 10 days in jail with year of unsupervised probation plus $500 fine). He was involved in two incidents the previous summer - pleaded guilty to lesser crime of disorderly conduct and was involved in an on-campus altercation with two members of women's hoops squad.

Marcus Douthit, Providence (Tim Welsh) - Second-round draft choice of the Los Angeles Lakers was charged in mid-July 2004 of taking part in a wide-ranging identity theft and embezzlement scam and pocketing several thousand dollars. He was accused with allegedly participating in a phony car accident as part of a scheme to obtain money from insurance companies.

Robert Dozier, Memphis (John Calipari) - Police took simple assault domestic violence report during 2007-08 campaign before complaint stemming from argument at 3:30 a.m. outside a nightclub was dismissed (allegedly slapped ex-girlfriend/stripper). Georgia denied him admission in his home state because of questions about invalidated SAT score. In mid-February 2019, second-leading rebounder for 2008 NCAA Tournament runner-up was arrested on a domestic assault charge in attack reportedly leaving victim with dislocated shoulder and finger.

Robbie Dreher, Winthrop (Randy Peele)/Charleston WV (Mark Downey) - Among three of Charleston's top five scorers in 2012-13 - including leading point producer Terrell Lipkins (17.4 ppg) and Quincy Washington (8.9 ppg) - dismissed from squad in spring after police said they were charged in a downtown robbery. Dreher and Lipkins pleaded guilty to a violent crime, admitting to mugging a man and beating him unconscious (duo dispatched to correctional center for a six-month to two-year program) while Washington was sentenced to two to 10 years on two theft charges. Dreher was Winthrop's leading scorer in 2010-11 (12.7 ppg) before charged in spring with teammate Julius Francis with two counts of third-degree criminal sexual misconduct in an incident taking place in an on-campus residence. Dreher pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and battery and was sentenced to probation before transferring.

John Drew, Gardner-Webb (Eddie Holbrook) - Said he started using cocaine in 1977-78 after averaging 25.2 ppg and 11 rpg for G-W in 1972-73 and 1973-74. The Atlanta Hawks sent him three times to a 28-day detoxification program in Charleston, S.C. Drew relapsed into drug abuse in 1985, and was banned from the NBA in 1986 for multiple violations of the league's substance abuse policy, including various arrests for drug possession. He was the first player ever to be banned for life under the NBA's drug policy. Wound up as a taxi cab driver in Houston.

Sammy Drummer, Austin Peay State (Lake Kelly)/Georgia Tech (Dwane Morrison) - Muncie, Ind., police said All-Metro Conference first-team selection as junior in 1977-78 was shot to death in early February 1995 when the Ball State janitor failed to pay someone, presumably his killer, for crack cocaine. Not long before his death, Drummer reportedly drew the antagonism of a local drug dealer regarding an unpaid debt. Released by the Harlem Globetrotters in 1980 after brief stint with them when he was arrested along with a teammate for marijuana and cocaine possession in Brazil and imprisoned for two months. Growing up in Mississippi, Drummer didn't enter public school until he was 10 years old and gained admittance to GT despite scoring an anemic total of 500 on the SAT.

Kenny Drummond, North Carolina State (Jim Valvano)/High Point (Jerry Steele) - Former J.C. recruit was arrested in mid-March 2009 on charges of running an unregistered charity. He was trying to raise money online without a license in connection with a Greensboro-based basketball academy. Played a portion of 1986-87 season with N.C. State before quitting squad that won the ACC Tournament a few weeks later. Went on to become an NAIA All-American.

Bobby Dulin, Penn State (John Bach)/Connecticut (Dom Perno) - Third-leading scorer for UConn's first Big East Conference club in 1979-80 pleaded no contest in 2007 to sexual assault in the second degree, stemming from an affair with a teenage girl he coached in a summer basketball program (sentenced to seven years in prison/suspended after 18 months). He was arrested for breach of peace in early September 2009 after getting into an argument and punching a bar patron in the face. Returned to prison briefly for violating his probation when failing to complete sex offender treatment.

Richard Dumas, Oklahoma State (Leonard Hamilton) - All-Big Eight Conference first-team selection as a sophomore in 1988-89 received a two-year deferred sentence on drug charges in mid-August 1999. He had pleaded guilty in March to a felony charge of cocaine possession and a misdemeanor charge of possessing drug paraphernalia. Arrested in late 2013 on suspicion of organized retail theft as part of a statewide roundup of people in Arizona with outstanding warrants. Sentenced to three years of supervised probation after stealing about $800 worth of merchandise from an Air Force base's exchange store in 2012 while working with a janitorial service (seen on surveillance cameras taking cigarettes, alcohol, food, DVDs and shoes).

Devan Dumes, Eastern Michigan (Charles Ramsey)/Indiana (Tom Crean) - Hoosiers leading scorer in 2008-09 (juco recruit averaged 12.7 ppg) was found not guilty following charge in late January 2013 with attempted murder after being accused of shooting a man in the neck in connection with an attempted carjacking and theft. The previous week, he was charged with criminal recklessness and carrying a handgun without a license in a separate incident (firing more than a dozen shots into a house where his 1-year-old nephew and brother were inside). Eventual hip-hop artist known as Dbo also faced charges of battery and domestic battery stemming from a May 2012 incident where he was accused of beating his ex-girlfriend. After initially trying to elude Indy authorities while awaiting trial, Dumes was stopped by police in late July 2013 and charged with possessing illegal drugs and an unlicensed handgun.

Teddy Dupay, Florida (Billy Donovan) - Guard for the Gators' 2000 NCAA Tournament runner-up was bound over for trial on charges of rape, aggravated sexual assault and aggravated kidnapping of a woman in mid-June 2008 at a Utah ski resort. The woman, who had been in a relationship with him for two years, said the telemarketer hit and kicked her 150 times before the rape. More than a year later, he accepted reduced charges, went to jail for 30 days and was placed on a lengthy probation. Previously, evidence surfaced that Dupay, dismissed from UF's team before his senior season, asked another student to place bets for him on the Gators' program. The first UF recruit by Donovan after setting the state's high school career scoring mark (3,744 points) was never charged criminally with gambling violations but state attorney Bill Cervone said there is "no doubt in my mind" Dupay bet on college sports. He subsequently launched a website endorsing the legalization of marijuana.

Bernie Ebbers, Mississippi College (James Allen) - Parlayed an investment in a Mississippi motel into a telecommunications empire. Co-founded WorldCom and served as CEO. In 1999, the charismatic businessman with folksy demeanor was No. 174 on Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans with an estimated net worth of $1.4 billion. Among his assets were Canada's largest cattle ranch, vast swaths of timberland in the Southeast and stake in a Georgia yacht builder. Convicted of fraud and conspiracy as a result of WorldCom's false financial reporting (sentenced to 25-year prison term in summer of 2005; served just over half of sentence before release in December 2019 because of deteriorating health and dying a couple of months later). The WorldCom scandal was, until the Madoff schemes came to light in 2008, the largest accounting scandal in U.S. history ($11 billion). In 1999, Ebbers announced that MCI WorldCom would acquire its rival, Sprint Communications, for more than $115 billion. This transaction, however, was abandoned after U.S. and European antitrust regulators raised objections. . . . The 6-4 Ebbers was on scholarship at MC in the mid-1960s. "My job is to bring people in who do have specific skills and then rely on them," he told the New York Times while interviewed on his 130-foot yacht. "I'm the coach (his first job at high school level after graduating). I'm not the point guard who shoots the ball."

Jay Edwards, Indiana (Bob Knight) - Less than a month after forgoing his remaining two seasons of eligibility, the Big Ten Conference Player of the Year in 1988-89 was charged with two preliminary counts of battery following an accusation by a woman that he slapped and punched her at a party in late April 1989. He missed time for academic reasons as a freshman and failed a drug test in fall of his sophomore campaign. Suspended for violating NBA drug policy in spring of 1990.

Nicholas Egland, Southern LA (Michael Grant) - Only a couple of weeks before graduating in May, 2005, he was arrested with two other men after they were accused of going into an unlocked apartment, holding the three occupants at gunpoint and robbing them. All-SWAC second-team selection in 2001-02 when he was league freshman of the year.

Craig Ehlo, Washington State (George Raveling) - J.C. guard who averaged 8.5 ppg, 2.7 rpg, 3.2 apg and 1.5 spg for the Cougars in 1981-82 and 1982-83 received a suspended one-year jail sentence after pleading guilty to setting fire to a pile of clothes outside his rural Spokane home. He was arrested in early August 2013 after firefighters responded around 1 a.m. and encountered family members holding him down near a pile of his burning clothes to prevent him from jumping into the flames. In court documents, he admitted to past problems with substance abuse (prescription painkillers). Ehlo also received a no-contact order prohibiting him from seeing his wife and children.

Ceylon Elgin-Taylor, Montana (Wayne Tinkle) - J.C. recruit who led the Grizzlies in assists in 2007-08 faced multiple partner/family member assault allegations. In October 2016, he received a 15-year sentence with 10 of those suspended after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors dismissing all charges but felony aggravated assault (subsequently released on probation in spring of 2018). He was apprehended at about 2:30 a.m. in spring of 2013 and charged with misdemeanor aggravated driving under the influence and resisting arrest. In 2008, he had a DUI and academic issues. In less than three years from September 2015 to June 2018, he was twice arrested for strangling and beating the mother of his child.

Dale Ellis, Tennessee (Don DeVoe) - Pleaded guilty in early February 2002 to a domestic-violence charge in Bellevue, Wash., after his conviction for assaulting his wife and resisting arrest. Ellis was fined $346 after being found guilty of assaulting his wife and resisting arrest during an incident at their home in early 1989. Two nightclub bouncers were sentenced in the spring of 1990 to four months in jail for seeking money from Ellis in exchange for favorable testimony in a drunk-driving case. History of DUIs started in Knoxville, Tenn., two weeks after he was drafted by the NBA in 1983.

Robert Elmore, Wichita State (Harry Miller) - Disappointed he didn't make it in the NBA, three-time All-MVC first-team selection was playing for a team in Rome in the fall of 1977 when club officials found him dead on the floor of his apartment of an overdose of heroin. Len Elmore's brother was arrested for burglary in 1976 after he and a WSU football player smashed out a window in a liquor store and stole a case of beer.

Nick Evans, Southern Illinois (Chris Lowery)/Southern Indiana (Rodney Watson) - Charged with criminal trespassing, resisting a police officer and aggravated battery to a police officer in mid-July 2010 (pleaded guilty to resisting arrest). Left SIU's squad for personal reasons midway through the 2009-10 season.

Tyreke Evans, Cincinnati recruit (Bob Huggins)/Memphis (John Calipari) - C-USA Rookie of the Year in 2008-09 as Derrick Rose's successor (17.1 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 3.9 apg and 2.1 spg) was arrested at gunpoint in spring of 2010 and charged with reckless driving (120 to 130 MPH in purple Mercedes on Sacramento interstate). Dismissed and disqualified from the NBA for two seasons (2019-20 and 2020-21) after violating terms of league's Anti-Drug Program. He was suspended for one game by the Indiana Pacers early in 2018-19 campaign for tardiness and missed contests later in the season for personal reasons. His cousin pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in a 2007 shooting in Chester, Pa., when Evans drove a gold Expedition connected to the homicide.

Richie Farmer, Kentucky (Rick Pitino) - Facing foreclosure while in the midst of a divorce in the summer of 2012, the shooting guard for UK in the late 1980s and early 1990s tried to sell his Frankfort, Ky., home by himself. Sentenced to 27 months in prison after entering a guilty plea to government corruption in mid-September 2013 following the state attorney general's office and ethics commission charging him with 42 ethics violations after reviewing a scathing state audit about Farmer's eight years as state agriculture commissioner, alleging he misused state workers and resources for personal gain. He was accused of placing his friends in jobs with no specified duties and asking them to carry out his personal errands plus build a basketball court on his property. Farmer ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor in 2011. In mid-March 2018, he was arrested on a DUI charge.

Christopher "Matt" Fazzini, Catholic DC (Steve Howes) - Forward who averaged 4.4 ppg and 2.1 rpg from 2006-07 through 2009-10 pleaded guilty in spring of 2013 to two counts of burglary and one count of criminal conspiracy as part of a plea agreement calling for a sentence of two to five years behind bars. Authorities said Fazzini and another man burglarized homes on the Main Line they knew were unoccupied, stealing jewelry they could easily pawn for cash. They used the proceeds of their crimes to purchase prescription drugs from a dealer in Philadelphia, running up tabs for their habits as high as $1,000.

John Fedders, Marquette (Eddie Hickey) - Described as a "manic depressive" by a judge who heard testimony that SEC enforcement director in Reagan Administration repeatedly beat his wife and ran up huge debts while trying to live the life of a wealthy lawyer on a government salary. An article in TIME said he led "a Jekyll and Hyde double life" and his wife (Charlotte) wrote a book "Shattered Dreams" (made into a CBS movie starring Lindsay Wagner). In 1999, People featured Charlotte in their "Profiles in Courage" for blowing the whistle on white-collar abuse. Besides his marital problems, Fedders (member of MU's roster in 1960-61 and 1961-62) was enmeshed in controversy over his role as an outside lawyer for Southland Corp., owner of the 7-Eleven chain, during the mid-1980s when the company was accused of covering up a bribery scheme.

Rakym Felder, South Carolina (Frank Martin) - Brooklyn native arrested in mid-October 2016 at 1:30 a.m. outside a bar after knocking one victim unconscious and fighting police upon confronted by a taser. Regular for USC's 2017 Final Four team was arrested around 2:45 a.m. in mid-July 2017 and charged with third-degree assault and battery stemming from a brawl reportedly precipitated by him spitting on a woman (charges subsequently dismissed). Dropped from the Gamecocks' squad in April 2018 after failing to meet guidelines he faced upon him allowed to re-enroll in spring semester.

Jalek Felton, North Carolina (Roy Williams) - Nephew of UNC All-American Raymond Felton was suspended by the university in late January 2018 related to a misconduct case. Most heralded member of freshman class for defending NCAA champion subsequently was expelled from school and banned from campus for four years for violating UNC's policy on sexual assault and sexual violence. Felton's attorney was from a firm specializing, in part, in representing athletes facing Title IX or sexual misconduct allegations.

James Felton, St. John's (Fran Fraschilla)/Florida State (Leonard Hamilton)/Saint Peter's (Rodger Blind)/Fairleigh Dickinson (Tom Green) - On a recruiting visit at Kentucky's Midnight Madness weekend in 1996, Felton fell asleep during a meeting with an academic counselor and coach Rick Pitino sent him home. Kicked off St. John's squad early in his freshman season in 1997-98 for repeated violations (missing team flight to Puerto Rico for season-opening tournament, inviting friends to team practice at MSG only to see his "posse" pilfer everything not nailed down in the Knicks' locker room and sitting on the court because "I didn't feel much like practicing today"). Left FSU after money and things were missing from the Seminoles' locker room. Cleared up an arrest warrant against him for trying to sell stolen property at a pawn shop, but wore out his welcome at Saint Peter's before even playing a game for the Peacocks. He failed to show up for a summer school final exam in 1999 after actually taking pokes while under the influence at SPC's coaching staff during an unsupervised workout. Suspended for a portion of a season attending FDU before scoring 41 points in a game against LIU. Felton, known to binge drink and in alcohol rehab, was found dead in his Jersey City apartment in early November 2006 at the age of 27.

Raymond Felton, North Carolina (Matt Doherty and Roy Williams) - All-American guard in 2004-05 was sentenced to 500 hours of community service and ordered to pay a $5,000 fine after pleading guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a firearm. He admitted knowingly having a large-capacity ammunition magazine and a pistol without a license in his Manhattan apartment. The attorney for his estranged wife turned a semiautomatic firearm into police in late February 2014 after alleging Felton used gun to "intimidate" her during domestic disputes.

Ken Ferdinand, Illinois (Lou Henson) - Beset by history of shoplifting, he was sentenced in fall of 2011 to six years in prison. Judge said it was obvious Ferdinand had a drug and alcohol problem that he hasn't dealt with despite being put on notice in 1999 when receiving his first conviction for theft. He averaged 6.6 ppg and 3 rpg from 1975-76 through 1977-78.

Jeremy File, Western Michigan (Steve Hawkins)/Olivet MI (Kurt Soderberg) - Charged with three felonies for stealing nearly $4,000 using credit-card information received from a woman who paid him to coach her partner's grandson. WMU player in 2003-04 also was accused of six misdemeanor larceny offenses through a side coaching business.

Dedrick Finn, Xavier (Thad Matta and Sean Miller) - Dismissed from squad late in senior season in 2005-06 for persistent rules violations after leading the Musketeers in assists average all four campaigns. In the fall of 2005, he was accused of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend's pug dog and was suspended for the team's first exhibition game. In the fall of 2007, Finn was arrested on multiple felony counts of dealing cocaine in his hometown of Evansville, Ind.

Marcus Fizer, Iowa State (Tim Floyd and Larry Eustachy) - All-American in 1999-2000 pleaded guilty in August 2004 to carrying a loaded handgun in his automobile and was sentenced to probation for a year and fined $2,500. Two years earlier, Fizer was also charged with a felony count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.

Damon Flint, Cincinnati (Bob Huggins) - Indicted in September 1999 on a misdemeanor charge alleging he took $2,800 from a friend's apartment. Prosecutors said Flint took the money in April, leaving a handwritten note explaining that he was on his way to Chicago to work out for the Bulls. According to prosecutors, the note read: "I had to borrow $2,800, but don't worry." In the spring of 1997 after his senior season, he pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence after being arrested at his apartment following a dispute with his girlfriend. His assistant coach in high school was Mick Cronin, who went on to become a successor to Huggins.

Sharif Fordham, Eastern Michigan (Milton Barnes)/St. John's (Mike Jarvis) - Captain of NCAA playoff teams was arrested in fall of 2002 in rural Georgia for selling crack to carnival workers. J.C. recruit was eventually sentenced to five years in prison.

Daymond Forney, Fresno State (Jerry Tarkanian) - Quit the Bulldogs late in the 1997-98 campaign shortly after he was reinstated following a drug-related suspension and arrest for breaking a student's jaw.

Manuel Forrest, Louisville (Denny Crum) - Prize prospect hampered by a knee ailment (averaged modest 8.4 ppg and 4.1 rpg from 1981-82 through 1984-85) was arrested in September 2013 after police, stopping vehicle for weaving from lane to lane, discovered marijuana and crack cocaine.

Chet Forte, Columbia (Lou Rossini) - ABC Sports' top director was humbled by a gambling sickness that left him $1.5 million in debt and with legal problems that almost sent him to prison. In March 1992, he was given five years' probation, ordered to perform 400 hours of community service, make restitution of past debts and pay $39,000 in back federal taxes. Forte was named UPI's national player of the year in 1956-57.

Joe Forte, North Carolina (Bill Guthridge and Matt Doherty) - Maryland state police arrested him in early May, 2003, after finding marijuana and a handgun in his car on a trip back from New York, where he met his idol, rapper Jay-Z. Two-time All-ACC guard (1999-2000 and 2000-01) also faced an assault charge when he allegedly punched a man in the face during a pickup game. Questions linger about his mother being hired by the sports agency he subsequently affiliated with upon leaving school early.

Steve Francis, Maryland (Gary Williams) - J.C. recruit and All-American in 1998-99 was taken into custody in early October 2010 at Los Angeles International Airport for resisting arrest. He appeared intoxicated and was creating a stir at a ticket counter. Five months earlier, a 20-year-old woman on his record label filed a groping complaint against him. In mid-November 2016, Francis was arrested in Houston and charged with felony retaliation for allegedly threatening a police officer, misdemeanor DWI plus possession of marijuana after he was stopped for speeding. Police in Florida wanted him extradited because there was a warrant out for his arrest after allegedly ransacking a BMW and stealing several items from inside the car worth more than $7,000. In mid-March 2018, he was arrested for public intoxication in Burbank, Calif. In a story for The Players' Tribune, Francis said "I was on the corner selling drugs (crack) outside the Chinese joint" four years before becoming second pick overall in 1999 NBA draft.

Keith Frazier, SMU (Larry Brown)/North Texas (Tony Benford)/Texas-El Paso (Tim Floyd and Phil Johnson) - SMU was slapped with a 2016 postseason ban following an NCAA probe of allegations concerning Frazier's eligibility before leaving the program in mid-season for personal issues. Arrested in early March 2016 after police were called at 1:45 a.m. to respond to a fight at a tavern. While conducting a warrant check, police found an outstanding warrant for driving without automobile insurance. According to the New York Times, "Frazier's educational track record was pockmarked with failure (academically ineligible halfway through 2014-15). His high school grades mysteriously and quickly improved whenever his eligibility to play was at stake. He likely had too many absences and failing grades to graduate from high school. And top officials at SMU ignored their own professors, who recommended that Frazier not be admitted to SMU." As a graduate transfer, he was UTEP's leading scorer early in the 2017-18 campaign but was off the Miners' squad by end of season after taking a sudden leave of absence for personal reasons, skipping practice and failing to show for Senior Night.

Maurice "Kojak" Fuller, Southern LA (Ben Jobe) - J.C. product who averaged 10.5 ppg and 3.7 apg in 1995-96 spent nearly eight years in prison following 1999 conviction for dealing crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of an Indiana high school. He was sentenced to one year in prison in 1997 for pointing a sawed-off shotgun at two men.

Terry Furlow, Michigan State (Gus Ganakas) - All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection in 1974-75 and 1975-76 died in a car wreck at age 25 on May 23, 1980. There was Valium and cocaine in his bloodstream.

Kevin Gaines, Michigan (Brian Ellerbe)/Houston (Ray McCallum) - Kicked out of two programs for alcohol-related arrests, failing to finish his sophomore season at UH in 2001-02 after arrest for assaulting a woman at a N.C. nightclub. Authorities learned he was also wanted in Michigan on check forgery charges. Co-MVP at UM in 1999-00 when averaging 11.7 ppg, 3.8 rpg and team-high 4.6 apg as teammate of fellow freshman Jamal Crawford.

Tommy Gaines III, Georgia commitment (Hugh Durham) - In-state prep prodigy turned crack addict was charged with selling cocaine in 1994, possession in 2000 and burglary in April 2010. Following a subsequent drug relapse, he was homeless.

Reggie Garrett, New Orleans (Tim Floyd)/Arkansas (Nolan Richardson Jr.)/Oklahoma City (Win Case) - From 1996 to fall of 2003, member of Arkansas' 1995 NCAA Tournament runner-up was arrested 11 times in Rankin County (Miss.), including DUI and assault. Garrett was 1996 NAIA Tournament MVP with OCU.

Edward Garriet III, McNeese State (Tic Price) - Assistant women's high school coach was sentenced to five years in prison for having sexual relationships with four students. McNeese's leader in scoring and three-point field goals in 2003-04 and 2004-05 was arrested in summer of 2019 following indictment on multiple charges involving juveniles (one count of carnal knowledge and seven counts of indecent behavior). He was an All-Southland Conference third-team selection as a senior.

Travis Garrison, Maryland (Gary Williams) - Required to register as a sex offender in summer of 2015 after being found guilty of assaulting multiple women present at his wife's overnight birthday party. Pleaded guilty in 2006 to second-degree assault and fourth-degree sex offense stemming from slapping incident at a local bar after finishing Terrapins career with averages of 7.5 ppg and 5 rpg.

Dairese Gary, New Mexico (Steve Alford) - The Lobos' leading scorer in 2010-11 was arrested in early May 2011 for aggravated DWI after crashing his car into a set of mailboxes at an apartment complex.

King Gaskins, Holy Cross (George Blaney) - Arrested two months after freshman season ended in 1972-73 (13.7 ppg and team-high 4.8 apg) for breaking and entering a dormitory room. He transferred to a junior college.

Yancy Gates, Cincinnati (Mick Cronin) - Sentenced in fall of 2020 to one year of probation and ordered to pay nearly $270,000 in restitution to the IRS for willfully failing to pay his taxes. Gates' senior season in 2010-11 while leading the Bearcats in rebounding for the fourth year was marred by a six-game suspension after throwing a basketball at crosstown rival Xavier player and delivering a Mike Tyson-esque haymaker during ensuing brawl.

Chris Gatling, Pittsburgh (Paul Evans)/Old Dominion (Tom Young) - Three-time All-Sun Belt Conference first-team selection sentenced to four years of probation after pleading guilty to theft and forgery charges after being accused of squatting in a Phoenix area home and then trying to list the place for rent on Craigslist. He was charged with breaking into a key box and living in the home for nearly a year. Gatling contacted the owner in the summer of 2010 looking to rent the residence but never finalized a lease agreement because of poor credit. A police report claimed the homeowners lived in California but had left the power on. Gatling reportedly owed $40,000 in child support as of the spring of 2006. He was eventually sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison following arrest in late May 2015 for allegedly running an online fraud scheme using credit cards of people from all across the country (collected more than $155,000 from 12 individuals in a six-month span).

Tate George, Connecticut (Jim Calhoun) - All-Big East Conference third-team selection as a senior in 1989-90 was sentenced to nine years in prison and ordered to pay $2.55 million in restitution after his conviction on four counts of wire fraud. He surrendered to federal authorities in New Jersey in mid-September 2011 to face accusations stemming from what a federal jury found was a Ponzi scheme. From 2005 to when he was charged, George allegedly persuaded people - including former professional athletes such as UConn standout Charlie Villanueva ($250,000) and Stanford All-American Brevin Knight - to invest in what he promised would be high-return real estate development projects in Florida, Illinois, Connecticut and New Jersey. Best known for a last-second turnaround jumper giving UConn a victory over Clemson in the 1990 NCAA regional semifinals, he claimed to be managing a real estate portfolio of more than $500 million in assets.

Gus Gerard, Virginia (William Gibson) - Intending to commit suicide after a three-day binge of nothing but cocaine and vodka around Cleveland, Gerard left his station wagon running in the closed garage of his rented home but woke up realizing the auto had run out of gas. "A lot of times I treated the drug dealers better than I treated my own family," Gerard told the Houston Chronicle. He even stole money from his mother's purse to support his habit. After going through the John Lucas Treatment Center in Houston, Gerard eventually became a licensed chemical dependency counselor and is president of Pro Counseling, which he uses to educate at-risk adolescents for local justices of the peace. Gerard led the Cavaliers in scoring and rebounding as an All-ACC second-team selection in 1973-74 before leaving school early for the pros.

J.R. Giddens, Kansas (Roy Williams and Bill Self)/New Mexico (Ritchie McKay and Steve Alford) - Arrested at 3 a.m. as H.S. senior and charged with four felonies in mid-December 2002 in connection with shoplifting nearly $4,000 in electronics from an Oklahoma City Wal-Mart. Stabbed in right calf (30 stitches) outside a bar while attending KU in late May 2005. Attitude-related suspensions at UNM before sharing Mountain West Conference player of the year honors in 2007-08.

Chester Jarrel "C.J." Giles, Kansas (Bill Self)/Oregon State (Jay John) - Suspended for failing to pay more than $4,000 in child support and having academic issues before part-time starting center was booted off KU's roster early in 2006-07 campaign for misdemeanor batter (dragged former girlfriend from apartment by feet and struck her). After transferring, he was dismissed by OSU midway through 2007-08 season after showing up late to practices. The team manager for his Lebanese professional team complained Giles was either tardy or absent from many practices. Cut from the Philippine national squad reportedly for a variety of irresponsible behavior.

Mike Gillespie Sr., DePaul (Ray Meyer) - Florida A&M coach was fired less than three months after arrest in spring of 2007 on a misdemeanor stalking charge. A police report said Gillespie, subject to GPS monitoring after guiding the Rattlers to their first 20-win campaign in 18 seasons, was investigated several times on stalking complaints in a two-year span. Gillespie, one of the Blue Demons' top four scorers and rebounders each season from 1971-72 through 1973-74, pleaded no contest and was sentenced to a year of probation, permanently staying away from accuser and receive counseling.

Tyrone Gilliams, Rider (John Carpenter)/Penn (Tom Schneider and Fran Dunphy) - Penn's leader in FT% in 1988-89 and co-captain of Quakers in 1989-90 was arrested in Philadelphia in fall of 2011 and subsequently sentenced to 10 years in prison for wire fraud. Known for promoting individuals within the hip-hop community, preacher turned scam artist was accused of masterminding a $5 million Ponzi scheme. The money conned out of investors was rerouted and put into a gold venture, warehouse in Denver and diverted again to upgrade his home and promote a Bahamas comedy show.

David Girley, Oregon (Don Monson) - Ordered back to jail the fall of 1994 after being accused of trying to harass women who claim he sexually abused them. Los Angeles product played with the Ducks for four years in the mid-1980s.

Jack "Goose" Givens, Kentucky (Joe B. Hall) - Final Four MVP in 1978 found not guilty following arrest during summer of 2004 on charges of sexual battery and lewd molestation of 14-year-old girl after giving her a private basketball lesson at her home while parents were away. Givens acknowledged "bad judgment" via instant-message conversations with the girl, some involving sexual topics, and apologized for "whatever she assumed I did" during a taped phone call with her. A police affidavit said the girl's grandmother was at the home, called the girl's mother twice at her work to report what she thought was inappropriate behavior in the swimming pool and later called the girl out of her bedroom out of concern for her well-being. After first 14 years of the franchise, Givens' contract as a color analyst for the Orlando Magic was not renewed.

Jordan Gleason, Sacred Heart (Anthony Latina) - Guard charged with first-degree burglary in connection with a theft in late August 2014. Police said Gleason displayed a gun during the incident but the weapon was not found when he was arrested. Withdrew from Sacred Heart in September of his freshman season the previous year.

Calvin Godfrey, Iowa State (Fred Hoiberg)/Louisiana State commitment (Johnny Jones)/Southern LA (Roman Banks)/Memphis (Josh Pastner) - Booted from ISU after freshman season in 2010-11 following an arrest for marijuana possession. He was suspended earlier that campaign for three Big 12 Conference contests for violating unspecified team policies. After attending a Texas juco, he never enrolled at LSU because of academic shortcomings.

Cameron Golden, Arkansas State (John Brady) - Three-year starting guard dismissed from ASU squad in fall of 2015 following his aggravated robbery arrest. The victim told police he arranged to meet Golden among additional suspects to purchase an ounce of "kush," or high-grade weed. During the execution of a search warrant at Golden's apartment, police reportedly found a Smith & Wesson handgun in a case inside a refrigerator concealed in the closet of his room.

Carl Golston, Wisconsin (Bill Cofield)/Loyola of Chicago (Gene Sullivan) - Sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to armed robbery. Golston, who averaged a national runner-up 9.2 apg in 1984-85 after placing sixth in the nation in free-throw percentage the previous season, and three others held up a liquor store and tied up four victims. One of the victims freed himself and wrote down the license number of Golston's vehicle. In March, 2006, when Golston was 42, he was charged with a felony count of cocaine possession with intent to deliver.

Glen Gondrezick, UNLV (Jerry Tarkanian) - The third-leading scorer for the Rebels' 1977 Final Four team attempted suicide in Boulder, Colo., in the summer of 1986. Immersed in marital problems, he shot himself with a .22-caliber rifle. The bullet punctured his lung and passed through his body. He went on to become a UNLV radio/TV color commentator for 17 years before passing away in late April 2009 due to complications from a heart transplant that he received the previous September.

Grant Gondrezick, Pepperdine (Jim Harrick) - Pleaded guilty in 1987 to a witness-tampering charge and was sentenced to three years' probation after being one of three Phoenix Suns players indicted in a cocaine-related scandal. Requested admission to a substance-abuse treatment center in 1989 as a member of the Los Angeles Clippers. Pleaded guilty in August 2009 in a mortgage fraud case involving the sale of 24 homes in Houston suburbs.

Mike Goodson Sr., Pittsburgh (Paul Evans) - Assists leader for the Panthers' first Big East Conference champion in 1987 orchestrated an $11 million mortgage scam and was convicted in 2007 of conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraud. At his 27-year, four-month sentencing to federal prison, he told the judge he had 12 children to support.

Ben Gordon, Connecticut (Jim Calhoun) - Arrested during 2002-03 season for allegedly slapping a female student. Fiancee Sascha Smith was involved in an early-morning brawl at a Charlotte nightclub in mid-December 2012 that landed Tyrus Thomas' wife in jail. Gordon had four run-ins with the law in a six-month span in 2017 (arrested in early June after reportedly pulling multiple fire alarms at his L.A. apartment complex, hospitalized for a psych evaluation in his hometown of Mount Vernon, N.Y., in October after cops responded to a confrontation he had with a woman at his sports rehab center-owned business, arrested in mid-November in New York City for driving with forged license plate and arrested in late November for felony robbery of apartment manager over his security deposit). In early November 2022, he was arrested around 3:30 a.m. for allegedly battering two security guards at the former Rock 'n' Roll McDonald's in Chicago.

Matt Gorski, Illinois-Chicago (Howard Moore) - Virginia native was sentenced to 10 years behind bars for a crime he said he doesn't remember committing. Convicted of going intoxicated into a home in early September 2013 and abducting and attacking three teens plus a 10-year-old girl. The freshman center, recovering from a stress fracture in his right foot sustained during a preseason practice, had been dismissed from UIC's team in mid-season for a violation of team rules.

Ernest Graham, Maryland (Lefty Driesell) - "By the middle of my sophomore year, I started experimenting with cocaine," said Graham, who averaged 13.6 ppg and 4.8 rpg from 1977-78 through 1980-81. "That was a bad, bad decision." Upset after coaching staff switched his position from swingman to power forward despite scoring a school-record 44 points against North Carolina State, Graham said: "I felt like nobody was hearing me, like nobody was seeing me. That's when I became more dependent on drugs. They became a consistent part of my life at that time because I wasn't really trying to deal with what was going on." Graham estimated that, over the course of his playing career, he easily spent more than $1 million on narcotics. "I'd been locked up in Baltimore and about five other countries on drug stuff," Graham said. "It's amazing I managed to play pro ball at all, let alone for 13 years."

Gavin Grant, North Carolina State (Herb Sendek and Sidney Lowe) - Found not guilty of charges of first-degree burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit armed robbery stemming from a home invasion in late September 2010. The victim in the case was former NCSU baseball outfielder Domonique Rodgers, a J.C. transfer from California who was charged with manufacturing marijuana, maintaining a dwelling and selling a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Grant, who moved to New York from Jamaica at the age of nine, was charged with a felony count of obtaining property by false pretenses in January 2009 involving credit card fraud at a Raleigh, N.C., department store. He averaged 10.2 ppg and 4.2 rpg from 2004-05 through 2007-08.

Steve Gray, Duke (Bill E. Foster) - Member of the Blue Devils' 1978 NCAA Tournament runner-up pleaded guilty in fall of 2014 to insider trading and was sentenced to 46 months in prison along with a $7,500 fine and forfeiture of his illegitimate profits ($326,159). Gray, as CEO of a Houston firm, had access to press releases and confidential information used to prepare releases for his clients prior to their issuance to the investing public.

Artie Green, Marquette (Hank Raymonds) - In the fall of 1987, the New York City product, nicknamed "The Grasshopper" because of his leaping ability, was placed on probation for four years after pleading guilty to armed robbery and burglary charges (service station and apartment building where he was living). The Milwaukee County circuit judge also ordered the J.C. transfer to complete a drug rehabilitation program. Green's lawyer said the weapon used in the robbery was a toy gun and that Green, a 10th-round draft choice in 1981 by the Milwaukee Bucks after averaging a modest 6.5 ppg in his three-year career, turned to crime for money to spend on cocaine. Two years later, Green received a five-year prison term for selling drugs.

Jevon Green, Idaho (Joe Cravens)/West Virginia State (Bryan Poore) - The Vandals' top recruit in 1994-95 was sentenced to five years of probation after admitting he violated terms of his probation. Green was placed on probation six times as a juvenile, including twice for possession of cocaine, and violated each of the six probation orders. He was suspended during his freshman season (4.5 ppg in six games) following arrests for forging a signature on a stolen credit card and probation violation stemming from drug possession.

Kenny Green, Wake Forest (Carl Tacy) - Two-time All-ACC second-team selection in the mid-1980s received an 18-year sentence (10 mandatory) in 2003 following the Eustis, Fla.-native's arrest on federal drug charges. Missed seven games as freshman in 1982-83 when suspended for fighting.

Brad Greene, Arizona (Bruce Larson) - Member of Black Panther Party twice went to prison (served 8 1/3 years following conviction in circumstantial evidence case as part of group involved in murder of a policeman in mid-June of 1970 prior to being arrested in late 1979 while on parole and was incarcerated another 10 years). Chicago native averaged 8.3 ppg and 2.6 rpg for UA in 1966-67 and 1967-68.

Donte Greene, Syracuse (Jim Boeheim) - Team-high scorer with 17.7 ppg as freshman in 2007-08 before declaring for NBA draft was tasered in the back and butt at 5:20 a.m. at a Miami Beach bar in summer of 2014 after attacking an NFL player from behind. In early November 2022, All-Big East Conference second-team selection was arrested at a gas station in Goshen, Ind., for an alleged robbery.

Orien Greene, Florida (Billy Donovan)/Louisiana-Lafayette (Jessie Evans and Robert Lee) - All-Sun Belt Conference second-team selection in 2004-05 improperly relied on 15 hours of correspondence courses taken from another institution to remain eligible at ULL. Suspended by the Celtics for one game in 2005-06 after charge of driving his SUV more than 90 mph on a suburban Boston street. In 2010, he was banned from international competition for two years after trying to dupe drug testers with urine from a teammate. Arrested in mid-January 2017 after accusation of breaking into two Florida homes and fondling a woman while she slept.

Wendell Greenleaf, Baylor (Harry Miller and Dave Bliss) - Two-year starting guard was dismissed from team in late summer 2002 after being arrested twice on assault charges. He faced misdemeanor charge of assault-family violence after already on two years' deferred probation upon pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges of criminal mischief and assault (breaking down apartment door and slapping ex-girlfriend).

Eddie Griffin, Seton Hall (Tommy Amaker) - All-Big East Conference second-team selection as a freshman in 2000-01 was charged in November 2003 with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after a woman claiming to be his girlfriend accused him of punching her in the face and shooting a pistol at her car as she drove away. Earlier in the year, he had been arrested for possession of marijuana. He had been expelled before the end of his senior year in high school for fighting with a teammate over a card game and punched college teammate Ty Shine in the locker room after a midseason defeat in his lone campaign with the Pirates. In spring of 2003, he was arrested on marijuana possession charges. Checked into Betty Ford Center in 2004 to get six weeks of treatment for alcohol abuse. Pleaded guilty to inattentive driving early in the 2005-06 season (drunk and watching pornography in DVD player mounted on dashboard when crashing his Cadillac Escalade while masturbating in parking lot of grocery store) before he was suspended by the NBA for violating the anti-drug program in mid-January 2007. Died in Houston in mid-August, 2007, when his Nissan SUV collided with a Union Pacific freight train in a fiery crash. It took four days for authorities to identify his body from dental records.

Kalen Grimes, Missouri (Quin Snyder and Mike Anderson) - Charged in July, 2007, with second-degree felony assault on allegations of using the butt end of a shotgun to hit a man in the face during a 3:00 a.m. fight in the parking lot of a St. Louis-area Dairy Queen. The Tigers' leading rebounder as a junior was dismissed from the squad after also having a loaded .40-caliber pistol in his car at the time of his arrest.

B.J. Grove, Cincinnati (Bob Huggins) - Arrested for allegedly possessing crack cocaine in the fall of 2007. In mid-April 2003, he was arrested and charged with three weapons offenses after police said he fired a gun into the air at 12:45. Starter the second half of 2000-01 campaign for an NCAA playoff team, dropped off the squad before the next season. Suspended from UC's club in June 2000 after he was charged with beating and throwing bottles at his pregnant girlfriend. He was acquitted on the domestic violence charge after his girlfriend refused to testify.

Teddy Grubbs, DePaul (Ray Meyer)/Peru State NE - Starter for the Blue Demons in the early 1980s was charged in the summer of 1987 with exposing himself to and attacking a woman who collected rent in his apartment building. Grubbs was convicted of lewd fondling and simple battery of a woman on a Chicago Transit Authority train in October of 1983 and was on probation for one year. He was charged with public indecency in June of 1986 and placed on conditional discharge for one year.

Anthony Grundy, North Carolina State (Herb Sendek) - In early February 2011, the 2001-02 All-ACC first-team selection was charged with habitual impaired driving, a felony, upon being charged with DWI for a sixth time. He had been arrested midway through his junior season as the Wolfpack's leading scorer after a female acquaintance accused him of physical assault at her apartment. A criminal summons for simple assault was filed against Grundy in May 1999 but the charge was dismissed. After living in Ghana, West Africa, for more than three years (where he contracted malaria), Grundy was sentenced in the fall of 2017 to two years in prison following arrest for failing to appear in courtroom for six years. In June 2019, he was arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash in Kentucky and charged with not having a license or insurance, leaving the scene of an accident and failing to render aid (to woman struck while trying to cross road). Grundy died at age 40 in mid-November 2019 when fatally stabbed during a domestic altercation in his hometown of Louisville.

Khadim Gueye, South Carolina (Frank Martin)/Akron (John Groce)/Tampa (Richard Schmidt) - Native of Senegal pleaded guilty to assaulting an Akron teammate at mid-December 2018 practice. Seven-footer was accused of repeatedly punching teammate unprovoked, knocking out some teeth and leaving him unconscious.

Samuel "P.J." Hairston, North Carolina (Roy Williams) - The Tar Heels' leading scorer in 2012-13 was suspended for the entire next season amid an NCAA probe into rental cars connected to an ex-convict the guard drove in off-season. Hairston wasn't frank about violations when NCAA and UNC officials inquired about them. He had been arrested after officers found small amount of marijuana in a car he was driving and gun outside the vehicle. Hairston never was charged with an offense dealing with the gun and the marijuana charge eventually was dropped. But a month later, he was cited for speeding and reckless driving after clocked going 93 mph in a 65-mph zone. In early July 2015, Hairston was cited for multiple driving violations in Mecklenburg County (N.C.). In mid-May 2017, he was arrested for outstanding warrants regard "harassing communications." The Greensboro News & Record reported in early September 2018 that Hairston was charged with assault on a female, interfering with emergency communication and injury to personal property.

P.J. Halas, Dartmouth (Dave Faucher) - Received a seven-year sentence for second-degree official misconduct following an arrest in July 2005 stemming from sexual relationship with a 15-year-old female student. Nephew of former Columbia coach Wally Halas led the Big Green in FT% three consecutive campaigns from 1995-96 through 1997-98.

Michael Haley II, Wright State (Ralph Underhill) - Convicted by a jury of 23 felonies involving a 1995 rape, aggravated robbery and kidnapping in Dayton, Ohio. He was sentenced to 131 to 311 years in prison.

Clyde "Pete" Hall, Marquette (Jack Nagle and Eddie Hickey) - Former NFL end with New York Giants was 82 in late May 2021 when arrested in federal drug sting with seven kilograms of cocaine. Hall was found guilty of investment fraud in 2010, receiving a 20-year sentence for swindling investors of more than $4 million. He served portion of penalty in home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic.

Joe Hammond - Harlem legend said he was offered $50,000 by the Lakers to sign after being selected in the NBA's hardship draft of 1971. "I loved the streets too much. They thought they were offering the world to this poor kid from the ghetto, but I didn't need the money," Hammond told the New York Times. "I was dealing drugs and shooting dice on the street from the age of 10, and by the time I was 15, I had my father hiding $50,000 for me in his bank account. By the time the Lakers made their offer, I had over $200,000 stashed in my apartment. I was making thousands of dollars a year selling marijuana and heroin. What was I going to do with $50,000?" But he wound up virtually penniless after twice serving prison terms because of his involvement with drugs.

Phil Hankinson, Penn (Dick Harter and Chuck Daly) - Two-time All-Ivy League first-team selection (1971-72 and 1972-73), suffering from depression after his pro basketball career ended because of a knee injury, committed suicide in mid-November 1996 in Shelby County, Ky., with a single shot to the right temple from a semi-automatic handgun.

Reggie Hannah, Florida (John Lotz)/South Alabama (Cliff Ellis) - Three-time leader in rebounding for UF before transferring and pacing USA in rebounding average in 1981-82 squandered earnings from 14 seasons playing professionally overseas. Battling addiction demons, All-SEC third-team selection as junior endured three different stints behind bars, serving 11 months between 1999 and 2000, 15 months between 2006 and 2007 plus six-month stretch ending in late February 2011. "I was in some situations that I didn't think I was going to make it; dangerous things like you see on TV," Hannah told Florida Today.

Stefhon Hannah, Missouri (Mike Anderson) - Chicago product was dismissed from team for missing two weeks of class while nursing a broken jaw at home. He allegedly sucker punched a cook (upset about "wings") before incurring an injury from another cook at a local nightclub midway through the 2007-08 season.

Reggie Harding - Seven-foot "gangster," the first player drafted into the NBA without having played in college (1962), was shot dead in an argument at a Detroit intersection at the age of 30 in 1972. According to a book about Florence Ballard, a member of the Supremes, Harding raped her at knifepoint in 1960. Local lore has it that, upon a masked Harding robbing the same gas station for the third time in his own neighborhood, the attendant told him he knew who it was. "No, man, it ain't me," Harding was said to have replied. "Shut up and give me the money!"

Greg Hardy, Mississippi (Andy Kennedy) - Backup forward as freshman in 2006-07 was arrested as an NFL defensive end and missed majority of the 2014 season following charge of attacking and threatening his girlfriend.

James Hardy III, Indiana (Mike Davis) - Starter in three games in 2004-05 was arrested for abusing both the mother of his child and their infant boy. His father spent most of Hardy's formative years in jail for selling drugs. Not long after Hardy was a second-round pick in 2008 NFL draft as a wide receiver by the Buffalo Bills, he pulled a gun on his dad although charges never were filed. In May 2014, he resisted arrest when three police officers showed up to reports of a disturbance in Los Angeles. A judge ruled Hardy was unfit for trial, and he was placed in a mental facility. Hardy, 31, was found dead lodged in a log jam by a water filtration plant employee in a river near his Fort Wayne, Ind., home in early June 2017.

Jonathan Hargett, West Virginia (Gale Catlett) - Served five-year prison sentence for drug possession with intent to sell after being arrested in Richmond, Va., in mid-March 2008. Hargett, who was 6 when his father died while in prison, had three brothers in jail - two for rape and one for armed robbery. He attended four high schools and was the father of two daughters from different women by the time he went to college. Telling the New York Times he enrolled at West Virginia after being offered $20,000, Hargett led the Mountaineers in assists, steals and three-pointers and was runner-up in scoring as a freshman in 2001-02. According to the NYT, he abused marijuana for years and made $5,000 to $6,000 per week selling cocaine, a way of life resulting in him being shot with a bullet that remains lodged in his hip.

Jerome "Buddy" Harper Jr., Cincinnati H.S. signee (Bob Huggins)/Iowa State J.C. signee (Larry Eustachy) - UC rescinded scholarship offer to 6-5 guard when he was jailed in Columbia, S.C., after a fight with his aunt's boyfriend in mid-February 2000. In mid-March 2008, he was considered a fugitive upon being named a suspect in the 1999 shooting death of his friend and local motel owner Nick Thompson. Reportedly arrested twice in summer of 2002 in Iowa before failing to hook on with the Cyclones.

Jamie Harris and Kevin Phillip, Drexel (Bruiser Flint) - New York City products faced robbery and weapons charges after an armed robbery in late July 2010 at a fellow student's apartment in Philadelphia where they went looking for cash but came away only with two iPhones. Harris was the team's leading scorer.

Keith Harris, Kansas (Larry Brown) - Member of the Jayhawks' 1988 NCAA playoff champion was charged in February 1989 with assault after choking and biting a female student in her apartment. In the spring of 1993, Harris was jailed on a warrant containing felony counts of selling marijuana and cocaine to an undercover informant and not affixing a state drug-tax stamp to illegal narcotics. He also was part of a probe the previous summer into the shooting death of a man after leaving Harris' home, where two former KU football players reportedly had gone to purchase a rock of crack cocaine.

Paul Harris, Syracuse (Jim Boeheim) - Leading rebounder for the Orangemen in 2007-08 and 2008-09 was charged with assaulting his girlfriend in high school after spending 13 days in jail for drug possession. Pleaded guilty to a single count of attempted second-degree menacing related to an incident in early January 2010.

Tony Harris, Washington State (Kelvin Sampson) - Harris' body was found just before Thanksgiving, 2007, slumped against a tree in a dense thicket at a sprawling army training ground near the town of Formosa, Brazil. Police said he most likely committed suicide since the shoelace from one of his sneakers was wrapped around his neck. Harris, who averaged 12.4 ppg and 4.3 rpg for WSU in the mid-1990s before playing professionally overseas, had a history of paranoid behavior and just lost a job as a counselor at a juvenile rehabilitation facility in Seattle. His wife was pregnant with their first child.

David Harrison, Colorado (Ricardo Patton) - Suspended for five games for violating the NBA drug policy in January 2008. Slipping into heavy marijuana use (claiming he had to smoke pot every day so he would not hurt his verbally-abusive coach), Harrison attended a rehab program in Rayville, La., most of the summer following the season. After the former McDonald's All-American went through most of the $4.4 million he received in four seasons with the Indiana Pacers, he wound up working the night shift at a local McDonald's for a couple of weeks.

DeAndre "Dre" Harrison, San Jacinto Junior College commitment (Scott Gernander) - Pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and received 10-year sentence in capital murder case. Brother of St. John's star D'Angelo Harrison was among seven men allegedly in a Tahoe van in drug deal gone bad in late May 2010 in parking lot outside a Dave & Buster's in Houston entertainment complex.

Antonio Haymon, Marshall (Donnie Jones and Tom Herrion) - Forward was dismissed from team just before the start of the 2010-11 campaign following an arrest reportedly for brandishing a weapon. Harmon had been suspended indefinitely following a drunken-driving arrest at 4:50 a.m. in the fall.

Eric Hayward, Connecticut (Jim Calhoun) - Backup center in mid-1990s (averaged 3.3 ppg and 3.1 rpg) was sentenced in January 2008 to three years in prison for multiple counts of sexual assault and risk of injury to a child after arrest and firing from his position at Department of Children and Families as a care worker. Arrested in late January 1997 after an incident in a woman's dormitory room.

Mike Helms, Wake Forest (Carl Tacy) - Regular for two NCAA tourney teams in early 1980s spent nearly five years in prison that decade. In late 1983, he was busted for conspiracy to sell cocaine (almost $1 million worth) while on work-release program from a prison sentence for selling the drug. Helms claimed he first tried coke in 1980 a few hours after the Demon Deacons pulled a major upset by winning the last Big Four tournament.

Alan Henderson, Indiana (Bob Knight) - Arrested and charged in early July 2005 at JFK International Airport in New York with carrying a gun (9 mm pistol stored in metal lock box inside his suitcase) in his luggage while trying to board a flight.

James "Skip" Henderson, Marshall (Rick Huckabay) - Accused in a grand larceny warrant in the summer of 1990 of taking a $19,500 automobile from a Huntington, W. Va., dealership that fired him. The Southern Conference's player of the year in 1987-88 was suspended from the CBA for the 1988-89 season after testing positive for cocaine. Spent 3 1/2 years in prison for a probation violation before he was sentenced to life without parole after facing felony charges stemming from the late September 2001 hijacking in his Cartersville, Ga., hometown of an auto, kidnapping the driver by holding a gun to his head and robbing a convenience store, threatening the cashier by pulling a gun out of his pocket but never pointing it (an air pistol) at her. Henderson, the leading scorer for Marshall team that tied a school record for most victories in a single season (25-6 in 1986-87), was a repeat offender because he pleaded guilty to a count of burglary and four counts of forgery in January 1991 and one count of robbery by intimidation and one count of first-degree forgery in March 1992.

Marshall Henderson, Utah (Jim Boylen)/Texas Tech (Pat Knight)/Mississippi (Andy Kennedy) - Probation was revoked in January 2012 after testing positive for two illegal substances (marijuana and cocaine). Those tests followed incidents in 2011 when he failed to meet other terms of the probation stemming from a 2010 forgery charge related to counterfeit money. Became Ole Miss' leading scorer in 2012-13 before he was suspended in July 2013 because of a failed drug test on the heels of police saying Henderson appeared to be in possession of a small amount of marijuana and cocaine during a traffic stop two months earlier although there was not an arrest.

Darren Henrie, David Lipscomb (Don Meyer) - Two-time NAIA All-American who scored in excess of 3,000 career points from 1986-87 through 1989-90 pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual battery of a male minor and received six-year sentence (one in prison and five additional years of probation) as part of plea agreement stemming from his arrest in late summer of 2012.

Jason Henry, Arkansas (John Pelphrey) - Sentenced to six years in prison after his conviction on prostitution charges. According to a police report, pimp known as "Allstar" was booked in late March 2015 on multiple sex crimes, including the possible rape of a 14-year-old girl. West Memphis product started twice as a freshman but was suspended three times by the Hogs during the 2008-09 campaign and dismissed from the program prior to sophomore season.

Chris Herren, Boston College (Jim O'Brien)/Fresno State (Jerry Tarkanian) - His alcohol and drug abuse escalated until December 2004 when the two-time All-WAC selection was charged with possession of heroin and driving under the influence with a revoked license in Portsmouth, R.I., after being found unconscious with 18 packets containing heroin residue along with drug paraphernalia. In mid-2008, Herren attended multiple drug rehab facilities to get sober after he was found unconscious over the wheel of his car after it crashed into a telephone pole in his hometown of Fall River, Mass., with a bag of heroin on the passenger seat. Dismissed from BC's squad after failing drug tests, Herren attended a treatment center during one of his seasons with Fresno.

Bob Hickman Sr., Kansas (Dick Harp) - Guard who averaged 5.6 ppg and 3.9 rpg from 1957-58 through 1959-60 resigned his position as Executive Director of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority in spring of 1994 following allegations the longtime chief fund-raiser for former governor Jim Edgar ($11 million in 1990 gubernatorial election) steered no-bid highway engineering contracts to a firm employing his son. Previously one of the most powerful Republicans in state government, chain-smoking former Marine was indicted along with an associate for theft by deception (skimming $240,000 brokerage commission) and official misconduct (sentenced to six months in jail, four years' probation and 400 hours of community service). Prosecutors claimed Hickman, who declared bankruptcy, lost nearly $350,000 at two Joliet riverboat casinos in 1993 and 1994.

Parish Hickman, Michigan State (Jud Heathcote)/Liberty (Jeff Meyer) - MSU regular for three seasons before transferring and becoming Liberty's second-leading scorer and rebounder in 1992-93 pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 3-to-15 years in prison for the January 2001 murder of a Detroit man outside a Westside gas station. Acquitted after appearing before a federal judge on cocaine charges in the spring of 1991 following his on-campus arrest at MSU.

Daniel Hicks, New Mexico State (Neil McCarthy)/Concord WV (Steve Cox) - Sentenced to 1 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to making a materially false statement to an FBI agent and, in a separate prosecution, pleaded guilty to distributing heroin to a confidential informant working with law enforcement in early 2016. Forward on NMSU's 1995 NIT participant was behind a fictitious prep school in West Virginia, scamming hopeful ballers with fake basketball academy. Nearly 20 teens were crammed into a two-bedroom apartment in 2011 after Hicks convinced players from across the country and even abroad to pay an enrollment fee of $500 followed by monthly payments of $300.

Bobby Hill, Illinois State (Tim Jankovich) - Medical redshirt was sentenced to three years' probation in late June 2010 and dismissed from ISU after pleading guilty to criminal sexual abuse (contact with a girl younger than 16).

Jimmy Hinton, East Carolina (Mike Steele) - ECU's leader in assists as a freshman in 1987-88 before transferring early the next season served five years and four months in prison stemming from cocaine trafficking before then-Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee granted him a pardon in 2006 (four years after his release). Accused in a federal complaint in the fall of 2008 for involvement in a multi-state credit-card scam defrauding people of almost $130,000 via restaurant waiter.

Joe Hobbs, Florida (John Mauer) - All-American guard as a senior in 1957-58 was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison in mid-June 1988. Indiana native was convicted of more than two dozen counts of grand theft stemming from insurance fraud, violating his probation and then escaping from a prison work-release center.

Donald Hodge, Temple (John Chaney) - Sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty in April 2011 at the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., to involvement in a cocaine conspiracy. Prosecutors said in court papers that drugs were stored at Hodge's condo. Hodge, a two-time All-Atlantic 10 Conference second-team selection, was sentenced in mid-April 2010 for attempted possession of cocaine. He had been arrested in early December 1995 for possession of marijuana after a traffic stop on a Dallas freeway.

Jerome "Lenny" Holly, Texas Tech (James Dickey)/Arizona State (Bill Frieder) - Sentenced to life in prison in the fatal shooting of a man and wounding of another outside a New Mexico nightclub in mid-September 2003 during a dispute over drugs (both victims shot in back). SWC freshman of the year in 1992-93 before attending a juco and transferring to ASU, where he was plagued by medical problems (placed on prescription medication after suffering seizure and losing consciousness while driving in Los Angeles).

Baskerville Holmes, Memphis State (Dana Kirk) - A starting forward who averaged 9.6 points and 5.9 rebounds per game for the Tigers' 1985 Final Four team, he was arrested twice for domestic violence. Later, Holmes, an out-of-work truck driver, and his girlfriend were found shot to death March 18, 1997 in an apparent murder-suicide in Memphis. He was 32.

Ron Holmes, Southern California (Stan Morrison) - USC's runner-up in scoring in 1983-84 and 1984-85 was sentenced to 37 months in prison in spring of 2014 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit bank fraud, mail fraud and wire fraud in connection with a $2.5-million mortgage fraud scheme. Holmes, also sentenced to five years of supervised release and paying $1.7 million in restitution, told the FBI he took a loan (estimated at $350,000) against the projected professional earnings of his son (UCLA's Shabazz Muhammad). He allegedly used phony information and straw buyers to obtain and sell homes in the Las Vegas area from 2006 to 2009. In June 2000, Holmes was sentenced to six months of house arrest and ordered to pay $78,000 in restitution for committing mortgage fraud. He also reportedly shaved a year off his son's age when he was younger to give Muhammad an advantage against younger competition on the summer AAU circuit and in high school.

Dionn Holton, Portland (Rob Chavez) - WCC Freshman of the Year in 1995 and league leader in assists as a senior was substitute teacher in spring of 2008 when sentenced to 16-month prison term after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy during school hours.

Jonathan Holton, Rhode Island (Jim Baron)/West Virginia (Bob Huggins) - Atlantic 10 Conference All-Rookie team member as URI's leading rebounder was arrested in late March 2012 following complaints of video voyeurism by two female students that he took video of two separate consensual sexual encounters with them and posted the videos to Facebook (eventually pleaded no contest while attending WV and was given probation before suspended from Mountaineers' club a couple of weeks midway through 2015-16 campaign for unspecified violation of team rules). Just days after URI video vice, he was charged with possession of stolen goods (laptop computer) resulting from a search of his dorm room. Holton was already on probation stemming from a 2009 strong-arm robbery in his hometown of Miami.

Kevin Hood, Montana (Stew Morrill) - The Grizzlies' second-leading scorer and rebounder in 1987-88 was given a 20-year sentence (with all but six years suspended) for rape of a 14-year-old girl in fall of 1991. "Her friend was passed out in the other room, she was prettier," Hood rationalized in his defense. "Why would I rape this ugly girl when I could have the pretty one? It doesn't make sense." Hood was on probation following conviction for stealing $3,000 from his roommate in 1988. He served six months in prison for forgery in 1990 and was charged with DWI in 1991.

Shawn Hood, Cleveland State (Kevin Mackey) - The Vikings' leader in assists and steals in 1983-84 and 1984-85 resigned as an assistant coach for Rhode Island in August 2001 amid allegations he inappropriately touched a nine-year-old child. He pleaded innocent the previous month to two counts of indecent assault and battery of a child under 14. In 2003, a court found him not guilty on all charges. Returned to his alma mater in 2008-09 as a women's assistant coach.

Byron Houston, Oklahoma State (Leonard Hamilton and Eddie Sutton) - The Cowboys' all-time leading scorer (2,374 points from 1988-89 through 1991-92) pleaded guilty to multiple counts of indecent exposure in 2003 and became a registered sex offender. In mid-September, 2007, he was sentenced to four years in prison for violating probation on an indecent exposure conviction in his hometown of Oklahoma City. Defense witnesses said Houston suffered from bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses. Charged with one count of cruelty to animals in the summer of 2011.

Anthony Hubbard, Iowa (Fran McCaffery)/Morgan State (Todd Bozeman) - J.C. recruit spent nearly four years behind bars (where he received his GED after being expelled in 10th grade) following pleading guilty to malicious wounding, possession of a firearm and robbery stemming from a December 2003 burglary and battery while acting as the lookout and driver during the invasion of a man's Virginia home. Less than a month after showing up in Iowa, he left in the summer of 2011 before playing for the Hawkeyes.

Ron Huery, Arkansas (Nolan Richardson Jr.) - Received a five-year prison sentence in mid-2008 for violating his probation and attempting to break into his ex-girlfriend's home. Arrested in mid-July 2005 on charges of rape, first-degree false imprisonment and third-degree domestic battery, plus a misdemeanor charge of obstructing governmental operations stemming from an incident involving an ex-girlfriend. In 1994, he was put on probation for eight years after a cocaine conviction in his hometown of Memphis, where he was also charged with drunken driving and driving on a revoked license. In 2002, Huery, who scored 1,550 points for the Razorbacks, sold his ring from the 1990 Final Four to help pay off fines and interest on 1991 traffic charges.

Terel Hughes, Colorado State (Tim Miles) - Juco walk-on in 2010-11 before incurring knee injury pleaded guilty in spring of 2022 to sexual assault on a teen girl he coached (sentenced to 60 days in jail followed by a four-year supervised deferred sentence during which he would be in sex-offender specific intensive probation program).

Tyler Hughes, Kansas State (Jim Wooldridge) - Dismissed from the Wildcats' team in late summer of 2006 because his name appeared in a registered sex offender database for aggravated indecent liberties with a child. Averaged 1.8 ppg and 2.2 rpg in three seasons.

LaKeith Humphrey, Kansas State (Lon Kruger)/Central Missouri State (Jim Wooldridge) - Sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of first-degree murder in the late November 2006 death of his former girlfriend, who was shot through her bedroom window about 3:40 a.m. in his hometown of Memphis. Humphrey, a J.C. recruit, averaged 12.6 ppg and 3.6 apg for the Wildcats' NCAA playoff team in 1988-89.

Anderson Hunt, UNLV (Jerry Tarkanian) - The second-leading scorer for the Rebels' 1990 NCAA champion pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges in connection with marijuana found in his possession during a traffic stop in October, 1993. In September, 2002, he was sentenced to probation and fined more than $1,300 for attempted embezzlement after acknowledging he kept a Las Vegas rental car beyond its due date. In May 1991, the local newspaper published photos of him with teammates David Butler and Moses Scurry in a hot tub with known sports fixer Richard Perry. Hunt never married and is the father of five.

Jeremy Hunt, Memphis (John Calipari) - Pleaded guilty to reckless aggravated assault and driving under the influence stemming from an early-morning crash in fall of 2011 when his Land Rover struck a truck stopped in a curb lane. The truck driver, checking on another motorist, lost both legs in the accident. Hunt, who averaged 9.5 ppg for the Tigers from 2002-03 through 2004-05, was previously in trouble with the law in January 2005 when he was charged with domestic assault (accused of striking his girlfriend). Later that year, Hunt broke his hand after getting into a fight. In the spring of 2012, he was accused of choking his girlfriend during an argument around 5:30 a.m. Sentenced to 43 days in jail after another DUI conviction following arrest in mid-November 2016.

Anthony "Jo Jo" Hunter, Maryland (Lefty Driesell)/Colorado (Bill Blair) - Paroled after a 16-year incarceration, he had been convicted for conspiracy to commit armed robbery (two jewelry stores in hometown Washington, D.C.) and money laundering. Hunter had previously been arrested on several theft and assault charges, but all those cases were dropped before going to trial. He averaged 10.5 ppg in two seasons with the Terps in the late 1970s before encountering academic problems, transferring and becoming a two-time All-Big Eight Conference selection with the Buffaloes in the early 1980s.

LeRoy Hurd, Miami FL (Leonard Hamilton and Perry Clark)/Texas-San Antonio (Tim Carter) - Southland Conference MVP in 2004 was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of using a computer to solicit a minor stemming from relationship with high school student where he was a coach.

Richard Hurd, Baylor (Scott Drew) - Sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after found guilty stemming from his arrest in mid-June 2012 in connection with an alleged attempt to extort $1 million from Baylor Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III. An undercover FBI agent apprehended Hurd, who threatened to release damaging information on quarterback RG3, a short time after ex-BU gridiron player was given a check following reducing his asking price to $120,000 in exchange for signing a non-disclosure agreement. Hurd, the ex-boyfriend of Griffin's fiancee, averaged 4 ppg and 2.1 rpg as a freshman in 2004-05. He was arrested for sexual assault in 2008 but those charges were later dropped when the DA's office determined the case was not strong enough to go to trial.

Joe Hurst, Iowa State (Glendon Anderson) - While on three-year probation for robbing CTA bus drivers, Hurst shot a Chicago patrolman to death and wounded his partner with bullet to the face in 1967 during a traffic stop. When Cyclones regular in 1963-64 was sentenced to death, self-proclaimed minister of the House of Islam told the judge, "Life and death is in God's hands. I may have been an instrument in (cop's) death, but it must have been his time to go." After the U.S. Supreme Court declared a moratorium on capital punishment in 1972, Hurst was resentenced to 100 to 300 years in prison. Controversial Cook County state's attorney Kim Foxx inexplicably dropped her opposition to his parole bid, rankling police officers when 77-year-old Hurst was freed by parole board in late February 2021.

Kenny Hutchinson, Arkansas (Eddie Sutton and Nolan Richardson Jr.) - Arrested in the spring of 1989 and charged with delivery of cocaine after he allegedly sold the drug to a police informant working undercover at an apartment complex near the campus. New York prep sensation played a couple of seasons for the Razorbacks in the mid-1980s. "I started hanging out with a bad crowd," Hutchinson told the New York Times. "Right, a bad crowd in Fayetteville (Ark.). People can't believe it, but drugs are everywhere."

Anthony Iati, Iona (Jim Valvano and Pat Kennedy) - The Gaels' assists leader in 1980-81 pleaded guilty to interstate transportation of stolen funds in late February 2009 and was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison after bilking investors in his jewelry business out of more than $500,000.

Jovan Ignjatovic, Illinois-Chicago (Jimmy Collins) - Serbian who averaged 1.8 ppg and 1.4 rpg from 2005-06 through 2008-09 pleaded guilty to drug smuggling and was sentenced to time served (30 days) as well as 150 hours of community service and 36 months of probation. His arrest in February 2014 came after state police received a tip about a suspicious package sent via commercial mail to a fictitious company. Ignjatovic claimed he smuggled the marijuana because of the pressure to generate funds to care for an injured older brother.

Dommanic Ingerson, Michigan (Tommy Amaker)/San Francisco (Philip Mathews and Jessie Evans) - Taken by Oakland police to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation in mid-February 2010 after allegedly stealing a woman's purse and attempting to elude cops by swimming across a 50-degree lake and emerging naked. Ingerson averaged 8.1 ppg for UM as a freshman in 2001-02 before averaging 6.2 ppg in three seasons with USF.

Lawrence Ingram, Murray State (Ron Greene) - Juco recruit who played in 17 games for the Racers' 1983 Ohio Valley Conference regular-season champion was sentenced to 20 years in prison for first-degree reckless homicide in early November 2017 killing at a squalid homeless encampment under a Milwaukee freeway overpass. Ingram abused cocaine and his criminal record began in 1988 with a conviction for robbery.

Allen Iverson, Georgetown (John Thompson Jr.) - In the summer of 2002, he was charged with assault and other offenses for forcing his way into a Philadelphia apartment with a gun and threatening two men while looking for his wife. He was also sued for his part in a nightclub brawl in Washington in 2005. Iverson's wife, Tawanna, filed for divorce in early March 2010, a week after AI, beset by alcohol and gambling issues, left the 76ers. A judge used the signing of a $3 million divorce decree settlement as a moment to let Iverson know he felt his role as a father to the couple's five children was deplorable and suggested he was an alcoholic. He had been banished from casinos in Detroit and Atlantic City. NBA Rookie of the Year was arrested in the summer of 1997 for possession of a handgun and marijuana near Richmond, Va. As a teenager, he was arrested in a Hampton, Va., bowling alley brawl in 1993 and spent four months in prison before then-Gov. Douglas Wilder granted clemency, allowing him to enroll at Georgetown, where he became a first-team All-American as a sophomore in 1995-96. His defacto father spent a good portion of his adult life in and out of prison for dealing crack cocaine. Iverson, a rapper wannabee, performed a song on his CD containing the following words: "Man enough to pull a gun, be man enough to squeeze it." After squandering more than $150 million in NBA salary, Iverson was ordered by a judge in Georgia in mid-February 2012 to pay $860,000 he apparently owed a jeweler. Since Iverson didn't have the cash to pay the jeweler, the judge ordered his bank accounts commandeered and his earnings garnished. Iverson's Atlanta mansion was sold in a foreclosure auction in early February 2013. A Sixers teammate said Iverson routinely spent $30-40G at strip clubs.

Hercle Ivy, Iowa State (Maury John and Ken Trickey) - Three-time All-Big Eight Conference selection (1973-74 through 1975-76) was charged in February 1997 with stealing $3,750 from St. Louis' Midnite Basketball program and depositing the money into his personal bank account.

Joe Jackson, Memphis (Josh Pastner) - C-USA Player of the Year in 2012-13 was arrested in summer of 2017 on felony drug and gun charges. Police officers found 100 ecstasy pills, two guns and $4,500 in $100 bills inside a Louis Vuitton backpack discovered on the backseat of a 2017 Chevrolet Camaro.

Lewis Jackson, Purdue (Matt Painter) - Four-year starting point guard from 2009-10 through 2012-13 was arrested near his hometown of Decatur, Ill., in mid-June 2017 after police said they found more than 70 grams of heroin in his vehicle (sentenced to six years in plea deal but with recommendation for prison boot camp). At Purdue, he was arrested the spring following his freshman season and pleaded guilty to charges of illegal alcohol consumption and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Otis Jackson, Memphis State (Wayne Yates and Dana Kirk) - All-Metro Conference first-team selection in 1981-82 when leading league in assists accepted pretrial diversion before declaring publicly he did not acknowledge government following indictment as county court clerk on four counts of official misconduct for pressuring his employees to raise or contribute more than $50,000 to his 2012 re-election campaign.

Zay Jackson, Murray State (Steve Prohm)/Southeastern Louisiana (Jay Ladner) - Guard from the Racers' standout 2011-12 squad served 49 days behind bars after pleading guilty to wanton endangerment and assault stemming from an incident in a Walmart parking lot in mid-September 2012. Officers responded to a disturbing altercation caught on surveillance video where he backed his white Monte Carlo into a couple as they attempted to copy down Jackson's license plate number after he flung a shopping cart into a nearby parked car. One of the pedestrians clung to Jackson's hood all the way across the front of the store and down around the corner of the building before finally thrown off the vehicle. Jackson transferred for "a fresh start" after suffering a knee injury sidelining him for the 2013-14 campaign.

Todd Jadlow, Indiana (Bob Knight) - J.C. recruit, a redshirt on IU's 1987 national titlist, had four DUIs in six-month span in his home state of Kansas, two in a single day in December 2013 (second one driving 120 mph with his two-year-old daughter in backseat). When Jadlow was arrested for the DUIs, he was drinking a fifth of vodka and taking 14 medications per day. While playing professionally in Argentina, he befriended a man who happened to be a general in the Bolivian cocaine cartel. Served a year in county jail, then spent three months in a work-release program and six month in a halfway house. "One of my teammates went through a pretty public ordeal with drugs my senior year, and I walked into his apartment and it was, 'Hey, I got something (cocaine) for you." Jadlow said. "During my (pro) playing career, it was widespread. 'Hey we've got this waiting on us (drugs/alcohol/women). Let's win this game and get on with the night.'"

Frank "Spoon" James, UNLV (Jerry Tarkanian) - Found dead in early June 2008 in a cell at the Las Vegas city jail. James, who averaged 9.9 ppg and 3.1 rpg in 1983-84 and 1984-85, had been detained for various traffic violations.

Henry James, St. Mary's TX (Buddy Meyer) - Signed a plea agreement in March 2007, admitting to dealing more than five grams of crack cocaine to an undercover Fort Wayne (Ind.) narcotics detective. He was on probation for marijuana possession when busted with his six children (all under the age of 11) present during the deal. James, a J.C. recruit who averaged 19.1 ppg and 6.9 rpg in 1986-87 and 1987-88, was sentenced to five years in federal prison for distribution of a controlled substance.

Garland Jefferson, Virginia (Terry Holland) - Supporting his $100-a-day crack cocaine habit, he snatched a purse from a woman in front of a grocery store to end up stealing grand total of $4 in mid-November 1993. Found guilty of five counts of forging checks and one count of robbery, co-captain in 1980 when freshman phenom Ralph Sampson led the Cavaliers to NIT title received a 10-year prison sentence of which all but 90 days was suspended.

Keith Jenifer, Virginia (Pete Gillen)/Murray State (Mick Cronin) - Leading UVa in assists in 2002-03 when suspended following an assault charge in connection with a fight outside a local bar. Baltimore product was held out of the Cavaliers' first exhibition game for an undisclosed violation of team rules. Reportedly involved in numerous disconcerting incidents after transferring to the Racers, who he led in assists in 2004-05 and 2005-06 in aftermath of DUI arrest during his redshirt year. Cousin Justin Jenifer became a starting guard for Cronin with Cincinnati.

Anthony Jenkins, Clemson (Bill Foster and Cliff Ellis) - After averaging 8.3 ppg in four seasons in the mid-1980s, he was arrested as a private academy coach in summer of 2013 and charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor over a span of more than five years. Jenkins pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the minor and was sentenced to 20 years in prison suspended to 30 months and five years of probation. He pleaded guilty to passing five counterfeit $100 bills at a Spartanburg, S.C., nightclub in the fall of 1991.

Brandon Johnson, San Diego (Brad Holland and Bill Grier) - The Toreros' all-time leading scorer was sentenced to six months in prison for his part in a game-fixing scheme. Johnson, recruited to throw games as part of a betting ring, insisted he never manipulated a contest he played in although prosecutors allege he profited on several occasions his senior season in 2009-10.

Charles "Junior" Johnson, Cincinnati (Ed Badger) - Guard who averaged 4.3 ppg and 2.4 apg from 1979-80 through 1982-83 was sentenced in 2008 to nine years in prison after conviction of charges related to the false inflation of revenue of his company (PurchasePro) filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2002. A little more than a week from the end of three-year supervised release, Johnson's probation officer accused him of trying to avoid high restitution payments ($300/month until $9.7 million was paid) hiding money in casino accounts and failing to report gambling losses. Judge ordered an additional 10 months in prison.

DerMarr Johnson, Cincinnati (Bob Huggins) - Sixth overall pick in 2000 NBA draft as a freshman was tasered and arrested outside a Denver nightclub in June of 2007, charged with interfering with police and resisting arrest. The next spring, he was arrested for driving while intoxicated in San Antonio. Johnson had been suspended for one game with the Bearcats for accepting money from his AAU coach to help pay tuition at a New England prep school.

Eddie Johnson, Auburn (Bob Davis) - Four-time All-SEC selection from 1973-74 through 1976-77 (19.5 ppg and 4.9 apg) dodged a barrage of bullets in a parking lot in South Atlanta in 1980. This was part of a downward spiral following a series of events that aroused suspicions he was involved with drugs. Exited the NBA because of his drug addiction in the mid-1980s. A psychiatrist said that Johnson was a manic depressive. He faced a mandatory life sentence after being arrested and charged with sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl in Ocala, Fla., in the summer of 2006. Since 1989, online Marion County court records show Johnson had numerous convictions: burglary, battery, robbery, marijuana possession, possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest. "People fail to understand, when you're involved with the drug culture, it's the hustle that goes along with it," Johnson said.

Geron Johnson, Memphis (Josh Pastner) - Dayton product was arrested for attempted burglary in high school and kicked out of two junior colleges (Chipola FL and Garden City KS) before joining Memphis prior to 2012-13 campaign. He was sent packing from Chipola after a marijuana arrest and dismissed from Garden City after repeated run-ins with police although three of four citations he received in a single month were dropped. Said Pastner: "I think the fairest thing is that we don't put a negative view on it."

Henry Norris Johnson Jr., Voorhees College (Michael Cheaney) - Junior guard in 2011-12 when he was arrested in Lexington County, S.C., in mid-February in connection with a deadly shooting. A man bled to death after being shot with a shotgun in his upper leg during a drug-related robbery at his home.

John C. Johnson, Creighton (Tom Apke) - All-Missouri Valley Conference second-team selection as a senior in 1978-79 was arrested in early December 2003 on suspicion of theft by unlawful taking and criminal possession of a financial transaction device at a Lincoln, Neb., racquet club. Johnson was arrested in spring of 1992 for breaking into cars supporting a drug habit in Omaha, Harrison County (Iowa) and downtown Lincoln, including the aforementioned racquet club. He was sentenced to one to three years in prison on the theft and forgery charges in Lincoln. In spring of 1993, Johnson was sentenced to one year of probation for breaking into cars at a national wildlife refuge in Iowa. He was a Boys and Girls Club staffer and juvenile probation officer for nine years until his arrests. Johnson was arrested again for purse snatching in mid-November 2011. In 1995, police apprehended him when reportedly in possession of 77 stolen wallets and purses. His multiple sentences resulted in total time served behind bars of about 10 years.

Michael Johnson, Alaska-Anchorage (Ron Abegglen) - The 1989 NCAA Division II first-team All-American, who scored a team-high 20 points in a 70-66 upset of eventual NCAA champion Michigan, was arrested in December 1999 and charged with raping a woman. Johnson, who was teaching basketball and aerobics classes at UAA, had been scheduled to leave Alaska in a couple of weeks to take a high school teaching job in California.

Shaq Johnson, Auburn (Tony Barbee)/Longwod (Jayson Gee) - Part-time starter known for dunking prowess was dismissed from the Tigers' squad in summer of 2013 after freshman season upon jailing in the wee hours of the morning following a charge of possession of marijuana. In the fall of 2014, he was charged with a felony for malicious wounding after knocking teeth out of dance-off competitor. In the fall of 2015, Johnson was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana before 10-game suspension by Longwood and agreeing to drug counseling in order to have charge reduced to entering property with intent to damage.

Sidiki Johnson, Arizona (Sean Miller)/Providence (Ed Cooley) - Estranged half-brother of Texas' celebrated center Mohamed Bamba received a four-year sentence for second-degree attempted robbery and third-degree robbery. Sidiki appeared in only three games for UA in 2011-12 before suspension for violating team rules and played in only 11 games with PC (3.9 ppg and 5.1 rpg in 2012-13) prior to leaving program for personal reasons. Another brother from Harlem, Ibrahim Johnson (Montevallo AL), accused Bamba in a rambling, profanity-laced FaceBook poolside video in spring of 2017 of accepting cash and gifts from a financial advisor in Michigan. Snitch Ibrahim was himself in the throes of a series of charges in a single month (hit-and-run, forgery, falsification, petty theft and possession of drugs). In mid-October 2020, juco recruit Ibrahim died from shotgun wounds to his chest at a Fort Worth apartment complex.

Torre Johnson, Oklahoma State (Eddie and Sean Sutton)/Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Rob Jeter) - Leading UWM in scoring and rebounding when dismissed from team in mid-December 2007. Found hiding in a closet, he was arrested on suspicion of substantial battery (hitting woman in mouth causing her to get 10 stitches). Juco recruit was booted off OSU's roster for undisclosed reasons before charged with DUI in late July 2006.

Avondre Jones, Southern California (George Raveling and Charles Parker)/Fresno State (Jerry Tarkanian) - Convicted in December 1998 of threatening a man with a Samurai sword in his apartment just hours after a FSU game in the NIT. Gangsta rapper wannabee also was convicted on a felony charge of having a gun while on probation (for gun possession) and a misdemeanor marijuana charge. Jones, sentenced to six months in jail, was acquitted on six charges, including theft, extortion and assault with a deadly weapon.

Chris Jones, Tennessee signee (Bruce Pearl)/Louisville (Rick Pitino) - J.C. national player of year in 2013 was leading the ACC in steals and UL in assists late in the 2014-15 campaign when dismissed from squad following multiple suspensions. He allegedly threatened to "smack" a female student. Within a few days of his suspension, he was was charged with raping one woman and sodomizing another between 2 and 4 a.m. despite having a 9 p.m. curfew. "I'm not worried about anything that anybody has to say about me," Jones told the Louisville Courier-Journal before he was exonerated in late April of that year. In late June 2017, Jones was shot in his right thigh after a fight reportedly led to gunfire on a basketball court next to a Memphis police department precinct.

Dontae' Jones, Mississippi State (Richard Williams) - The most serious charges were dismissed but he faced up to 14 years in prison if convicted on all charges stemming from a shooting where seven people were wounded in late April, 1999, outside a Nashville, Tenn., nightclub after an argument between a Memphis rap group and an entertainment promoter. Jones, the NJCAA player of the year in 1994-95 before helping lead the Bulldogs to the 1996 Final Four, was accused of simple assault with bodily injury, reckless endangerment and felony vandalism.

Matt Jones, Arkansas (Nolan Richardson and Stan Heath) - Two-year hoops performer arrested at gunpoint during summer of 2008 and charged with felony possession of cocaine. As an NFL wide receiver, he was suspended last three weeks of 2008 campaign for violating the league's substance abuse policy. In late February 2009, he tested positive for alcohol and appeared in court to admit using alcohol during a golf outing.

Garry Jordan, Niagara (Dan Raskin and Pete Lonergan) - Busted in sting operation, the Purple Eagles' leader in scoring average all four seasons from 1977-78 through 1980-81 was sentenced in late January 1986 in his hometown of Washington, D.C., to 60 years in prison and fined $500,000 for selling PCP, a hallucinogenic drug.

Rysheed Jordan, St. John's (Steve Lavin) - Red Storm's second-leading scorer and assists leader in 2014-15 was arrested in early June 2016 and charged with attempted murder and robbery in a shooting in North Philadelphia. According to the police report, Jordan disposed of a gun with a scratched-off serial number while followed by officers. Jordan pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, robbery and possession of a firearm for a reduced sentence and served 3 1/2 years at a state correctional institution. Withdrawing from school after missing so many classes, he previously was suspended for violating team rules and also took a leave of absence during his sophomore season.

Bobby Joyce, UNLV (Jerry Tarkanian) - One of two men who robbed a disabled Vietnam vet of $880 as he waited in a Santa Ana, Calif., bus stop in his wheelchair in the spring of 2011. In March 1993, an arrest warrant was issued for Joyce in Nevada in connection with a bar robbery. California court records show he pleaded guilty in 1997 to a felony for unlawful possession of a controlled substance (spending 16 months in state prison for that offense) and another felony in 2000 for attempting to possess a controlled substance (getting eight months in state prison for that crime). He pleaded guilty again in 2005 for unlawful possession of a controlled substance and then again in 2007 (felonies both times). In 2008, he pleaded guilty to two felonies: receiving stolen property and abuse of a spouse/cohabitant. Averaging only 2.1 ppg and 2.3 rpg with the Rebels in 1990-91 and 1991-92, perhaps his most memorable moment as a college player was leading a team protest after a Nevada Regent allegedly said Tarkanian recruited too many "ghetto kids."

Jason Keep, Oklahoma State (Eddie Sutton)/San Diego (Brad Holland) - After seven-footer was fired from his job at a Phoenix strip club, the All-WCC selection hatched a plot to rob the jiggle joint on New Year's Eve 2013 before plan to pilfer up to $500,000 he believed was stored in the business' safe unraveled because there were too many potential witnesses. But two accomplices went ahead and followed the club's manager to a local IHOP and, in a brazen midday robbery, stole a duffel bag filled with about $18,000 in cash, leading to the shooting of a police officer following a vehicle pursuit. Keep was charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery in connection with the case. USD's leading scorer and WCC's top rebounder in 2002-03 in his lone season with the Toreros after transferring from OSU, where he was a teammate of Doug Gottlieb following one season in junior college. Keep entered a plea of not guilty on a drunken driving charge midway through the 2000-01 campaign.

Earl Kelley, Connecticut (Dom Perno) - Two-time All-Big East Conference second-team selection served a prison sentence in the late 1990s and, facing more time for violating probation in 2001, was ordered to a drug treatment program. Flunked out late in senior season in 1985-86 after he was barred from university housing and dining facilities upon pleading no contest to reduced charge of disorderly conduct stemming from gun-brandishing threats against students in an on-campus dormitory.

Logan Kelley, Rutgers (Mike Rice and Eddie Jordan)/Montevallo AL (Danny Young) - Walk-on played three games for the Scarlet Knights in 2012-13 prior to transferring to a junior college. He was arrested in Tijuana, Mexico, in February 2021 for killing a strip club employee. Kelley pleaded guilty (sentenced to 22 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution of about $40,000) to walking up behind the victim and fatally slicing her neck with knife while she was speaking with another man in a hallway. Nightclubs and bars not serving food were supposed to be closed amid coronavirus restrictions, but the strip club/brothel enterprise apparently was operating anyway.

Robert "Jeep" Kelley, UNLV (Jerry Tarkanian)/Hawaii (Larry Little) - Pittsburgh high school legend served prison time in 1984 for selling heroin to undercover police detectives. Averaged 6.7 ppg in half a season with Hawaii in 1976-77 after dropping out of UNLV before his career there began. "You don't want to be in jail," Kelley said. "Believe me, it's no picnic."

Shawn Kemp, Kentucky signee (Eddie Sutton) - Troubling pattern of drug use led to multiple league suspensions coupled with a proclivity for fathering children out of wedlock. Ended his first season with the Portland "Jail Blazers" in spring of 2001 by checking into a drug rehab center for cocaine abuse. He was arrested in 2005 for possession of cocaine and marijuana and was again charged with possession of pot in 2006. Left UK as an academic non-qualifier after getting caught but not charged for selling stolen gold jewelry belonging to the coach's son.

Joeviair Kennedy, Western Michigan (Steve Hawkins) - Convicted of armed robbery and a weapons charge but acquitted of murder, he was sentenced to at least 17 years in prison for his role in the fatal shooting of a student at an off-campus apartment in December 2016 theft where he and a co-defendant allegedly got marijuana, a cellphone and about $25. Kennedy, a 6-4 redshirt guard who averaged 3.1 ppg in eight contests, said a former Muskegon high school teammate sentenced to life in prison without parole pulled the trigger.

Rashod Kent, Rutgers (Kevin Bannon and Gary Waters) - Four-year regular from 1998-99 through 2001-02 (averaged 9.5 ppg and 7.8 rpg/led Scarlet Knights in rebounding last three years) pleaded guilty to wanton endangerment with a firearm for an incident in which he pulled and shot a gun at another man during an altercation. His attorney recommended that Kent be given a sentence of two years for this charge to run concurrent with a sentence handed down earlier on federal drug charges (pleaded guilty to distributing cocaine within 1,000 feet of playground at apartment complex).

Chad Kinch, UNC Charlotte (Lee Rose and Mike Pratt) - The third-leading scorer for UNCC's 1977 Final Four team as a freshman, died at his parents' home in Cartaret, N.J., from complications of drug habit eventually contracting AIDS. He passed away on April 3, 1994, the day between the Final Four semifinals and final in Charlotte. The host school happened to be UNC Charlotte. It was the second time Kinch's parents lost a son. Sixteen years earlier, Ray Kinch, a Rutgers football player, was killed in a house fire.

Bernard King, Tennessee (Ray Mears) - Three-time SEC MVP in the mid-1970s had several encounters with the law before being arrested in 1980 on charges of assaulting a woman in his apartment. He also faced an assault charge in 1994 after a woman accused him of choking her and was arrested for spousal abuse in late October 2004 (charge dropped per counseling agreement).

Jimmy King, Michigan (Steve Fisher) - "Fab Five" member was arrested in Pontiac, Mich., in August 2011 on accusations he failed to pay $17,000 in child support and ignored repeated warnings to get back on schedule. Authorities had been working for three years to get King to get up to date with the payments.

Richard "Pee Wee" Kirkland, Norfolk State (Ernest Fears) - New York street player, drafted by the Chicago Bulls in 1969, was a drug kingpin who had a Rolls Royce before he had a driver's license. The juco recruit became a college teammate of NBA standout Bob Dandridge but landed in prison, incarcerated first in 1971 in Lewisburg, Pa., on drug-related conspiracy charges, then from 1981 to 1988 in LaTuna, Tex., for tax evasion. The gangster from Harlem went on to make a 180 in life, becoming an educator and motivational speaker.

Billy Knight, UCLA (Steve Lavin) - The Bruins' second-leading scorer in 2001-02 committed suicide one month following arrest in June 2018 on molestation charges reportedly involving the nine-year-old daughter of his ex-girlfriend.

Brad Koenig, Sam Houston State (Bob Marlin) - Paranoid schizophrenic who became violent (choking his veterianarian father) was jailed multiple times after repeatedly violating probation. Police brought him home after finding Koenig passed out in front of a drive-thru or shoplifting cough syrup. He averaged 2.5 ppg for the Bearkats in 2005-06.

Miladin Kovacevic, Binghamton (Kevin Broadus) - Serbian redshirt was arrested in his homeland after jumping bail in the wake of being charged with brutally beating a fellow student into a coma at a bar in early May 2008. In a plea bargain in mid-September 2010, Kovacevic agreed to serve nearly two years in prison in his homeland, potentially ending a case that had strained relations with the U.S. In the aftermath of two former Serbian diplomats abusing their positions by providing a false passport to Kovaceivc, the Serbian government paid $900,000 to the student's family. He played sparingly as a freshman in 2006-07 (1.5 ppg and 2.5 rpg).

Stan Kowalewski, Dartmouth (Paul Cormier and Dave Faucher) - Forward who averaged 4.5 ppg and 3.1 rpg from 1990-91 through 1993-94 was convicted and received an 18-year prison sentence for wire fraud, conspiracy and obstructing a federal probe stemming from a hedge fund company he owned and operated. He was indicted on criminal charges at the end of a SEC investigation in late 2013. Prosecutors convinced a jury he misused about $16 million of his investors' money, ultimately costing them about $8 million in losses on such purchases as a $4 million beach house for his personal use.

Bryson Krueger, Arizona State (Rob Evans) - J.C. transfer was the Sun Devils' second-leading scorer in 2005-06 before he was kicked off the team during the summer following his arrest for possession of a gun and various drugs reportedly owned by him. Krueger was taken into custody after police said two Ecstasy pills, a Xanax painkiller pill, four grams of cocaine and an unregistered, loaded .40-caliber handgun were found in his car.

Rick Kuhn, Boston College (Bob Zuffelato and Tom Davis) - The three-year letterman for the Eagles in the late 1970s spent 28 months in prison for conspiring with professional gamblers to rig games.

Johnnie Lacy, Providence (Keno Davis) - Guard who averaged 1.9 ppg pleaded no contest and was sentenced to 15 years in prison with three to serve after found guilty of assaulting a fellow student in 2010, leaving the victim with 16 facial fractures and a permanently-altered appearance. Lacy and an accomplice had been drinking at a bar, where PC players reportedly drank for free, and while walking near campus decided "for no good reason they would beat the first person they next encountered."

John Lamb, Morehead State (Donnie Tyndall)/Iowa State (Fred Hoiberg) - Arrested in his home in early May 2011 and charged with manufacturing marijuana. Lamb had 54 three-pointers in two seasons with Morehead.

Rick Lamb, Illinois State (Bob Donewald) - ISU's leading scorer and rebounder three straight seasons from 1980-81 through 1982-83 spent 51 months in prison the last half of the 1990s on a drug conspiracy rap.

Brandon Lampley, Ball State (Tim Buckley and Billy Taylor) - The Cardinals' leader in assists and steals as a senior in 2008-09 was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to felony sexual battery as teaching assistant. He engaged in sexual activity with a female student skipping class in a secured, usually locked, portion of a high school's athletic training area in February 2014. Cell phones of the teen and Lampley determined they exchanged 769 text messages in a month. Investigators also found video on Lampley's cell phone of encounters with 10 consenting adults.

Eugene Land, Cincinnati (Bob Huggins) - In order to avoid being arrested for various improprieties, he jumped out of the second story of a house in the summer of 2000 to evade police, incurring a potentially career-ending dislocated right knee. Evicted from apartment twice in 2000. Failed to display a license in 2003 after his third car crash in three years. Land, who averaged 3.2 ppg in 1998-99, was arrested for shoplifting at a Dillard's department store late in the summer of 1999 prior to his sophomore season.

William Langrum II, McLennan County Community College TX - Starting power forward and H.S. teammate of Georgia Tech/NBA star Chris Bosh on Texas' 4A state championship club in 2002 (declared national championship team by USA Today) was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after a jury found him guilty of capital murder of a 50-year-old woman was stabbed to death with a hunting knife in a purse robbery outside her Dallas-area condominium in the fall of 2011 as she returned from church. After killing her, Langrum and an accomplice went to a different portion of Dallas and began stalking another potential victim before police apprehended them.

Lamont "Monty" Latimer, Western Kentucky (Matt Kilcullen) - Juco recruit who averaged 10.2 ppg in portion of 1997-98 season with WKU was sentenced to 23 months of house arrest with electronic monitoring, 11 1/2 months without the monitoring device and years of probation after pleading guilty to charges he physically abused his seven-week-old daughter in fall of 1998. The abuse caused the infant to suffer fractures to both legs, her ribs and spine.

Drew Lavender, Oklahoma (Kelvin Sampson)/Xavier (Seth Miller) - Two-time All-Atlantic 10 Conference second-team selection was arrested shortly after his career ended in early April 2008 in Cincinnati on charges of disorderly conduct and possession of marijuana. He was arrested at OU and charged with recklessly causing annoyance at a nightclub over the summer.

Danny Lawhorn Jr., Washington State signee (Ken Bone)/Midwestern State TX (Nelson Haggerty) - AAU girls coach in his hometown of Hartford, Conn., charged with second-degree sexual assault and possession of narcotics following accusation of assaulting a female player staying with him as her summer of 2021 sponsor. Juco recruit left WSU in fall of 2013 without playing for the Cougars after suspension because of violating team rules.

Jermaine Lawrence, Cincinnati (Mick Cronin)/Manhattan (Steve Masiello) - Dropped out of Manhattan in fall of 2015 following a failed drug test. Missed final six games the previous campaign because of suspension for a "violation of team rules" after refusing to take drug test due to its randomness.

Keon Lawrence, Missouri (Quin Snyder and Mike Anderson)/Seton Hall (Bobby Gonzalez and Kevin Willard) - Lawrence had several grades he could not transfer from Mizzou. Suspended from SHU's team in November 2009 after police charged he was under the influence when driving his unregistered Chevy Equinox the wrong way on the Garden State Parkway and collided with another car. Newark native was dismissed from the Pirates' squad late in 2010-11 campaign just hours before they opposed in-state rival Rutgers.

Mark Lay, Columbia (Buddy Mahar and Wayne Szoke) - The Lions' runner-up in scoring and third-leading rebounder in 1983-84 and senior captain the next season became an investment adviser who was sentenced to 12 years in prison on fraud charges related to the loss of $216 million in a high-risk hedge fund (set up in Bermuda) at the Ohio state agency for injured workers. Lay was convicted in fall of 2007 of investment advisory fraud, two counts of mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.

Todd Leary, Indiana (Bob Knight) - Handed a two-year home detention sentence after pleading guilty in mid-July 2010 to charges stemming from an ex-business partner's multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud scheme. Prosecutors say Leary, who was an analyst for IU's radio broadcasts when he was arrested, worked for a title insurance broker who pleaded guilty in a $2.7 million fraud case. Leary, who averaged 5 ppg for the Hoosiers in the early 1990s, also faced charges connected to the theft of high-end appliances from foreclosed homes and served one year in prison. He and his fellow IU seniors each reportedly raked in $56,000 cash for a 19-game, 21-day barnstorming tour filling gymnasiums across the state.

Ernest Lee, Washington academic RS (Marv Harshman)/Clark, GA (Robert Pritchett) - One of the top five scorers in NCAA Division II history (3,298 points) who paced the country in point production three successive seasons from 1984-85 through 1986-87 jumped to his death at the age of 30 from the Capitol Bridge in downtown Sacramento on January 10, 1994. According to a local non-denominational pastor, the streets took a hold of Lee and he turned to drugs upon failing to see a future.

Justin Leemow, North Carolina Central (LeVelle Moton) - NCCU's leader in assists and steals in 2010-11 was accused early in the next season of selling marijuana (393 grams in his possession) out of his Durham apartment.

Keith LeGree, Louisville (Denny Crum)/Cincinnati (Bob Huggins) - The Bearcats' leader in assists in 1994-95 and 1995-96 incurred a couple of DUIs in a short span late in the 2004-05 season while serving as an assistant coach for his alma mater.

Preston LeMaster, Kentucky (Tubby Smith) - Walk-on guard from 2002-03 through 2005-06 was arrested in early September 2016 on drug charges. In February 2014, he was issued a citation for selling counterfeit UK basketball tickets.

Rodney Lemons, Chattanooga (Mack McCarthy) - Member of Mocs' 1995 NCAA playoff team was convicted of five felony counts for fraudulently obtaining $40,000 in loans from a developmentally-impaired woman. Records showed the case started back in 2010. A stabbing during J.C. team party in 1992 in Wyoming left him a quarter-inch from death. His scholarship at UTC was rescinded after testing positive on a surprise drug test.

Darryl "Pee Wee" Lenard, Georgia (Hugh Durham)/St. Louis (Rich Grawer) - Charged in February 1997 with stealing more than $50,000 from St. Louis' Midnite Basketball program as its director and spending most of the money on a local gambling casino boat. He led the Billikens in assists three consecutive seasons in the mid-1980s.

Bob Leonard, Wake Forest (Bones McKinney and Jack Murdock) - All-ACC first-team selection in 1964-65 and 1965-66 had his law license revoked in spring of 2005 for mishandling his clients' money. In late 2016, he was convicted of embezzling at least $300,000 from trust account for sick man who had survived cancer and needed oxygen to live.

Delvy Lewis, Kansas (Dick Harp and Ted Owens) - Topeka businessman pleaded guilty to defrauding a local bank to obtain money for his copier and office supply store and to pay for medical treatment for his wife (double mastectomy surgery and suffering from Parkinson's disease). In the late 1990s, the court fined him almost $1.5 million for falsifying purchase orders to obtain loans. Senior co-captain when he was an All-Big Eight Conference first-team selection.

Paul Lewis, Southeastern Louisiana (Norm Picou) - Guard who averaged 4.6 ppg and 2.3 rpg in 1991-92 and 1993-94 served 12 1/2 years in federal prison after he was arrested for transporting drugs in Texas.

Donald Little, Cincinnati (Bob Huggins) - Dismissed from the Bearcats' squad in the spring of 2002 after he was charged with kidnapping, beating and burning his roommate. Little received a 30-day jail sentence for his part in an attack on his roommate Justin Hodge, who was suspected of having something to do with $2,500 missing after Little withdrew it from a bank. Hodge allegedly was hit on the head with a whiskey bottle and weight bar, tied with tape to a plastic lawn chair, burned with a heated coat hanger and stabbed in the leg. Little, a center, had a couple of run-ins with the law the previous year - pleading guilty to reduced charge of persistent disorderly conduct for assaulting a female tavern manager and reduced charges of reckless driving, an open-container violation and having no driver's license in his possession. In February 1999, he had several driving citations.

Ernest Little, UAB (Mike Anderson)/South Alabama (John Pelphrey) - USA's leading rebounder in 2006-07 despite a couple of suspensions was sentenced in mid-January 2009 to life in prison for an armed robbery of a woman the previous year. He also had at least two previous convictions, including another robbery and theft of property, plus numerous arrests.

Robert Littlejohn, Purdue (Gene Keady) - Junior college recruit who served as starting center for NCAA tourney team in 1984-85 was sentenced to 60 years in prison after conviction of chasing and stabbing a woman to death during fight in fall of 2019 in Fort Wayne, Ind. The 21-year-old female collapsed right in the middle of the street.

Lewis Lloyd, Drake (Bob Ortegel) - Beset by cocaine problems triggering a ban from the NBA in 1987. The previous year, the Stouffer Hotel Corporation sued him for an unpaid bill of more than $49,000 that had been charged to his room during a stay at one of its Houston hotels. He also was arrested in the spring of 1990 for nonpayment of child support.

Kevin Loder, Alabama State (James Oliver) - All-American in 1980-81 was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 1994 for dealing cocaine. "The addiction undermined anything I tried to do," he said.

Brad Lohaus, Iowa (Lute Olson, George Raveling and Dr. Tom Davis) - All-Big Ten Conference selection in 1986-87 received two years of probation in mid-January 2006 for not delivering fishing rods that he auctioned on eBay. He was charged with theft in 2004 after receiving more than $1,700 from auction bidders seeking rods and other unspecified merchandise. Lohaus also pleaded guilty in September 2005 to domestic assault after his girlfriend suffered a cut to her lip and bump on the head.

Art Long, Cincinnati (Bob Huggins) - In the mid-1990s, the J.C. vagabond was accused of choking his girlfriend after being found not guilty of an infamous "Blazing Saddles" incident assaulting (punching four times) a police horse. Brought to UC after selling drugs to a decoy cop, the Bearcats' leader in rebounding and blocked shots in 1994-95 was involved in a couple of other domestic violence incidents in 1997. In mid-December 2015, Long was sentenced to 81 months in prison for drugs and guns crimes.

Sidney Lowe Sr., North Carolina State (Norm Sloan/Jim Valvano) - Playmaker for 1983 NCAA championship team pleaded guilty after being arrested in mid-February 2013 and charged with failing to file his state income tax returns (nearly $80,000 despite being contacted about evasions) the last three years he coached his alma mater (2009 through 2011). Lowe, earning about $900,000 annually, was one of the state's highest-paid employees. In the summer of 2008, his son was sentenced to 15 months at a prison farm after pleading guilty to possession of marijuana and the drug Ecstasy, conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, and six counts each of robbery with a dangerous weapon and second-degree kidnapping stemming from a home invasion.

Korie Lucious, Michigan State (Tom Izzo)/Iowa State (Fred Hoiberg) - Suspended for a game in 2009-10 for missing class. Charged with drunk driving in late August 2010. Dismissed from MSU's squad for violation of team policy (smoking weed) midway through 2010-11 campaign.

Jon Lucky, Rhode Island (Jim Baron)/Post CT (Mike Donnelly) - Guard who averaged 5.4 ppg, 2.4 rpg and 2.8 apg for URI in 2004-05 and 2006-07 before averaging team highs of 17.1 ppg and 8.2 rpg for Post in 2009-10 was arrested in spring of 2015 after police found him with "Nirvana" heroin packaged to sell outside a Walgreens in Bridgeport, Conn. He tried to escape by driving in reverse but ended up crashing into another car. In 2008, Lucky was arrested after police intercepted a UPS package containing 33 pounds of marijuana destined for his home (received three-year suspended sentence and paid $6,600 fine).

Clyde Lynn III, North Carolina (Dean Smith) - Walk-on during mid-1990s resigned from his high school teaching position in spring of 2003 after arrest for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student. In early February 2007, Lynn and his wife reportedly were charged by police with several felony drug charges, including trafficking.

Sam Mack, Iowa State (Johnny Orr)/Arizona State (Bill Frieder)/Houston (Pat Foster) - In 1988, he was charged with unlawful use of a weapon. While at Iowa State (where he averaged 11.8 ppg and 6.1 rpg in 1988-89), he was acquitted of all charges after being arrested for kidnapping, armed robbery and terrorism following a theft at a Burger King. Mack and his football player accomplice, whom he claimed forced him at gunpoint to tag along, would not have been able to enjoy their combo meals for long. During the course of the robbery, Mack stood right beside an ISU poster with his picture on it. After transferring to Arizona State, he was accused of raping a student on campus and also stealing an American Express card, with yet another football player, to purchase $1,400 in gold jewelry. Moving on to Houston (where he averaged a team-high 17.5 ppg in 1991-92), Mack was arrested and charged with criminal mischief. Arrested in the summer of 2000 after police officers found crack cocaine and 20 bags of marijuana in his Range Rover following a high-speed chase in a Chicago suburb. After a seven-year NBA career, he was charged by a grand jury in August, 2003, with attempted first-degree murder in Illinois.

Jonathan "Bud" Mackey, Indiana commitment (Kelvin Sampson) - Kentucky product was arrested in late September, 2007, and served time for trafficking in cocaine. In mid-May 2009, he was arrested after police claim he fired a stolen gun out of a car. In early June 2011, the 2007 Kentucky Sweet 16 MVP was sentenced to 15 1/2 years in prison for felony theft, escape and trafficking in a controlled substance, along with a probation violation. In early 2021, Mackey and a companion were arrested and charged with trafficking $435,000 of methamphetamine.

Earl "The Goat" Manigault, Johnson C. Smith (William McCullough) - Harlem legend, who dropped out of college after one semester, developed a heroin habit. In 1969, the 6-1 Manigault, boasting a 50-inch vertical leap, was arrested on drug charges and sent to prison for 16 months. Sent back to prison for two years in the late 1970s for attempted robbery. "For every Michael Jordan, there's an Earl Manigault," The Goat (Greatest Of All Time) told the New York Times before he was denied a heart transplant and died from heart failure in 1998 at 53. "We all can't make it. But I'm nothing phony. And there was a time when I gave the people what they wanted." In 1996, HBO aired a movie about his life.

Akolda Manyang, Oklahoma (Lon Kruger) - Backup center was dismissed from program after he and another man were arrested in mid-June 2016 in his home state of Minnesota at around 3 a.m. for allegedly assaulting a cab driver and stealing his keys. The previous month, Manyang was suspended indefinitely following a fight with a Sooners football player incurring two broken teeth and a bloodied lip. The Sudanese native punched Tyler Evans in the mouth after he was told to stop pursuing women who were with the right guard. Manyang was arrested in H.S. for second-degree burglary in 2010 and cited for giving a fake name to a cop and charged with felony theft in 2009. An older brother hanged himself at a state addiction-treatment center during the NCAA playoffs before OU reached the 2016 Final Four.

Roy Marble Sr., Iowa (George Raveling and Tom Davis) - Three-time All-Big Ten Conference selection and the Hawkeyes' all-time leading scorer, was suspended by the NBA in late February 1990 for remainder of his rookie season after failing a drug test. In June 2006, Marble was charged with and pleaded guilty to drunken driving as a habitual offender in Lynn County (Iowa). In late summer 2009, he was charged with driving while barred, driving while revoked, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and operating a vehicle without an ignition device required for drunken driving test failure - one of four arrests in a six-year span by Cedar Rapids police. Marble, the leading scorer for Iowa's all-time winningest team (30-5 in 1986-87), was arrested and charged with domestic abuse assault in the summer of 2014 before dying the next year from cancer at the age of 48.

Leonel Marquetti, Southern California (Bob Boyd and Stan Morrison)/Hampton (Hank Ford) - Former McDonald's All-American was sentenced to life in prison without parole after being found guilty of first-degree murder in a March 25, 2010, slaying in Plant City, Fla. Prosecutors portrayed Marquetti as a hoarder who was jealous of a wrongly-assumed relationship with an ex-girlfriend, a German-born dog breeder. Marquetti shot a white handyman four times - once as he faced him and three times as his victim lay facedown. Jurors also found him guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm and false imprisonment. The Los Angeles native averaged 4.8 ppg in 1978-79 and 1979-80 with USC before transferring.

Vester Marshall, Oklahoma (John MacLeod) - Teammate of Gar Heard and Clifford Ray in 1968-69 and 1969-70 was banished from OU for leading a racially-motivated protest. Recreational drug use dating back to his college days spiraled out of control until becoming a street minister in Seattle. "I thought there was nothing better than speed-balls (injected heroin-cocaine concoction that killed actor John Belushi)," he said. Served five months in jail following arrest on drug possession charges.

Elmer Martin Jr., Arkansas (Nolan Richardson Jr.) - Backup forward for the Razorbacks' 1994 NCAA titlist and starter at the end of the next season received a 15-year prison term in late July 2008 after pleading guilty to drug charges. A county deputy prosecutor said that delivery of a controlled substance charges involved cocaine, and that intent to deliver charges involved cocaine and Ecstasy. During two weeks earlier in the year, detectives made two controlled cocaine purchases from Martin.

Jahda Martin, Long Island (Jim Ferry) - Died in a Burger King Restaurant parking lot stabbing across the street from a popular late-night bar about 1:30 a.m. in early March 2010. Martin, who played briefly for the Blackbirds in 2002-03, was found guilty in late 2007 of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and sent to jail.

Jerry Martin, Furman (Joe Williams) - Outfielder's major league baseball career was suspended in 1984 for involvement with drugs. He served a three-month sentence in the Fort Worth Correctional Institute with Kansas City Royals teammate Willie Wilson. J.C. transfer was named MVP after leading the 1971 Southern Conference Tournament in scoring.

Luke Martin, Texas-El Paso (Jason Rabedeaux) - Occasional starter for the Miners in 2001-02 was denied bail over allegedly throwing rocks through the windows of Australian chocolate cafe in early June 2015, and breaking a police officer's jaw during subsequent arrest. Guard was also observed driving erratically in Sydney and later admitted to a mental health facility.

Luke Martinez, Wyoming (Larry Shyatt) - The Cowboys' leader in three-pointers as a junior in 2011-12 was sentenced to 45 days in jail and paying a $58,000 fine after pleading guilty to misdemeanor battery charge stemming from a bar fight in late December 2012. He was suspended from Wyoming's team after being accused of kicking a man, lying unconscious on the ground, in the face.

Anthony Mason, Tennessee State (Larry Reid) - Three criminal rape complaints were filed against the OVC's leading scorer in 1987-88 in three years in three different states. In 1998, he pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child after being charged with statutory rape in New York. Mason amassed a string of off-court indiscretions, principally involving nightclub fights. He was also arrested in 1989 on a felony gun-possession charge.

Bryant Matthews, Virginia Tech (Ricky Stokes and Seth Greenberg) - All-Big East first-team selection as a senior in 2003-04 served nine months in jail after being found guilty in Australia of sexually assaulting a woman in late August 2006.

DeWitt Maxwell, Fairfield (Tim O'Toole) - Starting power forward was charged with reckless driving, operating a motor vehicle without a license and disorderly conduct after being accused of breaking into a house at about 3:30 a.m. in early October, 2005, in an effort to avoid police.

Vernon Maxwell, Florida (Norman Sloan) - "Mad Max" was notorious for his erratic public behavior and run-ins with the law. All-SEC first-team selection in 1986-87 and 1987-88 spent five days in jail in April, 2004, for failing to pay about $160,000 in child support. Maxwell was jailed for similar violation in spring of 2009. He was extradited from Cobb County, Ga., after being charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault. Soon after declaring bankruptcy in 1998, a Houston court ruled Maxwell should pay $592,000 to a woman who said he knowingly infected her with herpes. Maxwell served a 90-day sentence in late summer 1995 stemming from a marijuana possession charge. He also violated terms of a restraining order in January 2003. In summer of 2020, he was jailed on charges of aggravated stalking, possession of marijuana, possession of an open container of alcohol and driving under the influence. His career at UF ended in disgrace when allegations surfaced that the Gators' coaching staff knew he used cocaine before games.

Emanuel "Tiki" Mayben, Massachusetts (Travis Ford)/Binghamton (Kevin Broadus) - Pleaded guilty to a felony drug dealing charge in mid-May 2010 as part of a plea deal after being arrested the previous September in his hometown of Troy, N.Y., for allegedly possessing and selling cocaine (sentenced to five years probation). Leading Binghamton to its first appearance in the NCAA playoffs, he was one of six players dismissed from the program as allegations of NCAA rules violations surfaced. Juco transfer sat out 2005-06 campaign taking classes to meet academic requirements.

DeMario Mayfield, Georgia (Mark Fox)/Charlotte (Alan Major)/Morehead State (Sean Woods)/Angelo State TX (Chris Beard) - Indicted on charges for conspiracy to commit armed robbery stemming from his arrest in late May 2013 with a former Georgia football player after they were caught with guns, gloves and masks in the middle of the night (served 10 1/2 months in diversion program and year on probation after pleading guilty). Charlotte's leading scorer was kicked off the 49ers' squad in late February 2013 in connection with a suspension taking place the previous month over a violation of athletic department guidelines (suspended three times before dismissal). In 2012, he was charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession.

O.J. Mayo, Southern California (Tim Floyd) - Banned from the NBA for two years in summer of 2016 after testing positive for a drug of abuse (acknowledged smoking marijuana and abusing a prescription pain medication). Mayo lost his Milwaukee-area home to foreclosure in summer of 2019. Previously, he was suspended 10 NBA games for testing positive for a PED he claimed came from an energy drink purchased at a gas station. USC forfeited all of its victories in 2007-08 in his only season with the Trojans after ruling that All-Pac-10 Conference first-team selection received improper benefits. A week before leading Huntington (W. Va.) to a state title, he and three other men were cited for misdemeanor simple possession of marijuana. His father, Kenny Ziegler, was charged just before Christmas in 2010 with attempted murder after striking a police officer with his car about 3:30 a.m. In early January 2012, Ziegler was sentenced to 130 months in prison for distribution of crack cocaine and being a felon in possession of firearms.

Trevor Mbakwe, Marquette (Tom Crean)/Minnesota (Tubby Smith) - The Gophers' leading scorer and rebounder when he was arrested and jailed in January 2011 for violating a harassment restraining order obtained by a former girlfriend. Mbakwe was not permitted to play the previous season while facing a felony battery charge stemming from his stint at Miami-Dade Community College. His accuser claimed Mbakwe punched her and broke facial bones requiring surgery. Arrested during summer prior to 2012-13 campaign for driving while intoxicated and was sentenced to one year of probation and community service.

Ed McCants, Northwestern (Kevin O'Neill and Bill Carmody)/Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Bruce Pearl) - Horizon League Player of the Year in 2004-05 was sentenced in mid-June 2009 to a year in jail for six misdemeanors related to a domestic abuse case. While at correctional facility, juco recruit made 210 calls over a two-week period to the woman, which she found intimidating. At the sentencing hearing, the woman told circuit judge that McCants choked her and threatened to burn her face on a kitchen stove during other incidents. McCants was kicked off NU's team in fall of 2001 after he and former player Casey Cortez faced charges stemming from a fight with Evanston couple who left their home shortly after 10:00 p.m. to ask loud group to be quiet.

Xavier McDaniel, Wichita State (Gene Smithson) - All-American in 1984-85 when leading nation in scoring and rebounding was charged in March 1986 with assaulting his then-wife (charge dropped after agreeing to family counseling for anger management). In late summer 1996, he was charged with domestic-violence assault against his girlfriend (accused of choking her and preventing 911 call).

Danny McElroy, Bowling Green State (Louis Orr) - Part-time starter in 2010-11 (5 ppg and 3.3 rpg) was arrested and charged with aggravated robbery and theft during the summer of 2011 after the Cincinnati native was dismissed from the Falcons' program a couple of months earlier. A 16-year-old girl set up the armed home invasion of her mother. In February 2010, he was arrested and charged with marijuana possession.

Cornelius "Scooter" McFadgon, Memphis (John Calipari)/Tennessee (Buzz Peterson) - The Volunteers' leading scorer in 2003-04 (17.6 ppg) was charged with drug-related offenses in Texas in June 2014 after police said they found a kilogram of cocaine and 193 pounds of marijuana in SUV he was driving. Indicted in mid-August 2017 as part of the "Cocaine Cowboy" operation and described as "a high-level distributor." Sentenced to 20 years behind bars.

Andre and Darrell McGee, New Mexico (Dave Bliss) - In June, 1998, the brothers were each charged with distribution of crack cocaine. Darrell was also charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute, while Andre was also charged with two counts of possession. Darrell pleaded guilty to intent to sell more than five grams of crack cocaine (given reduced sentence of two years at a federal prison boot camp). Andre pleaded guilty to more serious charges of intent to distribute more than 50 grams on two separate dates (sentenced to 10 years in federal prison). They combined for 10.3 ppg for the Lobos in 1989-90 and Darrell finished his career as the school's all-time leader in assists.

Marcetteaus McGee, Wisconsin (Bo Ryan)/Illinois-Chicago (Jimmy Collins) - Avoided jail by pleading guilty to a reduced sexual-assault charge stemming from an incident in Madison, Wis., in summer of 2002. Averaged 7.2 ppg and 4.2 apg in only nine games for UIC in 2004-05 before departing.

Michael McKie, Buffalo (Tim Cohane) - UB's leading rebounder in 1999-00 was one of multiple Rikers Island guards arrested in mid-January 2009 in a brutal coercion scheme (leading gang of juvenile prisoners in sadistic system of jailhouse enforcement called "The Program" directing thugs to extort, assault and intimidate other inmates). In sweetheart plea deal three years later, he pleaded guilty to assault and was sentenced to a prison term of two years.

Quate McKinzie, Buffalo (Nate Oats) - Ranking fourth in rebounding average for UB in 2016-17, he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of criminal contempt. McKinzie was accused of intimidation and trying to strangle a former girlfriend in mid-July 2017; reportedly making threatening phone calls from a holding center to the woman.

Daquein McNeil, Florida International signee/Minnesota (Richard Pitino) - Tagging along with coach after FIU release was suspended by the Gophers at Thanksgiving 2014 following an arrest for two counts of domestic assault against his 28-year-old girlfriend. According to the police report, McNeil allegedly ripped off the woman's clothes, "hit her with a large belt multiple times, choked her and poured cold water on her." Less than a week after his release from jail for this legal infraction, he was accused in summer of 2015 of violating his conditional release by contacting and allegedly assaulting the victim again. Baltimore police charged him with arson in the summer of 2017 in connection with the homicide of a man, saying McNeil set a fire amid a drug dispute with another person who was not the man who happened to be staying at the vacant house and subsequently died. After two trials and several other delays, McNeil was found not guilty of all charges.

Howard McNeil, Seton Hall (Bill Raftery) - Convicted at Norristown, Pa., in early February 1999 of third-degree murder in the stabbing death of a suspected prostitute. Police said the woman's skull was cracked when she was pushed into a wall before being stabbed to death. According to prosecutors, McNeil also stole a safe filled with drugs from the house. McNeil, an All-Big East Conference third-team selection as a junior in 1980-81 before being declared academically ineligible late in senior season, was found guilty of related drug and theft charges, but not convicted on more serious first- and second-degree murder charges. In 1976, he shot a friend in the head with a handgun at a Valentine's Day party, but was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and avoided jail.

Carl McPipe, Nebraska (Joe Cipriano) - Two-time All-Big Eight Conference second-team selection in late 1970s was sentenced in summer of 1994 to 22 months in jail for cocaine possession after originally charged with two counts of dealing cocaine. He had 1991 conviction in Minneapolis on a sex crime (five years' probation); drug possession warrant in Chicago, and drug, battery and resisting law enforcement charges in Hammond, Ind.

Cliff Meely, Colorado (Sox Walseth) - All-American in 1970-71 was charged in Boulder, Colo., in 1985 with possession of cocaine and two counts of selling the drug to an undercover officer. "I tried to distract myself from problems by using drugs and becoming an addict," Meely said. "After getting caught, they gave me treatment, classes, specialists, etc. My doctors taught me about the harm of drugs, and they were able to get me off cocaine and get me going in the right direction."

Scott Meents, Illinois (Lou Henson) - Backup center who averaged 4.8 ppg and 2.6 rpg with the Illini as part of perhaps its all-time top recruiting class from 1982-83 through 1985-86 was arrested in early August 2009 and sentenced to three years probation after an Oregon state trooper allegedly found about 10 pounds of marijuana and 19 pounds of psilocybin mushrooms in a Cadillac he was driving. Also served time in a Seattle jail stemming from assault charges.

Marcus Melvin, North Carolina State (Herb Sendek) - Three-year starter and All-ACC second-team selection as a senior in 2003-04 was arrested in summer of 2006. Melvin was charged with trying to strangle his girlfriend in the heat of an argument after she learned he was cheating on her with a woman in Italy and that the other woman was pregnant with his child. According to court documents, Melvin pleaded guilty earlier in the year to misdemeanor charges of assaulting and threatening the same victim. He was also reportedly accused of assaulting another woman, but charges were voluntarily dismissed.

Dean Meminger, Marquette (Al McGuire) - Unanimous first-team All-American as a senior in 1970-71, who said his cocaine use escalated after leaving the NBA, worked as a substance-abuse counselor for several years while still using cocaine. He was treated at the Hazelden facility in Minnesota and had several relapses in the 1990s, ending up in a facility for transients in Harlem. In late November 2009, Meminger was hospitalized after a fire reportedly started by a crack pipe in a Bronx rooming house before he was found dead in a Hamilton Heights hotel of an apparent drug overdose in late August 2013. In a 2003 interview, he said his longest drug-free stint as an adult was three years.

Mike Mercer, Georgia (Dennis Felton)/South Florida (Stan Heath) - Dismissed from USF's team after two arrests in a five-month span (misdemeanor charges of public consumption of alcohol and possession of marijuana). He had transferred from Georgia after being dismissed from that program for being "a disruption to the team."

Ron Mercer, Kentucky (Rick Pitino) - All-American as a sophomore in 1996-97 faced misdemeanor assault charge stemming from scuffle in Nashville strip club in April 2007 after police said Mercer punched a bouncer in the face. He was sued along with Chauncey Billups for attempted rape at Antoine Walker's residence in November 1997 in a case settled out of court (Walker sued for failing to stop alleged incident after socializing at Boston comedy club before also settling). In August 2013, a jury sided with Mercer in a lawsuit brought by an ex-girlfriend over the ownership of a $45,000 Range Rover.

Darius Miles, St. John's signee (Mike Jarvis) - The third pick overall in 2000 NBA draft after bypassing college because of scholastic shortcomings was arrested at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in August 2011 accused of attempting to bring a loaded gun through security. He sat out 10 games in 2008-09 for violating the NBA's substance abuse policy before being arrested that summer in Fairview Heights, Ill., on a marijuana possession charge. Despite earning nearly $62 million in his seven-year NBA career, he filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in 2016.

Nate Miles, Connecticut (Jim Calhoun) - Freshman who attended six high schools was expelled from UConn the fall of 2008 following a hearing concerning whether the Toledo, Ohio, native assaulted a female student. Miles, who said he got $250 every few days in high school from an NBA agent introduced to him by a former UConn assistant, went on to claim he twice received standardized test assistance from a UConn booster. When the Huskies captured the 2011 NCAA title, MOP Kemba Walker's original college roommate was essentially homeless, recovering from a violent assault that left him with a stab wound and punctured lung. "I don't feel like it's fair, but it's life; life isn't fair," Miles told the New York Times.

Kevin Millen, Georgetown (John Thompson Jr.) - Backup Hoya in mid-1990s was sentenced to two years' probation and ordered to return to his Memphis hometown and stay away from Washington after being arrested twice in fall of 1998 stemming from accusations of stalking and making threatening phone calls to Thompson. Charged with unlawful entry after being detained by campus security for allegedly trying to reach the office of the university president. In the wake of several dozen alleged menacing phone calls to the school's athletic office earlier in the year, he was apprehended the previous week and ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Court records indicated Millen was upset over job opportunities arranged by Thompson that didn't pan out. Millen had an unsuccessful primary run for Congress in 2010.

Al Miller, UCF (Kirk Speraw) - The Knights' assists leader in 2000-01 and 2001-02 ditched in-home monitoring device and failed to show up in circuit court for his trial on an armed-robbery charge. In early January 2003, Miller was charged with pointing a gun at local night club disc jockey and stealing $200 in cash, a pager and bank card.

Branden Miller, Montana State (Mick Durham) - Sentenced to 120 years in prison (100 for deliberate homicide, 10 for use of a weapon and 10 for tampering with evidence) after being charged with murder in late June 2006 in the shooting death of a suspected cocaine dealer whose body was found at the school's agronomy farm. Investigators said the murder weapon was one of two .40-caliber handguns Miller bought from a pawn shop two weeks before the incident. He was the Bobcats' third-leading scorer in 2004-05 before becoming academically ineligible.

Derrick Miller, Kentucky (Eddie Sutton and Rick Pitino) - Pleaded guilty to criminal intent in late November 2009 in connection with a ticket scam case. Police said Miller, who averaged 16.4 ppg for UK in 1988-89 and 1989-90, accepted payment of about $5,000 in advance for UK basketball tickets when they weren't available to him to sell. He also agreed to enroll in a rehab program with his attorney claiming Miller had developed a drug problem that led to his fraud.

Oliver Miller, Arkansas (Nolan Richardson Jr.) - The 6-9, 300-pounder was sentenced to a year in county jail after pleading guilty to first-degree assault and carrying a handgun. Miller, who led the nation in field-goal shooting as a junior in 1990-91 (70.4%), was accused of assaulting his girlfriend's brother during a cookout in Maryland in April 2011. The pistol-whipping incident caused the brother/victim to be hospitalized and to receive 11 staples in his head to close wounds.

William Mills, Tennessee (Don DeVoe)/Arkansas (Eddie Sutton/Nolan Richardson Jr.) - Died as the 1991 year started after being shot at a Fayetteville, Ark., nightclub with a shotgun and semiautomatic pistol. Mills was kicked off the Razorbacks' team during the 1986-87 season because of recurring drug problems.

Dirk Minniefield, Kentucky (Joe B. Hall) - Two-time All-SEC selection in early 1980s was arrested by FBI agents and charged in December 2008 in an alleged $10 million mortgage scheme in the Houston area. He previously had been involved in a program called Bouncing Back, where he shares his story about addiction and recovery (spent more than 450 consecutive days in county jail in late 1980s and early 1990s). In February, 1991, Minniefield was ordered to serve a 12-month sentence for violating probation. He had been put on probation the previous summer on the condition he remain drug-free after pleading guilty to misdemeanor theft charges.

Greg Minor, Louisville (Denny Crum) - Ex-girlfriend of the Cardinals' third-leading scorer in 1992-93 and 1993-94 and their three children were evicted in early June 1997 from home on which Minor put a deposit while playing in the NBA. He agreed to enter a program for batterers to avoid trial on charges he assaulted the woman in mid-June 1996.

Jason Miskiri, George Mason (Jim Larranaga) - Two-time All-CAA selection in late 1990s was sentenced to two years in prison and three years' probation after pleading guilty in spring of 2015 to conspiracy to possess, with intent to distribute, more than a ton of marijuana. As part of the agreement, Miskiri lost an upscale restaurant and lounge, which high school teammate of Maryland All-American Steve Francis acknowledged to investigators was established with proceeds from his role in a $12 million drug business. Juco recruit's restaurants were successfully sued three times despite his motto on the walls and on the servers' uniforms: "Good food. Good people. Good will."

Robert Mitchell, Duquesne (Ron Everhart)/Seton Hall (Bobby Gonzalez) - The Pirates' leading rebounder and second-leading scorer as a sophomore in 2008-09 faced charges with another former Seton Hall player (Kelly Whitney) stemming from an armed robbery in northern New Jersey in mid-March 2010. Prosecutors alleged that Mitchell and Whitney entered a home to purchase marijuana but decided to force eight occupants by gunpoint into a common area where they robbed them of credit cards, personal documents, cell phones, cameras and about $300 in cash. Mitchell, who averaged a team-high 16.4 ppg as a freshman for Duquesne in 2006-07, pleaded guilty in the fall of 2010 to criminal restraint and burglary. Mitchell, after testifying against Whitney, was sentenced to five years' probation for his role while Whitney received a three-year prison term.

Jacob "Jack" Molinas, Columbia (Lou Rossini) - The Lions' leading scorer and an All-Ivy League second-team selection as a sophomore in 1950-51 served five years at Attica prison for his role as a "master fixer" in point-shaving scandals, but he remained close to underworld figures. Molinas, barred from the NBA for betting on his own team, was murdered in the backyard of his swank Los Angeles home in 1975 in an apparent mob hit over unpaid debts. He was pursuing unknown pornography distribution dealings at the time of his demise. Molinas, involved as a partner in a fur-importing industry for several years, collected $300,000 on a life insurance policy in 1974 when the other partner was murdered.

Mel Montgomery, Canisius (John Morrison) - The Golden Griffins' leading rebounder and second-leading scorer in 1972-73 was ordered held for psychiatric testing in late January 1981 after arraigned on an attempted rape charge in a police cellblock while in the nude. He was committed to a psychiatric center in 1978 after arrest on warrants accusing him of petit larceny and possession of a controlled substance.

Harry Moore, St. Bonaventure (Tom Chapman and Jim Baron) - Arrested in 2001 for sticking up ATM patrons with a fake black revolver in his hometown of Philadelphia. Former high school teammate of Rasheed Wallace (North Carolina) and Aaron McKie (Temple) was a two-time All-Atlantic 10 Conference first-team selection who led the Bonnies in scoring and rebounding all three seasons from 1991-92 through 1993-94. Shackled by gambling addiction, he was sentenced in spring of 2016 to two to four years in prison for bilking 17 prospective renters out of more than $41,000. In high school, a drive-by shooter who thought someone threw a snowball at his car sent a bullet through Moore's left thigh.

Tremayne Moorer, Alabama State (Lewis Jackson) - SWAC Tournament MVP in 2011 was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to domestic violence charges stemming from an incident in mid-October 2015. "You tortured me," his ex-wife said in court. "I laid in my bed. You came and got on top of me and put a gun to my head and told me, "I'm going to kill you and then I'm going to kill myself.' You beat me. You told me that you had written my name on the bullets. You told me that you were going to allow me to Facetime my family one last time."

Donte Morales, UNC Wilmington (Buzz Peterson) - After averaging 7.2 ppg and 3.2 rpg in 2011-12, he was planning to transfer along with several teammates before being arrested locally in early June and charged with multiple crimes - including felony possession of marijuana and conspiracy to sell or deliver marijuana.

Brandon Morris, Georgia (Mark Fox)/Cal State Bakersfield (Rod Barnes)/Benedict SC (Fred Watson) - Starting forward was kicked off the Bulldogs' team in mid-July 2014 following his arrest on a marijuana charge (intent to distribute). The next summer, he was arrested for allegedly making a false report about losing his wallet and someone subsequently illegally accessing his bank account. Three men were convicted of attempted murder and robbery of Morris (cellphone and gold chains) following a late-March 2015 incident when he was shot in the neck, hip and calf in Fresno, Calif. Morris reportedly gave detectives several different accounts as to what happened.

Justin Moss, Buffalo (Bobby Hurley Jr.) - MAC Player of the Year in 2014-15 was dismissed from the Bulls' squad in the ensuing summer after he was caught with a couple of teammates - hired to change out smoke detectors and do other work at an apartment complex - stealing $650 from room of two different UB football players. Moss already was on probation stemming from a previous on-campus burglary.

Taurean Moy, LeMoyne-Owen (William Anderson) - Memphis product, who set a national H.S. single-game record with 24 three-pointers in December 2000 a day before he was arrested and charged with assault and possession of marijuana, was kicked out of Eastern Oklahoma State midway through the 2002-03 junior college campaign. The next spring, he was charged with first-degree sexual assault of a child in Nebraska, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and was sentenced to three years in prison. Charged with domestic assault in the spring of 2009 before pleading guilty to failure to have a Tennessee Sex Offender Registry identification card - or a sex offender designation on his license - with him when he was stopped on traffic charges in November 2011. All but nine of his 110 field goals were three-pointers in 2009-10 when he averaged 12.5 ppg for LeMoyne-Owen.

Aaric Murray, La Salle (Dr. John Giannini)/West Virginia (Bob Huggins)/Texas Southern (Mike Davis) - Redshirt transfer for WV in 2011-2012 when arrested during semester break and charged with marijuana possession in his hometown of Philadelphia. Arrested in early January 2015 after allegedly showing signs of impairment and admitted he had consumed margaritas. Jailed in spring of 2020 following a call about a woman being held hostage led sheriff's deputies tofind drugs in a residence. Upon a search of Murray's person, law enforcement found $6,415 in U.S. currency, which he said he won from gambling at a local hotspot, but had no vouchers to prove claim and "none of the hotspots in town are open due to the (COVID) pandemic." He faced federal firearms charge in early December 2020. Burdened by more than 40 interactions with law enforcement since 2012, he was sentenced in spring of 2023 to 170 months in federal prison for his role in a drug operation.

Gerald Murray, San Diego State (Smokey Gaines) - The Aztecs' leading rebounder in 1986-87 was suspended prior to the next season following multiple drug-related arrests in a four-month span before the Detroit native pleaded guilty to one count of selling rock cocaine to an undercover police officer.

Jerrod Mustaf, Maryland (Lefty Driesell) - The family of a slain Phoenix woman who was pregnant with Mustaf's child settled their wrongful-death lawsuit against him in September, 1998, for an estimated $500,000. Mustaf's cousin was convicted of killing the woman, but when the Maricopa County attorney failed to prosecute Mustaf, the woman's parents accused Mustaf of masterminding the 1993 murder. The parents accused Mustaf of paying his cousin to kill their daughter so he could avoid paying child support and the bad publicity that would come with an illegitimate child. The family alleged that her refusal to accept $5,000 from Mustaf, the Terrapins' leading scorer in 1989-90 as an All-ACC third-team selection, and get an abortion was the motivation for the murder (shot four times at close range). He was involved in a physical confrontation with his girlfriend in a school dormitory in 1989, assault charges were filed against him by his fiancee in 1993 (subsequently dropped) and he reportedly twice violated a protective order for his companion in 2001 (niece of Louis Farrakhan Sr.). Court records in the late 1990s showed that Mustaf fathered five children by five different women. His father, Shaar, was a self-styled activist and ardent supporter of the Black Panthers.

Shawn Myrick, Cincinnati (Bob Huggins) - Received six-month jail sentence, three years probation and 300 hours of community service in mid-October 1999 for sexual battery. Prosecutors said the woman was "substantially impaired."

Lee Nailon, Texas Christian (Billy Tubbs) - Following roughing up of girlfriend in his dormitory room, juco recruit was suspended for one game in 1997-98 after pleading no contest to misdemeanor assault and was ordered to pay $165 in court costs. Charges were dropped during the summer of 1999 after the All-American was arrested for suspicion of drug possession and evading arrest (through back window of Comfort Inn motel room in Fort Worth). Midway through the 2005-06 NBA season, Nailon was arrested outside Philadelphia in connection with a domestic dispute. He was fined $300, completed anger-management classes and ordered to do community service in case in which he was charged with elbowing his wife in the face and throwing a picture frame at her.

Dennis Nathan, Fresno State (Jerry Tarkanian) - Convicted of possession and distribution of crack cocaine in June 1998 in Portland, Ore., before he joined the Bulldogs. Nathan was averaging 5.6 ppg and 2.3 apg when he was suspended from FSU's squad in February, 2001, for conduct detrimental to the team.

Howard Nathan, DePaul (Joey Meyer)/Northeast Louisiana (Mike Vining) - Between 1996 and 2002, Nathan had five convictions on his rap sheet, although only one resulted in jail time, a 90-day sentence in 1999 for misdemeanor resisting and obstructing a peace officer. At NLU after encountering academic difficulties with DePaul, Nathan claims he feared for his life following a fight with a gang member and began carrying a gun to class. In late July 2006, his legs were paralyzed when an allegedly drunk driver slammed into his car in the early morning and sent it careening into a house in his hometown of Peoria, Ill.

Tyrone Nelson, New Mexico State (Reggie Theus) - Dismissed from the Aggies' squad in July, 2007, after pleading no contest to charges stemming from an August, 2006, robbery of a Domino's Pizza delivery man. A state district judge ordered the Prairie View A&M transfer to serve four years' probation and perform 100 hours of community service. Nelson was an All-WAC first-team selection in 2005-06.

Tyrone Nesby, UNLV (Bill Bayno) - Arrested in late January, 2008, on a charge of contempt of court. In mid-June 2011, the Cairo, Ill., native was sentenced to five years' probation and ordered to pay nearly $1 million in restitution for unpaid child-support obligations. In April, 2001, he spent the night in jail after being arrested in his locker room on a battery charge that was later dropped. While in junior college at Vincennes (Ind.) in 1995, the last of 14 children was accused of hitting a fellow student in the face in an argument over the O.J. Simpson verdict.

Jason Nickerson, Rhode Island (Jim Baron) - Backup freshman guard in 2001-02 was sentenced to 50 years in prison for 2007 sexual assault of 16-year-old girl who accepted a ride from him. It wasn't until a bank robbery case years later that police got evidence (DNA match) to solve the case.

Danny Nieman, Coastal Carolina (Cliff Ellis) - Three run-ins with the law in four years, pleading guilty to a misdemeanor drug charge in August 2009 in his hometown of Concord, N.C., before being arrested and booked by the Horry County (S.C.) police in early July 2011 for having an open container of alcohol in a car. Removed from team in mid-October 2012 after his arrest on charges of DUI and hit and run with property damage. He started 47 games over two seasons.

Mike Niles, Cal State Fullerton (Bobby Dye) - After playing briefly with the Phoenix Suns, the enforcer for the Titans' 1978 West Regional finalist before being booted from the squad due to academic anemia was convicted in late January 1989 of hiring a man to murder his wife and served a life sentence without the possibility of parole. She died of a shotgun blast to the back of her skull from close range. The prosecution contended that Niles arranged to pay $5,000 to kill his wife, a prison guard, to collect $100,000 from a life insurance policy. A witness testified that Niles said he wanted his wife killed because she "messed me out" of money from basketball. The cycle of violence continued when his aspiring rapper son, Brandon, was buried at 17, the victim of a gunshot to the chest by a rival gang.

Bryant Northern, Louisville (Denny Crum and Rick Pitino) - Busted in Indiana in 2005 for burglarizing a golf club, violating the terms of an almost-completed diversion program. Two years earlier, he pleaded guilty to stealing and forging checks worth more than $3,000 and was dismissed from the Cardinals' squad. He was back in jail in January 2010, accused of violating the terms of probation stemming from pleading guilty to class D felony theft in 2008. Northern's attorney said his client had a gambling addiction leading to the criminal activity.

Kendrick Nunn, Illinois (John Groce)/Oakland (Greg Kampe) - Second-leading scorer for Illini in 2015-16 pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery after initially charged with two counts of domestic battery for allegedly striking a woman in her apartment in mid-March 2016. The female wasn't the mother of his son.

Greg Oden, Ohio State (Thad Matta) - All-American center as freshman in 2006-07 was formally charged with battery for allegedly punching his ex-girlfriend in the face around 3:30 a.m. on August 7, 2014, at his mother's home in Lawrence, Ind. In a plea agreement, he was found guilty of felony battery with moderate bodily injury. During his brief NBA career, a leaked naked picture of him emerged wile Oden was sidelined with a broken kneecap.

Lamar Odom, UNLV (Bill Bayno)/Rhode Island (Jim Harrick) - Found unconscious at a Nevada brothel in mid-October 2015 before he was transported in critical condition to a hospital. Owner of the Love Ranch South said "it looks like he might have taken too much herbal Viagra." Less than a week before a DUI arrest about 4 a.m. and failing multiple field sobriety tests in late August 2013, the All-Atlantic 10 Conference first-team selection in 1998-99 reportedly was involved in a three-car collision on the same Los Angeles freeway with his white Mercedes SUV. Earlier in the same month, he apparently was holed up at a L.A. hotel room where friends were involved in an intervention trying to get him help for an undisclosed drug abuse problem. A month later, reports surfaced that Odom checked out of a rehab clinic after only one day. Faced drug accusations in 2001 when he violated the NBA policy twice in an eight-month span. There were all sorts of rumblings about his off-the-court woes in 2011-12 during his stint with the Dallas Mavericks before they parted ways following a heated halftime confrontation between him and owner Mark Cuban. Odom has spoken of his father's struggle with heroin addiction. Talking to the Miami Herald in 2003 about his marijuana use, Odom said: "I just couldn't control myself in L.A. . . . the lifestyle I was living and the things I had access to . . . A lot of times I'd think about it and say, 'Damn, am I fighting my father's demons?'" In his memoir, Odom said he used a fake penis to cheat on a drug test for the 2004 Olympics. After attending UNLV in the summer of 1997 amid reports he had assistance in order to "pass" the ACT, he received a citation for soliciting prostitution following an undercover operation by the Las Vegas police.

Mike Olliver, Lamar (Billy Tubbs and Pat Foster) - Southland Conference Player of the Year as senior All-American in 1980-81 was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder. Three-time all-league first-team selection repeatedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend inside her Raleigh, N.C., townhouse in February 2007 after she obtained a restraining order against him for stalking. The victim was critically injured and wasn't expected to live but pulled through after several surgeries.

Michael Olowokandi, Pacific (Bob Thomason) - The overall No. 1 selection in the 1998 NBA draft was booked on three felony allegations (cohabitant abuse, robbery and false imprisonment) in December, 2001, after being arrested past 3:00 a.m. at his home in Manhattan Beach, Calif. Three years later, police used a stun gun to subdue him when he refused to leave an Indianapolis club about 3:00 a.m. His ex, Suzie Ketcham, was arrested during a spring 2010 taping of a reunion segment for a reality show (Basketball Wives).

Chinedu "Nedu" Onyeuku, Illinois State (Porter Moser) - Juco recruit from Nigeria who averaged 7.3 ppg as a senior in 2005-06 was shot by resident's shotgun and killed in mid-November 2012 while breaking into an alleged marijuana dealer's home in Plano, Tex., with an accomplice around 3 a.m.

Stephen O'Reilly, North Florida (Matthew Driscoll) - Virgin Islands product who played briefly for UNF in 2009-10 was charged in the fatal stabbing of his roommate in Gwinnett County, Ga., in late March 2013.

Jose Ortiz, Oregon State (Ralph Miller) - Pacific-10 Conference MVP in 1986-87 was ordered to spend six months in prison and nine months in a drug rehabilitation facility after pleading guilty in the fall of 2011 to drug charges in Puerto Rico following an agreement with federal prosecutors. Ortiz was busted at a rental home in his central mountain hometown of Cayey where ICE agents seized 218 marijuana plants along with 40 rounds of assault rifle ammunition. Shortly thereafter, a judge revoked his bail, saying Ortiz had tested positive for cocaine.

Jason Osborne, Louisville (Denny Crum) - Forward who ranked among the Cardinals' top three in scoring, rebounding and assists as a sophomore in 1994-95 entered an Alford plea (admitting there is sufficient evidence for a conviction but not admitting guilt) after being accused of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest in late April 2013 at a downtown establishment.

Russell Otis, Southern Utah State (Bob Schermerhorn) - Two-time All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference first-team swingman (1984-85 and 1985-86) was acquitted in April 2001 of sexually molesting one of his players after being arrested the previous fall by Los Angeles County Sheriff's detectives on suspicion of having violating California's penal code regarding sodomy with a person under the age of 18 years. Otis, who had coached his high school alma mater (Compton Dominguez) to four out of the previous five State Division II championships, was fired by the school a couple of months after the preliminary hearing because of his failure over 14 years of teaching to obtain permanent credentials. Later, he was reinstated.

Doug Overton, La Salle (Speedy Morris) - Three-time All-MAAC first-team selection from 1988-89 through 1990-91 pleaded guilty to three counts of disorderly conduct and was sentenced to one year of probation following arrest in late April 2017 after Lincoln PA coach exposed himself to both men and women on a public trail.

Venoy Overton, Washington (Lorenzo Romar) - Backup point guard pleaded guilty to second-degree promoting prostitution. Overton was arrested in south Seattle in mid-June 2011 after a police investigation that began the previous month when undercover Kent, Wash., officers stopped a suspected 18-year-old prostitute. She told them Overton was her boyfriend and had brought her to the area and told her to perform sex acts for money that she would share with him. Near the conclusion of his senior season, Overton was given a continuance on a charge of furnishing alcohol to a minor in a case involving two 16-year-old girls.

Joe Pace, Maryland-Eastern Shore/Coppin State (John Bates) - Briefly imprisoned in Italy for possessing and ingesting a cocaine-heroin cocktail following his team's loss in a pivotal game. After returning to the U.S. in the mid-1990s, his substance abuse reached perilous depths, eventually rendering him penniless. The 1976 second-round choice in the NBA draft spent several years sleeping on park benches. He was the leading rebounder for UMES's 27-2 NIT team in 1973-74 before transferring with coach Bates.

Jalen Packer, Western Illinois (Jim Molinari) - Freshman guard with WIU in 2011-12 pleaded guilty to assisting a criminal for his alleged getaway role in an October 2014 armed robbery of almost $3,000 in cash at a restaurant. Police reportedly located Packer (sentenced to 360 days in jail with credit for time served) at a residence of woman who had an active protective order against him following accusation of punching her.

Victor Page, Georgetown (John Thompson Jr.) - Upon pro basketball failing to work out after leaving college following his sophomore season in 1996-97 when he was an All-Big East Conference first-team selection, Page resorted back to the street thug he had been as a teen in his Southeast DC stomping grounds and was shot in his right eye just before Thanksgiving 2003 and in his leg during the summer of 2005. In an interview with a local news station, he admitted his drinking, carousing and fighting hampered him (arrested for carrying a pistol without a license in 2004 and arrested for theft of a car in 2005). Page had been arrested his senior year of high school for cocaine possession and a number of gun-related charges. MVP of 1996 Big East Tournament, not teammate Allen Iverson, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in fall of 2013 after pleading guilty to second-degree assault (among 33 criminal charges in 3 1/2-year span in Maryland and the District of Columbia). Page went back behind bars after facing attempted rape charges in late 2018 when allegedly attempting to violently assault his girlfriend's 17-year-old daughter.

David Pak, Utah State (Stew Morrill) - USU's assists leader in 2005-06 served eight years in prison following rape conviction involving neighbor at knife point while in high school. Juco recruit, twice denied parole, was oldest player (upper 20s) in 2005 and 2006 NCAA playoffs.

Major Parker, Florida (Billy Donovan) - Staff assistant under Donovan after averaging 4.6 ppg and 2.6 rpg from 1997-98 through 2000-01 was arrested for selling half a kilogram of cocaine to an undercover officer in December 2004. Pleaded guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine. Completed a six-month sentence under house arrest and was sentenced to 2 1/2 years of probation and more than 200 hours of community service.

Richie Parker, Seton Hall commitment (George Blaney)/Long Island University (Ray Haskins and Ray Martin) - Became a national pariah in the mid-1990s after being convicted of sexual abuse at his New York City high school. Following a stint at Mesa (Ariz.) Community College, he was the Blackbirds' leading scorer as a junior in 1998-99 en route to finishing his career as the school's fourth-leading all-time point producer.

Lloyd Paterson, Niagara (Taps Gallagher) - Letterman in late 1940s had his Republican political career derailed in 1978 when forced to relinquish New York State Senate seat after conviction of stealing public funds while Niagara County treasurer (sentenced to five years' probation for 33 counts of grand larceny).

Darryl "Cuda" Patterson, South Florida (Lee Rose) - J.C. recruit, the Bulls' runner-up in scoring and assists in 1984-85, was arrested in 1991 after selling crack cocaine to an undercover police officer and received a mandatory 10-year minimum prison sentence.

Ruben Patterson, Cincinnati (Bob Huggins) - In July, 2001, the Bearcats' leading scorer in 1997-98 was sentenced to one year in prison, with all but 15 days suspended, and required to register as a sex offender in the wake of an incident involving his family's nanny. The woman settled civil legal action for more than $400,000.

Cody Payne, New Mexico (Fran Fraschilla) - Claiming he became addicted to the painkiller Hydrocodone while injured much of 2001-02 season (2.8 ppg and 2.9 rpg), forward pleaded guilty in summer of 2003 to three counts of delivering methamphetamines. He received 10 years probation, was fined $2,800 and ordered to do 820 hours of community service as part of a plea agreement.

Tom Payne, Kentucky (Adolph Rupp) - All-SEC first-team selection as a sophomore in 1970-71 received rape convictions in three states (California, Georgia and Kentucky). The 7-2 Payne, the first black player at UK, has been imprisoned for all but three years since 1972. He blames his crimes on lashing out about racism. "To me, racism is rape," Payne said. "It's the rape of a person's soul; it's rape of a person's identity. Whenever you make someone less of a person than they are, that's rape."

Gary Payton, Oregon State (Ralph Miller and Jim Anderson) - Arrested in Los Angeles in August 2004 for investigation of driving under the influence after being stopped by police backing down an entrance ramp on the freeway. NCAA unanimous first-team All-American in 1990 was charged with assault stemming from a fight outside a Toronto club in April 2003.

Charles "Tyke" Peacock, Kansas (Ted Owens)/Fresno State (Boyd Grant) - High jump sensation from central Illinois sent to prison multiple times because of drug dependency. "Any time I've ever been in trouble, it was for taking something that didn't belong to me to support my drug habit," said Peacock, a J.C. recruit who averaged 4.7 ppg for KU in 1981-82.

Preston "Trey" Pearson III, Mississippi (Rod Barnes)/Murray State (Mick Cronin) - Starting guard as freshman for Ole Miss in 2002-03 was twice arrested within two months (both for drugs). Received two-game suspension after entering a guilty Alford plea to a drug charge from fall of 2004. Dismissed from the Racers' squad in spring of 2006 days after arrest at 1:00 a.m. for possession of marijuana.

Anthony Peeler, Missouri (Norm Stewart) - In 1998, a federal court jury in St. Louis awarded a woman $300,000 in damages and $2.1 million in punitive damages after she sued him and testified that he pinned her down and held a gun to her head. Just before the 1992 NBA draft, the Big Eight Conference player of the year had an assault charge dropped against him in Kansas City. Peeler, placed on five years' probation in Columbia, Mo., the previous week in connection with another assault charge, had been accused of punching a woman in the face and wrestling her to the ground.

Quran Pender, Cornell (Scott Thompson) - Guard who averaged 3.1 ppg in 1997-98 and 1998-99 became a cooperator against a bi-coastal cocaine ring for which the Queens native previously worked. The struggling actor testified in spring of 2017 that he thought his high school buddy was involved in the December 10, 2012, mid-day execution-style Midtown murder of law student moonlighting as a drug mule. Pender, who earned a modest $10,000 each for appearing in two Queen Latifah comedies, agreed to flip in exchange for a five-year prison sentence (which he already had served). Pender admitted living a life of crime while a college student, stealing from the school and fellow students on campus while also selling marijuana.

Prentiss Perkins, Washington (Lynn Nance) - J.C. recruit who led Huskies in assists in 1992-93 was booted off team following fall after sex-abuse offense. Arrested in late 1995 and subsequently sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing and intending to sell cocaine and to fourth-degree assault for punching a policewoman in the face.

Gerald Perry, South Carolina (Bill E. Foster)/Southern LA (Ben Jobe) - Regular for USC as freshman in 1983-84 before playing briefly for Southern in 1986-87 was convicted of soliciting a prostitute and sentenced to 15 days imprisonment in late 1989 (following second such incident in three-month span). As an NFL rookie in 1988, the 6-6, 300-pound OT was charged with raping a Colorado woman at gunpoint before a jury found him not guilty. In May 1990, he was charged with assault of a 5-6, 130-pound man in a bar restroom but was acquitted by a jury. In spring of 1991, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor sexual assault and was sentenced to 180 days in jail stemming from an incident involving the fiancee of a Denver Broncos teammate (settled lawsuit with her for $245,000). In spring of 1994, he agreed to settlement with Anaheim, Calif., woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted by him in mid-August 1991 while working for his family as a baby sitter. Perry was injured in a shooting outside an Atlanta-area car wash in 2009.

Marcus Perry, Nebraska (Barry Collier and Doc Sadler) - J.C. product who averaged 6.6 ppg in 2005-06 and 2006-07 was an in-school suspension technician when arrested in mid-December 2017 following an incident inside a local high school classroom involving a female student. In a split verdict, a jury found him not guilty of sexual assault but guilty of intentional child abuse (sentenced to 18 months in prison for groping student in classroom).

Wesley Person Sr., Auburn (Tommy Joe Eagles) - Three-time All-SEC selection from 1991-92 through 1993-94 served time behind bars in Crenshaw County (Ala.) in fall of 2012 on a domestic violence charge before being apprehended on similar charges in mid-March 2014. Also arrested in January 2012 for failing to appear in court for traffic violations including speeding and driving without a license. Jailed several hours in mid-January 2013 after police arrested him on six misdemeanor charges. Fired from head coaching job at Enterprise (Ala.) State Community College in 2010 before his contract wasn't renewed at Bullock County High School following the 2013-14 campaign.

Frank "The Flake" Peters, Oregon State (Slats Gill) - Third-leading rebounder and fourth-leading scorer for fourth-place team in 1963 NCAA playoffs served 2 1/2 years in prison of a 10-year sentence following a 1989 conviction for statutory rape and drug offenses (busted for possession of 800 marijuana plants worth a reported $1 million). Affiliated for more than 20 years with a bar/dance hall in Southeast Portland, where he served everything from reindeer to rodent while presiding over events such as strip karaoke and lesbian dance party. He played a supporting role in a Netflix film The Battered Bastards of Baseball, which is purportedly about a minor-league baseball franchise that thrived in the 1970s during a time when it was the nation's only professional club not owned by a MLB team. While managing the Mavericks, Peters was also the maestro of several of Portland's most notorious nightspots, including Satan's Disco. Infielder hit .269 in farm systems of the Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos, Milwaukee Brewers, Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians in 10 seasons from 1964 through 1972 and 1974.

Keith Peterson, Arkansas (Eddie Sutton) - Member of four straight NCAA tourney teams from 1979 through 1982 was ordered to report to federal prison in late 1987 after a federal magistrate revoked his probation. Peterson pleaded guilty late in 1986 to a federal charge of possession of cocaine. Sixth-round NBA draft choice of the Dallas Mavericks was convicted under a special statute allowing him to have probation for a year if he refrained from the use of cocaine but he tested positive for use of the drug on three separate occasions according to a U.S. attorney. Also indicated in alleged 'social' drug distributing was Roger Clinton (brother of eventual President Bill Clinton).

Nelson Peterson, Idaho State (Wayne Ballard) - J.C. recruit and father of football star running back Adrian Peterson, an All-Big Sky Conference first-team selection in 1984-85 when leading the Bengals in scoring with 18.3 ppg, spent eight years in prison after an arrest for money laundering in connection with a crack-cocaine ring.

Mark Petteway, New Orleans (Don Smith) - Found dead at the age of 28 after suffering an apparently self-inflicted single gunshot wound to the mouth in June 1989. The forward, a junior college transfer, averaged 16.4 points and 8.7 rebounds per game for UNO from 1980-81 through 1982-83. He twice led the Privateers in scoring, including his senior year when they posted the nation's best record among independent schools.

Terry Pettis, Fresno State (Ray Lopes) - Sentenced to life in prison without parole for first-degree murder and armed robbery in the death of a junior college student who was behind the wheel of a car while her boyfriend sold marijuana in the seat next to her. Pettis had been arrested in his hometown of Minneapolis in May 2004 on charges of killing the woman when she tried to drive away during a botched drug robbery the previous month in Fresno, Calif., at a secluded lot near an apartment building. The crime was so grisly that the judge decided jurors couldn't see an autopsy photo showing the bullet's impact on the teenager's head. Pettis, a starting point guard for the Bulldogs in 2002-03 and 2003-04 before he was suspended for not completing a treatment program, pleaded no contest in September 2003 to misdemeanor vandalism and battery charges involving his girlfriend.

Larry Petty, Wisconsin (Bill Cofield) - The Badgers' leader in field-goal percentage as a sophomore and senior was arrested in mid-June 2011 for failing a bail monitoring program. Battling a drug problem and spending time in prison and homeless on the streets, he had previous charges of possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia, battery and strangulation. In 1992, he pleaded guilty to threatening his then-wife with a kitchen knife and lost his job with his alma mater as a liaison to the Greek community due to repeated absences from work. In 1993, he was sentenced to 10 years of probation and a year in the state's intensive sanctions program for his role in a check forgery scam. In 2002, he was sentenced to a term of six years when a rock of cocaine was found in his apartment - a violation of his probation. Petty, a New York City native who grabbed 15 rebounds in his UW debut in 1977-78, was a seventh-round choice of the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1981 NBA draft.

Kemp Phillips, Appalachian State (Tom Apke) - All-Southern Conference second-team selection as a sophomore in 1987-88 spent more than four years in prison after boys basketball coach pleaded guilty to having sexual relationships with three high school students from 2001 to spring of 2003.

Terrence Phillips, Missouri (Kim Anderson and Cuonzo Martin) - Two-year starting guard was suspended midway through junior season in 2017-18 and subsequently dropped from roster while investigated by university officials in the Title IX office. Multiple alleged victims spoke on the condition of anonymity with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, including one of them saying her complaint against brother of former NBA player Brandon Jennings involved multiple allegations of physical abuse. One woman said she reported an incident in which Phillips allegedly filmed a sexual encounter between them without her consent. Believe it or not, Phillips was voted chair of the SEC Men's Basketball Leadership Council in the fall of 2016. According to a federal lawsuit filing, predator sent one of the women a photograph of his genitals and Snapchat messages requesting a "threesome." In late 2022, Mizzou paid $400K to settle claims of botched sexual misconduct probe.

Tyrone Phillips, Marshall (Dwight Freeman) - All-Southern Conference first-team selection in 1992-93 was sentenced to 10 years in prison in July 1997 for distributing cocaine. In February 1994, he was shot five times in the lower torso and legs at a Charleston, W. Va., housing complex. The next year, he became a quadriplegic when he was paralyzed in an automobile accident.

Pete Philo, Manhattan (Fran Fraschilla)/South Alabama (Bill Musselman) - Guard who played for two prominent coaches in the mid-1990s resigned from a school for troubled girls in Saratoga County (N.Y.) in spring of 1999 amid allegations the then counselor raped and impregnated a 15-year-old in foster care. The eventual NBA scout, specializing in evaluating international talent, was sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty to four counts of third-degree rape. According to Deadspin, civil cases against Philo were dismissed before trial, thus allegations he had sex with multiple students never were proven in court.

Pierre Pierce, Iowa (Steve Alford) - Sentenced in late October 2005 to two years in prison for assaulting a former girlfriend at her apartment. Two months earlier, Pierce pleaded guilty to third-degree burglary, a felony, and three misdemeanors - assault with intent to commit sexual abuse, false imprisonment and fourth-degree criminal mischief. His sentence was reduced to 11 months due to good behavior and completion of sex offender treatment. In 2002, the two-year starting guard was charged with third-degree sexual abuse, but pleaded guilty to a lesser crime and was given a deferred judgment.

Russell Pierre, North Carolina State (Jim Valvano)/Virginia Tech (Charlie Moir) - Starter for N.C. State's 1985 West Regional runner-up served a three-year probation after pleading guilty to felony charges of housing fraud (lied about income and assets so he could receive federally-subsidized housing). A divided special grand jury accused Pierre of attempted extortion against Moir in 1986 after flunking out of school. The panel also noted his estranged wife received financial help from a VT booster to purchase an Audi automobile.

Jason Pimentel, Old Dominion (Blaine Taylor)/Longwood (Jayson Gee) - Forward arrested in early November 2014 and charged with sexual battery. He was back on the court for ODU after conviction before being dismissed for "cumulative reasons" and subsequently found not guilty during appeal process. In the fall of 2015, he was charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana before being suspended and not returning to Longwood's squad.

John Pinone, Villanova (Rollie Massimino) - All-American as a senior in 1982-83 was sentenced in late 2010 to six months of home confinement and an additional six months of probation, fined $10,000 plus ordered to cooperate with IRS to resolve outstanding tax liabilities after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor filing a false tax return. Three-time All-Big East Conference first-team selection and co-owner of a bar reportedly skimmed $130,050 cash from 2003 to 2005.

Scottie Pippen, Central Arkansas (Don Dyer) - Student manager-turned-1987 NBA lottery pick was arrested in Houston about 1:30 a.m. in mid-April 1999 on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after running a red light. He had been arrested for misdemeanor unlawful use of a firearm in mid-January 1994 when police found a loaded semi-automatic hand gun in his Range Rover illegally parked outside a downtown Chicago nightspot. Pippen had domestic battery charges against him dismissed after his ex-fiancée left town and refused to testify against him but was ordered to pay money in a paternity suit. He and his wife Larsa (featured on "The Housewives of Miami") are estimated to have lost around $120 million in bad investments, including a $4 million jet that didn't even work (had to pay another $1 million for repairs). Arrested in late June 2013 for felony assault of an autograph-seeker in Malibu after allegedly beating up the man and continuing to kick him even after he fell unconscious on the floor.

Carl Pollard, Brigham Young (Ladell Andersen)/Southern California (George Raveling)/Southern Utah (Neil Roberts) - Seven-footer was sentenced in mid-June 1995 up to 11 years in prison for sexually molesting three girls under 11 years old.

Devonta Pollard, Alabama (Anthony Grant)/Houston (Kelvin Sampson) - Withdrew from Bama after averaging 3.9 ppg and 3.1 rpg as a freshman in 2012-13. Prize recruit had been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping of a six-year-old girl in his home state of Mississippi. Prosecutors claim Pollard's mother allegedly took the girl from her elementary school to pressure the child's mother in a land dispute. In exchange for testimony against his mother, a federal judge approved a plea agreement allowing Pollard to avoid prosecution if the J.C. transfer stayed out of trouble for two years.

Olden Polynice, Virginia (Terry Holland) - All-ACC second-team selection in 1985-86 was charged during the summer of 2001 with hitting and spitting on a golfer after being struck by a golf ball in Salt Lake City. The previous fall, he was involved in two road-rage episodes that led to him pleading guilty (accused of flashing a fake police badge). In mid-October, 1996, Polynice was arrested at his home in Sacramento on domestic assault charges after his live-in girlfriend complained he threw her against a wall. He was arrested and charged with shoplifting a stereo headset in spring of 1986.

Roscoe Pondexter, Long Beach State (Jerry Tarkanian and Lute Olson) - All-PCAA first-team selection in 1972-73 and 1973-74 was fired as a prison guard in August, 1996, for alleged brutality. Less than two weeks after the dismissal, Tarkanian hired him at Fresno State to serve as a mentor to student-athletes. Pondexter, known as "Bonecrusher," testified under a grant of immunity for the prosecution in 1999 in a criminal trial of Corcoran State Prison guards. "A lot of things I did then I would never do now," he said. "But that's the mentality of the place. I didn't care if someone got raped or if someone got killed by staff. It was just another day's work. Pushing paper and we're off again. Bit by bit, I lost my conscience." Pondexter later became a substitute teacher in Memphis, where his son, Quincy, played for the Grizzlies after attending Washington.

Herb Pope Jr., New Mexico State (Marvin Menzies)/Seton Hall (Bobby Gonzalez and Kevin Willard) - All-Big East Conference third-team selection in 2011-12 was arrested for allegedly pulling a gun on a Pittsburgh-area bar owner on New Year's Eve 2012 after his friend was denied entry. In spring of 2016, Pope was charged in connection to an armed bank robbery and subsequently pleaded guilty. He had been arrested for DUI as a NMSU freshman (unresponsive behind wheel of a car with engine running and doors locked at 2:30 a.m.) prior to transferring and becoming SHU's first player to pace the Big East in rebounding. In late March 2007, Pope was a high school senior when shot five times with a revolver before undergoing eight hours of life-saving surgery. He also punched his AAU coach and was ticketed for harassment. His parents' rap sheets are comparable.

Chris Porter, Auburn (Cliff Ellis) - SEC Player of the Year in 1998-99 when he was the leading scorer and rebounder for the Tigers' all-time winningest team faced a warrant in late September 2010 stemming from a probation violation after he was charged with driving under the influence. Porter pleaded guilty concurrently to a misdemeanor marijuana charge but the jail time (one year) was suspended as part of a plea agreement. He had been charged in April, 2006, with driving under the influence and second-degree possession of marijuana. In August 2001, he was also arrested in Alabama and charged with second-degree possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of a controlled substance. Porter was suspended during his senior season for accepting $2,500 from a sports agent.

Coban Porter, Denver (Jeff Wulbrun) - Sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide DUI and vehicular assault in the killing of a 42-year-old woman working as an Uber driver in Mid-January 2023 when running a red light while speeding at about 2 a.m. Porter, who averaged 11.4 ppg and 2.8 rpg in 2021-22, had a blood-alcohol level more than twice the legal limit.

Howard Porter, Villanova (Jack Kraft) - Final Four Most Outstanding Player in 1971 served six months in jail for probation violation on a previous drug conviction. "I was a junkie like any other junkie," Porter told the Tampa Tribune. He was trying to trade money and crack cocaine for sex with a prostitute in St. Paul in May, 2007, when the probation officer was beaten to death, according to murder charges filed several months later.

Jontay Porter, Missouri (Cuonzo Martin) - Banned from NBA in spring of 2024 for violating league rules by disclosing confidential information to sports bettors, limiting his own participation in one or more games for betting purposes and betting on NBA games. Bettors saw tremendous profits wagering the under on a number of "prop bets" based on his statistics in two games he left early.

Michael Porter, Kentucky (Tubby Smith and Billy Gillispie) - Porter, who averaged 2.7 ppg for UK from 2006-07 through 2008-09, was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to giving and receiving oral sex with an underage girl. Court documents indicate Porter, arrested after a police sting operation, and the girl met at church functions, where he was a group leader.

Kenny Pratt, Iowa State (Tim Floyd) - After late December 1996 on several charges stemming from two-car accident at an intersection, holding cell "don't you know who I am" videotape showed two-time All-Big Eight Conference forward yelling, swearing and spitting at police officer. The incident, where his driver's license was suspended while manning a rental car he was unauthorized to drive, occurred just weeks after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct. Obviously, Floyd took the altercation very seriously by suspending Pratt for one game. In mid-February 1998, J.C. recruit from Chicago was still wearing his uniform following an IBA playoff game when arrested for contempt of court after a police chase. Officers commiserated with Pratt and his minor-league coach before the contest and they agreed to allow him to compete if he surrendered after the fray. Instead, Pratt tried to flee.

Kevin Price Jr., Duquesne (John Carroll and Scott Edgar) - The Dukes' scoring and rebounding leader as a sophomore in 1995-96 was sentenced to prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar drug trafficking ring making heroin fashionable in Western Pennsylvania. Federal prosecutors said Price was personally responsible for distributing 10 kilos of heroin. Along the way, the drug gang's members laundered their profits in shell rap music companies and purchased palatial out-of-state homes.

Lloyd Price, Xavier (Skip Prosser)/Fairleigh Dickinson (Tom Green) - Delaware product, the most highly-rated recruit in Xavier history before transferring, was charged with FDU teammate Douglas Whittler in the armed robbery of a New Jersey convenience store in mid-November 2001. Price, who allegedly wore a hood around his face when he went into the store where he was a regular customer, was drunk as he showed the clerk a "starter's" pistol but dropped it and exposed his face when he went to pick gun up. Price cashed Western Union money transfers at least four times in the previous months at the same store. Later, Price dropped out of Kentucky Wesleyan.

Zach Price, Louisville (Rick Pitino)/Missouri (Frank Haith)/Winthrop (Pat Kelsey) - Dismissed from Mizzou's team following an arrest in early April 2014 in the wee hours of the morning on suspicion of assaulting his Adonis-looking Tigers roommate (Earnest Ross) and a female friend. Unbelievably, he was arrested and booked again later the same day for allegedly ramming his vehicle into a car containing the same two people. Ross filed a restraining order petition against Price the day before the twin incidents, alleging the member of Louisville's 2013 NCAA title team stalked them in his vehicle and tried to drive their auto off the road. Price received two years of probation along with 80 hours of community service upon pleading guilty to one count of misdemeanor careless driving and two counts of misdemeanor disturbing the peace. Was assistant coach Tim Fuller, who joined Mizzou's staff from Louisville, totally in the dark about Price's volatility before Price was charged with first-degree tampering?

Bryan Randall, Dartmouth (Paul Cormier) - Facing a pending divorce, All-Ivy League selection in 1986-87 and 1987-88 dropped his two youngest children in the murky waters of an Orlando-area office park lake in mid-September 2003 (two-year-old girl drowned and four-year-old boy saved only by fate's hand and a passing fisherman) before loading his two older sons into the family's Dodge Durango and intentionally swerving in front of an oncoming semitrailer slicing his SUV nearly in two on the interstate (killing him and the one son bearing his name). In a suicide letter found in the wreckage, jobless-and-despondent Randall, who led Ivy League in assists as a senior, wrote he wanted to kill himself and his children because he disapproved of how his estranged wife cared for them. Randall, slapped with a restraining order hinging on sordid charges of sexual humiliation and blackmail, had discovered her infidelity by tapping their home's phone. In the late 1990s, he filed for bankruptcy and had bank foreclose on his condominium in Silver Spring, Md., prior to accepting a job with WorldCom before the telecom giant collapsed.

Zach Randolph, Michigan State (Tom Izzo) - Starting center as a freshman for 2001 Final Four team was implicated in the spring of 2010 after Indianapolis police found a coller filled with marijuana in a Cadillac Escalade registered to him plus gun ammunition stowed inside a hidden compartment. Cops raided storage space rented by Randolph, where weed and "(four) cards with secret compartments" were found. Randolph's previous problems when he was a member of the Portland "Jail" Blazers included underage drinking, sucker punching a teammate in practice, reportedly being spotted at a strip club while on bereavement leave and getting sued by an exotic dancer for sexual assault although police never filed criminal charges. Randolph, who chose "I'm 'n Luv (Wit a Stripper)" as his pregame warm-up song in Portland, was questioned but not charged in an August 2004 nightclub dance-floor shooting in Indiana leaving three people wounded. His brother, Roger, was sentenced to three years in prison in a plea deal before he was shot and killed in summer of 2018 outside a bar in their hometown around 5 a.m. Zach was convicted of battery in 1997, and spent time in a juvenile detention center in 1999 for receiving stolen guns. He also had a DUI in Los Angeles in 2009 and police claimed Randolph invited a drug dealer to a party gone awry at his Oregon home in August 2011. Following a chartered cruise, the expectation was that the invitee would sell marijuana to the guests but his asking price apparently was too high and he was beat with pool cues by multiple individuals. In the fall of 2017, Randolph had a felony marijuana-distribution charge in Sacramento reduced to a misdemeanor (resisting arrest).

Gerald "J.R." Raymond, Oklahoma (Kelvin Sampson) - One of the Sooners' top four scorers late in 2000-01 season when dismissed from squad due to a violation of team policy (admitted failing drug test). Later that year, the runner-up in scoring to All-American Eduardo Najera the previous campaign was arrested for misdemeanor complaints of possessing marijuana and trespassing on a campus parking lot. In late summer 2005, he was one of two men facing federal prosecution for a series of cash advance and other business robberies stretching over five states.

Justin Reed, Mississippi (Rod Barnes) - Three-time All-SEC selection from 2001-02 through 2003-04 was arrested in spring of 2011 in Jackson, Miss., for possession of more than a kilogram of marijuana. In September 2007, Reed was arrested for misdemeanor possession of marijuana.

Grady Reynolds, St. John's (Mike Jarvis) - J.C. recruit attended an anger-management course as part of a plea-bargain agreement stemming from arrest and charges of assaulting and harassing a female athlete (full-ride swimming scholarship) in campus dormitory in mid-November 2002. Expelled by St. John's late in 2003-04 season following road trip to Pittsburgh strip club with five teammates (after 20-point defeat). Jarvis said: "People don't lose privileges because of allegations. There's teaching and learning of lessons in everything. We're trying to shape our young men here."

Lafester Rhodes, Iowa State (Johnny Orr) - All-Big Eight Conference second-team selection in 1987-88 was charged with second-degree burglary for allegedly ransacking a woman's apartment in the spring of 1988. Although nothing was stolen, police said the burglary charge was filed because a crime likely was committed after a forced entry. Slashing of water bed arouse out of a domestic dispute with Memphis product's apparent ex-girlfriend. Orr told Rhodes' CBA coach that Lafester "couldn't read past a sixth-grade level."

Glen Rice Sr., Michigan (Bill Frieder and Steve Fisher) - The Wolverines' all-time leading scorer was charged with felony battery in January 2008, but the charges were dropped the next month. He went to estranged wife Christina Rice's home and was said to have punched a man several times. The man, hiding in a closet, was cut on the forehead and needed nine stitches. Cristy was featured in "The Housewives of Miami" reality show. Rice's son with the same name was dismissed from Georgia Tech's squad following the 2011-12 season by coach Brian Gregory after a shooting incident at a nightclub. Junior was jailed in late July 2016 for felony robbery and aggravated battery. The previous fall, Junior was charged with reckless conduct and possession of marijuana after he was shot in the leg in an altercation beginning at a downtown Atlanta restaurant co-founded by rapper/actor T.I. In mid-February 2017, Junior was arrested for allegedly punching a bouncer in the face twice at a Miami strip club. In spring of 2018, Junior was cut from his professional team in Israel as a result of punching a teammate in the face in their locker room before arrested in New Zealand in fall of 2019 following an incident outside an Auckland bar.

Kenneth Rice, Alabama (Wimp Sanderson) - Backup guard for the Crimson Tide's SEC Tournament champions in the early 1990s was sentenced in late September 2001 to 18 months in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine. Rice, who was granted leniency for his testimony against an accomplice of former Bama running back Sherman Williams, died during heart surgery less than four years later at the age of 35.

Jason Richardson, Michigan State (Tom Izzo) - Leading scorer for 2001 Final Four team was found guilty of domestic violence in early summer of 2003 stemming from a dispute with an ex-girlfriend at her home in Saginaw, Mich., resulting in a three-game suspension by the NBA and a one-year probation sentence. Fresh off a DUI arrest, he was pulled over in late 2008 for going 90 mph in a 35-mph zone with his three-year-old son in the back of vehicle (although not in car seat).

Jerome "Pooh" Richardson, UCLA (Walt Hazzard and Jim Harrick) - Reluctantly testified in September, 2009, that his close friend, a Philadelphia police officer (subsequently sentenced to two years in prison), tipped him about an imminent drug raid involving his half-sister. Richardson, a three-time All-Pacific-10 Conference selection in the late 1980s, testified under a grant of immunity about two phone calls around 3 a.m. from childhood friend Rickie Durham in August 2005. Durham told him the FBI was about to take down a drug kingpin along with the sister. Richardson said he quickly called his sister at the $500,000 New Jersey home she shared with the drug dealer and told her to "leave right now." Durham was one of about 200 officers involved in the two-state raid on Alton Coles' $25 million crack-cocaine empire. Wiretaps show that Coles made numerous calls to his underlings just after 3 a.m., including one in which he tells another grilfriend to get rid of his gun. According to prosecutors, the leak could have cost officers their lives.

Micheal Ray Richardson, Montana (Jud Heathcote and Jim Brandenburg) - Three-time All-Big Sky Conference first-team selection (1975-76 through 1977-78) was still playing professionally in Europe in his mid-40s after taking a wrong turn because of drug abuse. He was banned by the NBA's three-strikes-and-you're-out drug policy in 1986. Richardson reportedly fell off the wagon in 1991 when he tested positive for cocaine and was released by a team in the Italian League, although he disputed the results.

Jereme Richmond, Illinois (Bruce Weber) - Declared early for the 2011 NBA draft but wasn't selected after a mediocre freshman campaign (7.6 ppg and almost as many turnovers as assists). By the end of summer, he was behind bars after allegedly beating, threatening and spitting on his teenage girlfriend. Richmond and an associate were arrested in North Chicago outside the victim's home after police found a loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol in the car the men had driven. Sent back to jail in late October 2012 after officials said he failed several conditions of his probation stemming from a guilty plea on charges of unlawful use of a weapon. Convicted of threatening a probation officer in April 2013, allegedly telling the female to "be real safe" and mimicking the act of holding a gun to her.

Andre Riddick, Kentucky (Rick Pitino) - In early August 2018, UK's leader in blocked shots four straight seasons from 1991-92 through 1994-95 faced charges of alcohol intoxication in a public place, fourth-degree assault, disorderly conduct in the second degree and resisting arrest. After leaving a bar, Riddick allegedly picked up his girlfriend and pushed or tossed her down stairs before punching her in the chest.

J.R. Rider, UNLV (Jerry Tarkanian and Rollie Massimino) - In the fall of 2011 he was arrested on a parole violation in Arizona stemming from an incident the previous year when he fled police after they attempted to stop him from driving erratically. His chronic legal problems included an arrest at 5 a.m. in July, 2006, for felony cocaine possession at a home in the Oakland area. Bail was set at $2 million in six months earlier in Marin County (Calif.) following his arrest for kidnapping and battery of a female acquaintance. Rider also faced an outstanding warrant for resisting arrest in Alameda County. In May 1997, he was convicted of marijuana possession and later pleaded no contest to possessing unregistered cellular phones. There had been questions whether Rider, an All-American in 1992-93, did all the work in an English summer correspondence course allowing him to maintain his eligibility for Massimino's first season with the Rebels.

Derrick Riley, Fresno State (Boyd Grant)/Fresno Pacific - Part-time starter for FSU in 1984-85 was convicted of second-degree murder of his wife and unborn child and sentenced to 30 years to life in prison. He was accused of suffocating his wife, who was 7 1/2 months pregnant with their second child, after her body was found floating in a Bakersfield area aqueduct in early February 1994. Court papers said there had an argument over his using drugs and theft of a church's cash box.

Eddie Rios, Miami FL (Frank Haith)/Texas State (Doug Davalos) - Part-time starting guard was arrested and jailed in late January 2009 on charges of burglary and grand theft (excess of $6,000 worth of electronic equipment from other Miami students, including four laptop computers). Arrested in mid-June 2009 for drug possession with the intent to sell before he was released from jail after his father convinced the state attorney's office that he was solely responsible for a grow house. The father had a prior criminal record, including 4 1/2 years in state prison in the 1990s for several robberies. Junior left Texas State for personal reasons during his senior season.

D.J. Rivera, Binghamton (Kevin Broadus) - Pleaded guilty to one felony count of fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property. The All-America East Conference second-team selection in 2008-09 admitted that he used a debit card another student lost at a party to purchase a TV, underwear, socks and cigars.

Garry Robbins, Youngstown State (Mike Rice) - YSU's leading scorer and All-Ohio Valley Conference second-team selection in 1985-86 with 15.3 ppg was sentenced in mid-September 2007 to four years behind bars following assault charge on police officer and robbery. Robbins' arrest record went back to the mid-1990s and included theft, robbery, drug possession and felonious assault conviction involving a police officer.

Victor Robbins, Oregon State (Craig Robinson and Wayne Tinkle) - Dismissed from OSU's squad after 2014-15 campaign. In mid-season, he was eight contests into a 10-game suspension for violating athletic department policy when cited for DUI. Midway through his freshman year, Robbins was suspended three games for an unspecified violation of team rules.

Anthony Roberts, Oral Roberts (Jerry Hale) - After a drug problem shortened his NBA career, he died at the age of 41 in March 1997 when a 19-year-old apartment complex neighbor in Tulsa shot the 1976-77 All-American in the back during a heated argument.

Stanley Roberts, Louisiana State (Dale Brown) - First player kicked out of the NBA for drug violations after testing positive for high levels of amphetamines in late 1999. The ban was supposed to last two years, but was extended a year after Roberts, an All-SEC third-team selection in 1989-90, was arrested for cocaine possession in 2000.

Alvin Robertson, Arkansas (Eddie Sutton) - All-SWC first-team selection in 1983-84 was sentenced to a year in jail in August, 1997, after pleading no contest to four misdemeanor charges stemming from confrontations with his ex-girlfriend. He previously agreed to undergo therapy for spousal abuse. Robertson was sentenced to three years in prison in 2002 for a probation violation involving a rape accusation. In San Antonio in late February 2010, Robertson faced sexual assault of a child and sex trafficking charges alleging he was among seven people kidnapping a 14-year-old girl who was forced into prostitution and made to dance at a strip club. In mid-June 2014, he was arrested on a charge of violating terms of a bond involving his GPS ankle monitor. Seven months later, Robertson was apprehended after being on the run for a week upon reportedly cutting off his GPS monitor. In late March 2015, court documents revealed he had accumulated 10 bond violations, including testing positive for methamphetamine. In late November 2015, a judge dismissed charges he was involved in underage sex ring and exonerated him after case fell apart when it became apparent the state's only witness had lied.

Bernard Robinson Jr., Michigan (Brian Ellerbe and Tommy Amaker) - Four-year starter was arrested and charged with three counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct in spring of 2003. Pleaded guilty to two counts of misdemeanor assault and battery and was sentenced to a year of probation and fined $850 while allowed to play his senior season.

Clifford R. Robinson, Connecticut (Jim Calhoun) - Two-time All-Big East Conference selection in the late 1980s was cited for possession of marijuana in late July 1997, arrested for driving under the influence and marijuana possession in early February 2001 and suspended for five games for violating the NBA drug policy in back-to-back seasons (2004-05 and 2005-06).

Clifton Robinson, Auburn (Cliff Ellis) - Freshman hooper in 1997-98 accepted a plea bargain (contributing to delinquency of minor) following charge of rape in spring of 1999 when he was accused of having sex with an underage girl. Robinson also was a wide receiver and punt returner, leading the Tigers' football squad in all-purpose yards in 1998 with 943. While on probation, he was arrested on assault charges (involved in fight outside restaurant). In 2006, Robinson was found guilty in the aggravated battery of an off-duty deputy.

Glenn Robinson Jr., Purdue (Gene Keady) - On May 15, 2003, a Cook County (Ill.) jury found the 1993-94 Big Ten Conference MVP guilty of domestic battery and assault after police charged him with attacking his former girlfriend and threatening to shoot her. In the summer of 1999, Robinson was arrested for disorderly intoxication after being denied entrance to a nightclub.

Jon Robinson, Maryland (Lefty Driesell) - Terrapins backup guard in early 1980s was a radio/TV personality and stadium announcer for Carolina Panthers prior to becoming homeless after admitting being a cocaine and heroin addict. High school teammate of Georgetown All-American Sleepy Floyd in Gastonia, N.C., claims he was sexually abused by a YMCA coach. Robinson's wife obtained a restraining order after a household scuffle in mid-August 2009 and a relative had him hospitalized against his will for evaluation.

Oliver Robinson, UAB (Gene Bartow) - Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year in 1981-82 accepted a federal plea deal in June 2017 admitting that, while serving as a state representative, he was a crook and took part in a bribery scheme, thwarting Superfund cleanup of toxic neighborhoods. He was sentenced to a total of 33 months in prison. Robinson, who served in the state legislature for almost two decades, was expected to pay $660,783 in restitution and never again seek political office. Democrat Doug Jones, who defeated Roy Moore in a contentious U.S. Senate special election, reportedly did legal work for Robinson's foundation.

Rumeal Robinson, Michigan (Bill Frieder/Steve Fisher) - Best remembered for converting the game-winning free throws in the 1989 NCAA title game against Seton Hall, he was sentenced in early 2011 to 6 1/2 years in jail for financial fraud. The charges against Robinson were bank bribery, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and making a false statement to a financial institution. The two-time All-Big Ten Conference selection borrowed more than $700,000 from a bank in Iowa in 2004, claiming it was for a business. He used the money for personal purposes instead (buying a condominium, cars, furniture and investing in an energy company). He's a bankrupted "strip club addict," according to his adoptive brother. Sparked outrage in his Cambridge, Mass., hometown when he reportedly caused his adoptive mother to be forcibly removed from her home after being tricked into signing a deed that sold a house to Robinson's business associate while receiving no money.

Sredrick Robinson, Northern Iowa (Eldon Miller) - Assists leader as freshman in 1994-95 was found guilty of drug charges but granted probation stemming from traffic stop in November 2004 when he tossed bags of crack and marijuana during a foot chase. Robinson had two prior drug convictions - also ending in probation - and an earlier domestic abuse conviction resulting in prison time. He was tossed from UNI team following first drug arrest.

Leslie Rockymore, Michigan (Bill Frieder) - Captain of Big Ten Conference title team in 1984-85 pleaded no contest in the summer of 2014 to a reduced misdemeanor on charges he (reportedly driving the car in question) and two other Detroit men offered over the internet to trade drugs for sex.

Marvin Rodgers, West Virginia academic RS (Gale Catlett)/Wright State (Ed Schilling) - While a redshirt, he was expelled from WV in 1996 after pleading guilty to second-degree sexual assault (ordered to serve five months' probation and his name placed on state registry of sexual offenders for 10 years). Tagged along with his juco coach to WSU, where he was second-leading rebounder in half a season in 1997-98. After his senior year in high school, he was kicked off a state all-star team following an incident on a team bus.

Dennis Rodman, Southeastern Oklahoma State (Jack Hedden) - NAIA's leading rebounder in 1984-85 and 1985-86 has lengthy list of legal problems including being charged with domestic disturbance in early November 1999; arrested for drunken driving and driving without a valid license in December 1999; arrested in 2002 for interfering with police investigating a code violation at a restaurant he owned; arrested in early 2003 and charged with domestic violence at his home in Newport Beach, Fla., for allegedly assaulting his then-fiancee; pleaded no contest to drunken driving in Las Vegas in April 2004, and arrested in late April 2008 following a domestic violence incident at a Los Angeles hotel. In early 2012, Rodman bounced back into basketball as a coach for a topless women's team he launched for Headquarters Gentlemen's Club, the New York mammary mecca.

Marshall Rogers, Kansas (Ted Owens)/Pan American (Abe Lemons) - The nation's leading scorer in 1975-76 with Pan American was arrested in his hometown of St. Louis in late June 1987 and charged with assault and petty theft in connection with a shoplifting incident (bottle of Mennen Skin Bracer, stick deodorant, a pair of white sunglasses and three Baby Ruth candy bars worth a total of $13) at a downtown Walgreens drug store. Police said Rogers fought with two store managers, a security guard and three police officers before he was subdued after being struck in the head three times with a nightstick. Rogers, who was living with his mother and told arresting officers he had been out of work the previous three years, was confronted by store personnel and allegedly told them: "Here, you can have the Skin Bracer but that's all." After his diabetes worsened, he had both of his legs amputated below the knees before being checked into a nursing home in 2006. Rogers, who frequently clutched scrapbooks he kept of his playing exploits, died in mid-June 2011 at the age of 57 after refusing to undergo the kidney dialysis treatment doctors said he needed.

Reggie Rogers, Washington (Marv Harshman) - NFL first-round draft choice as a defensive lineman died at 49 due to a combination of cocaine and alcohol intoxication after being sentenced to a year in jail for his sixth conviction for drunken driving. In 1988, the two-way athlete who averaged 5.7 ppg and 3.9 rpg in three varsity basketball seasons for the Huskies (1982-83 through 1984-85) killed three teenagers in a drunk driving accident and spent 16 months in prison for vehicular homicide. When asked by a judge years later why he should receive leniency, the serial felon said: "Because I'm Reggie Rogers. In case you don't remember, I once carried the entire state of Washington on my back." His brother (Don) died in 1986 at age 23 of a heart attack caused by cocaine overdose. Daughter Regina was an All-Pac-12 Conference center for women's team at his alma mater.

Bobbie Javaar Roots, Weber State (Gene Visscher)/Utah (Jerry Pimm) - Arraigned in mid-June 1989 as part of federal probe in a bank robbery after previously pleading guilty to robbing a branch of same bank. Roots had been booked into the Salt Lake County jail more than a dozen times, according jail records, since playing for the two state universities in the last half of the 1970s.

Karel Rosario, Florida International (Shakey Rodriguez and Donnie Marsh) - FIU's leading rebounder as a senior in 2000-01 was a 6-10 Miami-Dade police detective in late 2015 when pleading guilty to dealing in stolen property. Rosario was sentenced to 366 days in prison for trying to sell luxury jewelry valued well over $100,000 stolen from a suspect's home.

DeWaun Rose, Xavier (Skip Prosser) - Special education teacher was arraigned on drug charges in mid-December 2006. He was found with crack cocaine, two guns, scales and other drug paraphernalia within 1,000 feet of a school. Rose was suspended with teammate Pete Sears prior to the 1995 NCAA playoffs after a nightclub altercation.

Jalen Rose, Michigan (Steve Fisher) - Caught hanging around an alleged Detroit crack house while a student and admitted taking "pocket money" from convicted bookmaker/booster Ed Martin while a member of the "Fraud Five" (never won a Big Ten title). Arrested around 2 a.m. in March 2011 on suspicion of drunken driving. Accused of operating a vehicle (Cadillac Escalade) while impaired (said he drank six martinis), he declined to take a Breathalyzer. Rose, who put the unbecoming "Uncle Tom" tag on Duke, was pulled from the air briefly by ESPN for failing to disclose his DUI arrest shortly after the release of a controversial documentary about his time with the Fab Five. Given a speeding ticket only hours after being ordered to serve 93 days in jail (all but 20 of them suspended; served 16 days).

Kevin Ross, Creighton (Tom Apke and Willis Reed) - He enrolled in college despite scoring 9 of a possible 36 on the ACT exam. The average ACT score for students entering Creighton at the time was 23.2. Ross, who left the Bluejays in 1982, attended a private elementary school after four years of college because he could still barely read and write. In the summer of 1987 he snapped. After locking himself in the Chicago hotel room where he was living, he began throwing furniture off the eighth-floor balcony onto the street below. Convicted on a charge of malicious damage to property, Ross was ordered to pay $7,500 in restitution to the hotel.

Steven Roundtree, Oral Roberts (Scott Sutton) - Received a three-year deferred sentence stemming from an arrest the first week in May 2013 on an allegation he tried to strangle his pregnant girlfriend in an assault at 3:45 a.m. Roundtree, among the Titans' top three rebounders all three seasons, was suspended from the squad multiple times for rules violations.

Curtis Rowe, UCLA (John Wooden) - Two-time All-American while helping the Bruins win three straight NCAA titles from 1969 through 1971 was charged in mid-October 1989 with possession of cocaine after Detroit police said they saw him and a companion throw packets of drugs on the ground. Arrested in late February 2008 in a drug raid in a building on Detroit's west side as officers found him with a baggie containing a substance believed to be heroin on his person.

Delco Rowley, Michigan State (Tom Izzo) - Member of 2005 Final Four squad was arrested in late October 2007 as a YMCA behavior specialist on charges of sending nude pictures of himself to a 15-year-old girl.

Clifford Rozier, North Carolina (Dean Smith)/Louisville (Denny Crum) - After years of personal and legal trouble (five arrests and bankruptcy), the 1994 first-team All-American was incarcerated in his hometown of Bradenton, Fla., in May 2001, after being charged with grand theft auto. Rozier, jailed after an accusation of stealing a Manatee County sheriff deputy's personal car, was on the run for about a month before police apprehended him in Orlando. His ex-wife had him committed various times to a psychiatric care facility under Florida's Baker Act. Drug panhandler had three vehicles repossessed and his liabilities included child support to three women. After spending time in jail cells and psychiatric wards, Rozier lived in a halfway house following a 2006 arrest on an assault charge. Arrested in summer of 1998 on charges of assaulting his mother but the case was dropped. According to a 2010 Sarasota Herald-Tribune story, Rozier was diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Bryon Ruffner, Brigham Young (Roger Reid) - High-scoring forward quit school in October 1996 after he was charged with theft for his role in bilking a local computer company. Ruffner, who was fined $10,000, allegedly assisted in the theft of $44,000 from Angia Communications by receiving fraudulent credit to a credit card account and endorsing and cashing checks forged by a former Angia accounts payable clerk.

Ralph Sampson, Virginia (Terry Holland) - Three-time national player of the year from 1981 through 1983 was accused of lying to federal authorities about his finances in a child-support case. Sampson pleaded guilty in 2005 in Richmond to failing to pay about $300,000 in court-ordered child support for two children who live in northern Virginia and have different mothers. Sentencing was postponed after he was indicted on perjury and false claim charges before mail fraud and false statement allegations were added. In a plea agreement, he was slated to serve two months in jail for mail fraud.

Shane Schilling, Minnesota (Dan Monson)/Cal Poly (Kevin Bromley) - Ordered transferred to a secured psychiatric unit upon facing felony-level charges for allegedly making threats and fifth-degree drug possession in June 2009 following three-hour standoff with police at an apartment. Abruptly left the Gophers after starting every game his sophomore season in 2000-01 before averaging 14.9 ppg and 5.6 rpg with Cal Poly in 2002-03 and 2003-04. In 2005, he was injured while trying to walk across Interstate 94 in Minneapolis. In 2007, he was in court facing charges of attempted robbery, motor vehicle theft and receiving stolen property (received three years probation).

Devon Scott, Dayton (Archie Miller) - Member of 2014 Elite Eight team was dismissed from squad middle of next season after caught stealing various items from on-campus dorms. Sentenced to three months in prison and five years' probation. Scott had been charged with domestic violence and assault in spring of same year stemming from argument between him and the mother of his child.

Melvin Scott, North Carolina (Matt Doherty and Roy Williams) - Point guard who averaged 6.8 ppg from 2001-02 through 2004-05 had rape charges dropped after an arrest in fall of 2014 involving a female acquaintance who according to police was "mentally incapacitated and physically helpless." Previously, Scott was arrested in spring of 2002 and charged with assaulting a female student at 1:30 a.m. at a local night club. Member of 2005 NCAA champion was apprehended again in 2010 for assault on a law enforcement officer after being approached for being drunk and disorderly. Before becoming a teen, Scott reportedly was arrested for burglary and carrying drugs and expelled from multiple Baltimore-area schools.

Moses Scurry, UNLV (Jerry Tarkanian) - A key backup player on the Runnin' Rebels' 1990 NCAA champion was sentenced to two years in prison in December 1994 for his role in a carjacking that left the driver shot in the thigh in the parking lot of a Las Vegas lounge.

Johnnie Selvie, Connecticut (Jim Calhoun) - Police arrested him in late January, 2003, after he allegedly had a physical altercation with a female inside a parked car (charges dropped as the court ordered him to undergo counseling). Nine months later, Selvie was arrested by UConn police on a variety of charges after the auto he was driving almost hit an officer. The junior college transfer averaged 11.2 ppg and 5.8 rpg for the Huskies in 2000-01 and 2001-02.

Johnny Selvie, New Mexico State (Neil McCarthy) - Earned notoriety when he wore an electronic monitoring bracelet during the 1990 Illinois Class AA state championship because of pending drug selling charges (eventually acquitted). He accused police of an unprovoked attack during a 1997 arrest (allegedly breaking three of his ribs), which also ended in acquittal. J.C. transfer led NMSU in field-goal percentage and blocked shots in 1993-94. In late 2006, his cousin was denied bail in the slaying of a bodyguard of Chicago Bears lineman Terry "Tank" Johnson at a Near North Side bar.

Charles Shackleford, North Carolina State (Jim Valvano) - All-ACC second-team selection in 1987-88 when he led the Wolfpack in scoring and rebounding was arrested in spring of 1990 for possession of marijuana, in late 2005 in Johnston County (N.C.) on drug and weapon charges during a routine traffic stop and summer of 2010 for selling drugs to an undercover deputy in his hometown of Kinston, N.C. (assigned a court-appointed attorney). Accused in spring of 2010 of using convicted NBA standout Jayson Williams' name after rear-ending with a Cadillac sedan a couple in Myrtle Beach. Denied allegations he was involved in a point-shaving scandal while attending college, but did admit that he accepted payments of around $65,000 from two individuals while playing for the Wolfpack. Shackleford's relationship with a stripper triggered his testimony at the murder trial of NFL wide receiver Rae Carruth, who was imprisoned for conspiring to kill his pregnant girlfriend. "Shack" was found dead in an apartment at the age of 50 with no assets listed in his name in Lenoir County tax records only showing unpaid vehicle taxes plus an outstanding warrant for failing to appear on a ticket for driving with suspended license and expired tag.

Ed Sheffey, Georgetown (John Thompson Jr.)/Norfolk State (Wil Jones) - After averaging 8.7 ppg and 3.5 apg in 1996-97 as Allen Iverson's replacement in the Hoyas' starting backcourt, he pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor charges (fleeing and eluding, one count of reckless driving and one count of speeding) related to a traffic incident during the summer when he was arrested for speeding (clocked at 97 mph in a 40-mph zone). Charges of possession of marijuana and resisting arrest were dropped. After attending junior college in New Mexico, Sheffey eventually transferred to Norfolk State but never played there in the aftermath of a head injury incurred in a pickup truck accident.

Tanner Shell, Arizona State (Rob Evans) - Guard who averaged 7 ppg and 2.8 rpg as a freshman in 1999-00 was arrested in late July 2018 on suspicion of stealing an ambulance from a hospital and leading Mesa, Ariz., police on a brief pursuit. Shell, released from the facility for a heat-related issue, told officers he used the vehicle, running in a bay while crew dropped off another patient, because temperatures were too scorching to walk home (116 degrees). Shell told police he wanted to purchase a sandwich but needed to go home and get some money first.

Anthony Sherrod, Georgia Tech (Bobby Cremins) - Beset by a manic-depressive illness, he committed suicide with a .357 Magnum revolver in April 1991 in a suburb of Atlanta. Sherrod had been arrested for driving under the influence as a senior in 1988-89 after averaging a career-high 7.7 ppg the previous season when he was the Yellow Jackets' top substitute.

Renardo Sidney, Mississippi State (Rick Stansbury) - The NCAA ruled Mississippi product academically ineligible in 2009-10 amid requesting tax documents and income statements to verify his family's income while they lived in relatively posh arrangements in Southern California. Upon securing his eligibility, the summer circuit prima donna was suspended twice for off-the-court issues (including highly-publicized altercation with teammate in stands during tourney in Hawaii). "I was getting money," Sidney told NBC Sports. "I don't know how much. They were giving it to my mom." After ballooning to more than 300 pounds, he did not accompany the Bulldogs on a summer exhibition tour of Europe. "I was getting all kinds of gear and clothes and shoes and I was No. 1 (prep prospect) in the country," Sidney told Rob Dauster of NBC Sports after going undrafted by NBA. "The internet and TV kind of got to me and, as a young kid at that age, you just feel like you've made it already. I stopped working."

David Sills, South Florida (Robert McCullum) - Survived being shot in the torso by a deputy U.S. marshal who was trying to serve him with a drug-related warrant in mid-October 2008. He previously was arrested and charged with trafficking in cocaine after selling the drug to an undercover officer. Sills, who attended four different high schools and three junior colleges, was dismissed from USF's squad in 2005 because of poor attitude and behavior.

Christopher "C.J." Simmons, Bryant (Ed Reilly) - Former co-captain and team leading scorer in 1990-91 was sentenced to five years' probation and 100 hours of community service after being arrested in March 1992 and charged with one count each of bookmaking and organized criminal gambling. Simmons was among five players indebted for $54,000 to the student ringleader, who operated from a storefront office in Providence.

Greg Simpson, Ohio State (Randy Ayers)/West Virginia (Gale Catlett) - Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year in 1992-93 was booted off OSU's squad following involvement in a series of unsavory incidents in 1994 - arrest for drunken driving (plea bargained), assault charge that was dropped, driving a teammate away from the scene after the teammate fired shots into the tire of another teammate's car, and a fight with a former girlfriend resulting in calls being made to the police. Dismissed from WVU's team after being cited in a hit-and-run traffic accident in the spring of 1996. In late November 2007, Simpson was arrested and charged in Logan County (OH) with drug trafficking, failure to notify an officer of a concealed carry permit, driving under suspension and speeding. About a year later, he was arrested again on similar charges. In late 2019, he faced felony charges of tampering with records.

Ralph Simpson, Michigan State (Gus Ganakas) - All-American in his only season with the Spartans in 1969-70 was sentenced to 10 years probation in June 1989 after pleading guilty to defrauding a creditor in Aurora, Colo. Operating a credit-counseling business helping people with poor credit ratings finance new cars, he was accused of arranging for people to buy cars by using false credit information on loan applications.

Lazarus Sims, Syracuse (Jim Boeheim) - Big East Conference leader in assists for NCAA tourney runner-up in 1996 resigned as Syracuse parks commissioner in spring of 2018 before pleading guilty to stealing $5,400 from city taxpayers (pocketed cash payments from park rentals and city fees).

Rekalin Sims, Kentucky (Tubby Smith)/Fresno State (Steve Cleveland) - Sentenced in summer of 2011 to a misdemeanor charge of trafficking marijuana. Sims entered an Alford plea - not admitting guilt but recognizing there was enough evidence to convict him - to a lesser charge rather than risk going to trial and being sentenced to years in jail if found guilty of trafficking in a controlled substance within 1,000 yards of a school. J.C. recruit was a backup forward for UK in 2005-06 before transferring to Fresno State, where he was removed from the Bulldogs' squad for violating their code of conduct although felony robbery charges against him were dropped. Sims, driving a Cadillac Escalade on a suspended license, had been taken into custody along with two other individuals who Fresno police say beat up and robbed a disabled man. He had just been reinstated to FSU's roster following a suspension for poor academic performance.

Tavares Sledge, Wright State (Billy Donlon) - Pleaded guilty and spent 19 days in jail following arrest in fall of 2013 on misdemeanor charges stemming from a domestic dispute. Dismissed from WSU's squad the following fall for a violation of team rules.

Andy Slocum, Texas A&M (Melvin Watkins) - Center was charged with two counts of possessing a controlled substance (anabolic steroids) midway through the 2002-03 season when he was the Aggies' No. 2 rebounder. Slocum was sentenced to 90 days in jail after pleading no contest to two misdemeanor drug possession charges. Better known for his time in WWE under the ring name Jackson Andrews, where he acted as Tyson Kidd's enforcer while on the Raw brand. The WWE reportedly eventually refused to work with him after revelations he was abusing his fiancee.

Ervin Small, Illinois (Lou Henson) - Member of Illinois' 1989 Final Four team faced a 51-month prison sentence after pleading guilty in June, 1999, to possession with intent to distribute cocaine. His term was reduced after high school and college teammate of Nick Anderson and Deon Thomas assisted authorities in prosecuting other drug traffickers. Small, who worked as a correctional officer, reportedly had prior convictions for battery and theft.

Aaron Smith, Wyoming (Joby Wright) - J.C. recruit who averaged 5.2 ppg in 1994-95 and 1995-96 was found guilty of first-degree murder for shooting a construction worker in the back of the head in early August 2005 (victim reportedly owed him about $400 from gambling debt from late 1990s).

Andre Smith, Xavier (Skip Prosser) - Son of Tulsa All-American Bingo Smith was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence as part of a plea deal. Prosecutors say he used a survival tool that included a machete and a saw to kill his Russian teenage friend in May 2004 in his apartment complex. Andre played for the Musketeers in the mid-1990s.

Bobby Leon Smith, Villanova (Steve Lappas)/Southeast Missouri State (Gary Garner) - Starting point guard for Nova before suspension late in 1999-00 season faced three counts of attempted murder and eight other felony charges stemming from shooting in fall of 2014 during an alleged heroin deal gone bad in East Chicago. After his release from ankle monitoring in late summer 2015 to allow him to attend a bogus minor-league tryout, he was arrested for cocaine possession, possessing an open container of alcohol and using a fake identification card. The previous day, his ex-girlfriend came to a police station to report she was being harassed by him. While attending SEMO, he was arrested twice - for domestic battery on his girlfriend and allegedly using a stolen credit card to purchase a new set of tires.

Charles E. Smith, Georgetown (John Thompson Jr.) - Big East Conference MVP in 1988-89 served 29 months of a 4 1/2-year prison sentence for vehicular homicide. Smith, involved in a late-night hit-and-run accident, was driving a rented van that struck and killed two Boston University female students on a busy city street. An assistant district attorney argued in court Smith had been drinking, and an eyewitness testified he ran a red light. In October 2010, he was found shot in the upper body in Bowie, Md., in a house where a significant amount of cocaine and evidence of a gambling operation were found. Smith had been a part-time bartender at a sports bar. The shooting reportedly stemmed from a gambling debt.

Jamar Smith, Illinois (Bruce Weber)/Southern Indiana (Rick Herdes and Rodney Watson) - Big Ten Conference All-Freshman team selection in 2005-06 was charged in middle of sophomore season with drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident (apparently believing unconscious teammate Brian Carlwell died after Lexus struck tree in heavy snow rather than suffering severe concussion). Entered a plea of guilty to DUI with grievous bodily harm, resulting in leaving the scene charge dropped as part of a plea agreement. In fall of 2008, Smith was sentenced to 18 months of probation for violating a court order (continuing to get alcohol-abuse treatment and wearing ankle bracelet alerting authorities if he drank) after spotted outside a campus bar about 2:30 a.m.

Jimmie Smith, New Orleans (Tim Floyd and Tic Price) - UNO's assists leader in 1994-95 was sentenced to four years in prison following charges in late summer 2013 with dealing cocaine and assaulting several law enforcement officers in a Home Depot parking lot in New Jersey.

Leon Smith, Fresno State commitment (Jerry Tarkanian) - Chicago product and ward of the state due to neglect from his parents. Committed to a psychiatric ward in Dallas for a month in late 1999 following a suicidal incident when the Mavericks' first-round draft choice out of high school threw a large rock through a house guest's SUV window and swallowed approximately 250 aspirin tablets before telling police officers, "I am an Indian fighting Columbus." After returning to Windy City, he was arrested twice within two days for threatening his ex-girlfriend and damaging her mother's automobile.

Phil Smith, New Mexico (Gary Colson) - All-WAC first-team selection in 1983-84 was sentenced to three years in prison on charges of aggravated burglary and aggravated assault with a firearm. He was arrested after an incident at an apartment complex in Albuquerque on July 19, 1994.

Ramar Smith, Tennessee (Bruce Pearl) - Accused of taking money ($6,000 cash), gun and marijuana in a home invasion and robbery in Knoxville, Tenn., in mid-May 2009 at an apartment complex. Smith, Tennessee's third-leading scorer as a freshman in 2006-07 was dismissed from the Volunteers' squad following the next campaign for allegedly violating UT's substance abuse policy. The Detroit area native was involved in a peculiar incident where he wrecked a friend's car but left the scene to go to the hospital before police arrived.

"Sudden" Sam Smith, UNLV (Jerry Tarkanian) - J.C. recruit, the Rebels' second-leading scorer for 1977 Final Four team, was arrested and charged with two counts of selling crack cocaine in mid-February 1997.

Tommy Smith, Arizona State (Rob Evans) - Pac-10 leader in blocked shots in 2002-03 pleaded guilty to the charge of aggravated assault and was confined 2 1/4 years in prison. He was arrested in January 2009 after allegedly backhanding his girlfriend when leaving a party, breaking her nose, driving her away against her will, taking her phone and abandoning her at the roadside by a lake. He later returned and took her to a hospital. They married when he got out of prison.

Troy Smith, Louisville (Denny Crum) - Regular for three NCAA playoff teams in the early 1990s served one year of a five-to-25-year prison term for the February 1994 involuntary manslaughter death of the mother of his infant son at her Cincinnati apartment. Police said the couple had been drinking when the woman was "body-slammed" to the floor during an argument, fracturing her skull and dying a few hours later.

Tyler Smith, Iowa (Steve Alford)/Tennessee (Bruce Pearl) - Iowa's leading rebounder and second-leading scorer in 2006-07 and Tennessee's leading scorer in 2008-09 was dismissed from the Volunteers' squad midway through the next season before pleading guilty to gun possession. He had been arrested with three teammates on New Year's Day after being caught in a rental car with two handguns, drugs and an open container of alcohol.

Kirk Snyder, Nevada (Trent Johnson) - WAC Player of the Year in 2003-04 before declaring early for the NBA draft was sentenced to three years in prison and fined $5,500 in restitution for breaking into his neighbors' home just north of Cincinnati at 3:30 a.m. and attacking them in March 2009. Snyder pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity but was later found competent to stand trial. He also was accused of two other attacks on fellow inmates while in jail and was rearrested after cutting off his electronic monitoring device.

Jeff Solomon, Cleveland State (Ray Dieringer) - Guard who averaged 3.7 ppg in 1974-75 and 1975-76 was accused in mid-February 1978 of the theft of $200 from a woman's purse at her apartment. He was on probation following a conviction in spring of 1976 on a reduced misdemeanor charge of possession of cocaine (also sentenced to 90 days in prison and fined $5,000). Original charge of possession of cocaine for distribution was lodged by agent after reportedly discovering coke and more than $12,000 upon searching him at an airport.

Michael Southall, Georgia Tech signee (Paul Hewitt)/Louisiana-Lafayette (Jessie Evans and Robert Lee) - Original Kentucky recruit was dropped by GT in 2001 after two arrests in less than a year (delivery and possession of marijuana plus violating bond by running away from police). Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year in 2001-02 was suspended at ULL for academic reasons in 2003. Three-time all-league selection ran afoul of his probation and was jailed after testing positive for alcohol and marijuana plus skipping meetings with his probation counselor.

Korey Spates, Purdue (Matt Painter)/Kent State (Jim Christian) - After beginning his Purdue career with a six-day suspension, he averaged 10.1 ppg in 15 games before off-the-court issues triggered his dismissal from team in mid-January 2006. Cleveland native was supposed to transfer to Kent State, but his scholarship was rescinded reportedly after a conflict with the Golden Flashes' coach. In spring of 2017, the Palm Beach County state attorney's office chose not to press charges against him for lewd and lascivious behavior inside the children's department at a Macy's store at the Boynton Beach Mall. When store security approached him, he ran away and was found hiding behind bushes.

Travis Spivey, Georgia Tech (Bobby Cremins)/Iowa State (Larry Eustachy)/Utah (Rick Majerus) - Received a suspended five-year sentence and had to register as a sexual offender in Iowa for 10 years after pleading guilty to stautory rape of a 15-year-old. The incident with a runaway from a youth shelter was at his Ames, Iowa, apartment in mid-June 1999 after sitting out a year following his transfer from Georgia Tech. He also had charges dropped earlier that year regarding striking a Hardee's clerk. In spring of 2002, Utah's assists leader that season was booked into Salt Lake County jail for investigation of battery in a domestic-violence case (allegedly hitting his live-in girlfriend's mouth with open hand).

Latrell Sprewell, Alabama (Wimp Sanderson) - All-SEC second-team selection in 1991-92 was charged in December 2006 with third-degree assault, obstructing governmental administration and five counts of endangering children. The complaint, dropped in early February 2008, said he assaulted his girlfriend in their New York City suburb home and refused to let in police for 90 minutes. It was revealed that his $400,000 home in Milwaukee was up for foreclosure and his yacht was sold at auction to help pay off the $1.3 million he owed on the boat. The next year, his $5.4 million home in New York faced foreclosure. Perhaps Sprewell wasn't exaggerating in 2004 when he rejected a three-year, $21 million contract extension from the Minnesota Timberwolves, claiming he had a "family to feed." During a 1997 practice, Sprewell choked his Golden State Warriors coach (P.J. Carlesimo), resulting in a 68-game suspension. In early 2013, he was arrested for disorderly conduct after police received repeated complaints about loud music coming from his Milwaukee residence.

Michael Spruell, Auburn signee (Cliff Ellis) - After two earlier prosecutions ended in mistrials, the J.C. recruit was convicted of rape and aggravated assault of two women in his hometown of Albany, Ga., in May 1996. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison, 10 years probation, a $5,000 fine and counseling for sex offenders.

Sean Stackhouse, Northern Iowa (Sam Weaver) - Juco recruit was the Panthers' leading scorer in 1998-99 (16.4 ppg) before Chicago native got booted from squad upon conviction on felony drug charges.

Jason Steele, Eastern Washington (John Wade) - EWU starter in 1991-92 pleaded guilty to having sex with one of his students in various high school classrooms in Spokane as a history and social studies teacher known as Sayeed X. Charged in 1998 with possessing crack cocaine (subsequently dismissed) in an investigation involving his brother, a Crips gang member who pleaded guilty to attempting to murder a California police officer.

Lance Stephenson, Cincinnati (Mick Cronin) - Big East Conference Freshman of the Year in 2009-10 was arrested in August 2010 in his hometown of New York on assault, menacing and harassment charges. Prosecutors said he pushed his "baby momma" girlfriend down a flight of stairs, then grabbed her and hit her head on the bottom step around 5 a.m. An escort claimed on Twitter several months later that Stephenson, as a member of the Indiana Pacers, stiffed her by 50% for a threesome on New Year's Eve. In October 2008, Stephenson faced a misdemeanor sexual assault charge for allegedly groping a 17-year-old girl outside his high school. The previous year, he was suspended for fighting with a teammate.

Ronnie Stevens Jr., Nevada (David Carter) - Forward who averaged 3.1 ppg and 2.8 rpg in 2013-14 and 2014-15 pleaded guilty in summer of 2015 and was sentenced to three years probation and drug court for heroin possession.

DeShawn Stevenson, Kansas commitment (Roy Williams) - In 2001 as a rookie with the Utah Jazz right out of high school, the Fresno, Calif., product admitted to taking a 14-year-old girl back to a hotel room, getting her drunk and having consensual sex with her. When Stevenson was 12, his paranoid schizophrenic father murdered his own mother by strangling her. A man was shot at Stevenson's Orlando, Fla., home in late summer 2007 after a group of men met several women at a local club and invited them to the residence. Questions linger about how Stevenson's SAT score increased so dramatically when he took the test in North Carolina. Busted for public intoxication in mid-June 2011 two days after helping the Dallas Mavericks capture the NBA Finals.

James Still, Providence (Keno Davis)/Detroit (Ray McCallum)/Eastern Michigan (Rob Murphy)/Southwestern Christian OK (Dave Bliss) - Forward pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 years in prison with four to serve after found guilty of assaulting a fellow PC student in 2010, leaving the victim with 16 facial fractures and a permanently-altered appearance. Lacy and an accomplice had been drinking at a bar, where PC players reportedly drank for free, and while walking near campus decided "for no good reason they would beat the first person they next encountered."

Damon Stoudamire, Arizona (Lute Olson) - All-American as a senior in 1994-95 was arrested three times on drug-related charges in 2002 and 2003.

Paul Stovall, Arizona State (Ned Wulk) - Juco product who averaged 19 ppg and 12.4 rpg as All-WAC selection in 1970-71 and 1971-72 was in jail before he attended high school and never did figure out how to keep his nose clean. Wichita native died in a motorcycle accident in San Diego during a driving rainstorm in January 1978 when he was 29. Stovall was in Kansas State Industrial Reformatory for multiple years after convictions on a series of crimes. Sentenced to two prison terms in two days in the fall of 1975 (4 1/2 to 5 years for aggravated battery on a Phoenix police officer to run concurrently with 5-year term for distribution of cocaine). The previous year, he was ordered to stand trial on a charge of committing lewd and lascivious acts in an ASU dormitory (two years after his Sun Devils career concluded). In late 1973, he also was sentenced to six months in jail on three counts of receiving stolen money orders.

Rod Strickland, DePaul (Joey Meyer) - D.C. police charged him with driving while under the influence and reckless driving in April, 1999, after the 1987-88 All-American drove his gold Mercedes Benz through three red lights. Four years earlier, he was arrested in New York and charged with hitting his former girlfriend. In late October 2000, he was charged with refusing to leave a restaurant that was being closed by fire marshals in Washington. Strickland was a Kentucky assistant coach in the spring of 2010 when he was arrested around 3 a.m. for DUI, running a red light, having expired tags and insurance violations after failing a sobriety test. A couple of years later, he was arrested near UK's campus and charged with driving on a DUI suspended license.

Damon Stringer, Ohio State (Randy Ayers)/Cleveland State (Rollie Massimino) - Horizon League Newcomer of the Year in 1999-00 was freed from prison in late 2004 after serving just over two years of a four-year sentence in the wake of pleading guilty to being involved in the armed robbery of major league pitcher C.C. Sabathia of $44,000 in cash and jewelry at a Cleveland Marriott hotel party. Jamaal Harris, Stringer's teammate at Cleveland State, was released from the same sentence a half-year earlier because Stringer had gotten into a prison fight. Stringer averaged 13.2 ppg in two seasons with the Buckeyes, leading them in scoring as a freshman and sophomore. Stringer left OSU because of legal problems, pleading no contest to assault charges in 1998 when police said he attacked a motorist and caused almost $4,000 in damage to his vehicle by jumping up and down on the roof and hood. Stringer and OSU teammate Trent Jackson were arrested in 1997 after a fight with police at an off-campus bar. Harris was back in court in July 2011 for drug-related charges. Jackson, after transferring to Bowling Green under coach Dan Dakich, was sentenced to two years in jail for robbing a carryout of $2,100.

Brett Studdard, Wyoming (Benny Dees) - J.C. recruit who averaged 4.3 ppg for the Cowboys in 1991-92 and 1992-93 shot his former girlfriend to death (once in the back and once in the head) before committing suicide in the fall of 2003 in Cobb County (Ga.). The altercation occurred two days after a permanent restraining order was issued prohibiting him from contacting the pharmacist.

Seth Sundberg, Hawaii (Riley Wallace) - Seven-footer who averaged 6.3 ppg, 5.8 rpg and 1.5 bpg in 1995-96 and 1996-97 was a mortgage executive, also going by name of Franco Metcalf, convicted in 2009 of tax fraud, mail fraud and false claims against the U.S. over a $5 million tax refund received after filing fraudulent return. Served a five-year prison sentence before founding Prison Bars, a company featuring "criminally delicious" snack bars inspired when toiling in kitchen during his incarceration and created nutritious handmade granola bars sold to other prisoners.

Lorenzo Sutton, Massachusetts (Ron Gerlufsen) - Three-year co-captain while leading the Minutemen in scoring three straight seasons from 1985-86 through 1987-88 as an All-Atlantic 10 Conference second-team selection served a 2 1/2-year sentence after twice pleading guilty to female assaults in 1992. He was also arrested for DUI in a Walmart parking lot.

Sean Sutton, Kentucky and Oklahoma State (Eddie Sutton) - Charged with four felonies in February 2010 for illegally receiving prescription drugs through the mail (case subsequently dismissed by a judge and his record expunged). Agents from the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs arrested him once he picked up a shipment of painkillers that were mailed in another person's name. Sutton (who secured a plea deal after agreeing to provide evidence against suppliers) reportedly told agents he received the drugs from people he met while receiving treatment in a rehab program, triggering speculation why he might have been unceremoniously removed from his job as Oklahoma State's coach after just two seasons. He replaced his father, Eddie, after the elder Sutton got into an auto accident in May 2006 while under the influence of alcohol.

Caleb Swanigan, Purdue (Matt Painter) - All-American in 2016-17 in 2016-17 was arrested around 2:00 a.m. just before Christmas 2020 on drug charges (police found 3.4 pounds of weed as well as $3,415 in cash and some drug paraphernalia). First-time offender pleaded guilty to minor drug charge (possession of marijuana). Weighing about 400 pounds, he was sentenced to 180 days (suspended), ordered to complete a substance abuse evaluation and comply with any prescribed treatment.

Zac Swansey, Georgia (Dennis Felton)/Tennessee Tech (Mike Sutton and Steve Payne) - Best known for making game-winning three-pointer against Kentucky in 2008 SEC Tournament postponed following tornado damaging Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Two-year TTU starter was dismissed as high school coach and online learning teacher in spring of 2016 after accusation of having an inappropriate relationship with a female student. He entered a plea for eight years of probation.

Melvin Swift, Xavier commitment (Chris Mack) - J.C. power forward died after shot in the leg and hit in the head with a bat in a neighbor's rental residence in southwest Houston in late-December 2015 after they arrived home from out of town and reportedly found him with a knife. Accused of swiping an iPod in 2012 but the charge was dismissed.

Robert Swift, Southern California commitment (Henry Bibby) - A part of the final wave of high school seniors jumping straight to the NBA in 2004, before the league introduced age-limit rules, was charged with unlawful possession of a short-barreled shotgun in mid-November 2014 after police raided the house where he was living. Swift, who had a grenade launcher among 26 firearms discovered on the property, told law enforcement that he was a heroin user but not a dealer. Swift's $1.35 million house outside Seattle was foreclosed on the previous year after leaving it littered in feces, maggots in sink, more than 100 pizza boxes, more than 1,000 liquor bottles and bullet holes in walls, according to the family purchasing the filthy residence. In early January 2015, he was arrested on armed robbery charges and eventually accepted a plea deal ($600 fine).

Stromile Swift, Louisiana State (John Brady) - All-American in 1999-00 was arrested in Shreveport in mid-May 2011 for stalking the same ex-girlfriend he allegedly threatened three months earlier by sending menacing text messages and then showing up at her home with a gun. As part of a plea deal, Swift received a suspended sentence of six months in the parish jail and was ordered to serve 18 months on supervised probation.

Melvin Tabb, Wake Forest (Jeff Bzdelik)/Kent State (Rob Senderoff) - Dismissed from Wake before the 2011-12 season following arrest for felony breaking and entering charges. J.C. recruit was suspended from KSU late in 2013-14 campaign for unknown reasons.

Marlow Talley, Virginia Commonwealth (Sonny Smith) - Forward who averaged 4.9 ppg and 2.8 rpg in 1994-95 and 1995-96 pleaded no contest in September 2014 to sexual assault charges for crimes against a 12-year-old girl. The trainer was sentenced to 15 years in prison after investigators retrieved an estimated 8,600 text and email messages between them.

Chop Nguot Tang, Green Bay (Tod Kowalczyk) - Forward who averaged 8.7 ppg and 4.2 rpg in nine contests in 2008-09 pleaded guilty in spring of 2011 to bank robbery and was sentenced to five years in prison. He stole over $17,000 in cash at gunpoint from three tellers at a credit union on the campus at Mankato State (Minn.) in his hometown.

Roy Tarpley, Michigan (Bill Frieder) - All-American in 1984-85 and 1985-86 was charged in Denton County (Tex.) in May 1998 with assault and failure to appear in court. The charges stemmed from an alleged attack on a woman. Days after being released from jail in April, 2003, in the wake of serving more than a month for a probation violation, he filed for personal bankruptcy. Tarpley played for the Dallas Mavericks from 1986 until he was thrown out of the NBA in October 1991 for using cocaine, a violation of the league's substance-abuse policy. Leslie Rockymore, a former UM teammate, claimed Tarpley failed drug tests in college but was given a free pass.

Jaylon Tate, Illinois (John Groce) - Backup guard who averaged 2.4 ppg and 2.4 apg first three seasons was arrested on a charge of domestic battery in mid-March 2016 after girlfriend sported swollen face and was spitting blood. Prosecutors subsequently dropped charge after concluding there was not enough evidence to convict him.

Diamond Taylor, Wisconsin (Bo Ryan)/Southern Illinois (Chris Lowery and Barry Hinson) - Suspended by SIU in early September 2011 for violation of team rules (possession of marijuana) before allegedly stealing a bicycle the next summer and being suspended again following charges of driving under the influence. He transferred to SIU after a run-in with the law as a freshman at Wisconsin, where he was arrested on charges of underage drinking plus burglary and possession of stolen property.

Hyman Taylor Jr., Virginia Tech (Seth Greenberg)/San Francisco (Rex Walters) - Transfer center who averaged 2.8 ppg and 3.2 rpg in 2007-08 and 2008-09 with USF before being suspended with several weeks remaining in the '09 season for a practice infraction died in June 2010 in a shootout in an Oakland furniture store parking lot. According to police, Taylor and two other men aspired to rob a female marijuana dealer. Taylor was shot and killed when the woman's male protector lurking in some nearby bushes fired at Taylor's group. He was kicked off VT's team prior to the 2005-06 campaign due to a violation of team rules.

LaMar Taylor, Virginia Commonwealth (Sonny Smith and Mack McCarthy) - Senior captain in 2000-01 was sentenced to three years and one month in prison and paying almost $1 million in restitution following charges in summer of 2017 of nearly $600,000 of false Medicaid billings and tax evasion. He averaged 9.9 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 4.8 apg and 1.8 spg in four-year career, pacing the Rams in assists and steals average each season.

Marvin Taylor, South Florida (Bobby Paschal) - Point guard for the Bulls in the early 1990s was accused by five women of assault or rape. NCAA enforcement said the school helped him out of one of his brushes with the law. He averaged 16.4 ppg in half a season in 1990-91.

Maurice Taylor, Michigan (Steve Fisher) - Suspended three times in a five-year span from late 2001 to late 2006 for violating the NBA drug policy. Two-time All-Big Ten Conference selection (1995-96 and 1996-97) allegedly received more than $100,000 from a UM booster, but said he had "no regrets" and blamed NCAA "crooks." Big Ten Freshman of the Year was driving a Ford Explorer involved in a rollover crash about 5 a.m. in mid-February 1996 returning to campus from a party in Detroit.

Mike Taylor, Iowa State (Greg McDermott) - The J.C. transfer was the Cyclones' leading scorer in 2006-07 before being kicked off the team during the summer after a series of legal problems. The guard was charged with vandalizing an on-campus apartment in March 2007 before being cited for shoplifting a bottle of cold medicine from a convenience store the next month. He was also charged with a vehicle registration violation.

Terrell Taylor, Creighton (Dana Altman)/Bridgeport (Mike Ruane) - One-shining-moment contributor with game-winning three-pointer in second overtime against Florida in 2002 NCAA playoffs served half of 30-month sentence for drug and larceny charges before he was released on parole in November 2009.

Tyshawn Taylor, Kansas (Bill Self) - In the spring of 2015, the assists leader for 2012 NCAA Tournament runner-up allegedly cashed a fake money order for $1,000 cash at a food store in his hometown of Hoboken, N.J. Sustained a dislocated thumb in fall of 2009 in an altercation involving several football and basketball players outside of the student union building. Late in 2010-11 campaign, Taylor and a KU women's hooper were suspended for one game for reportedly getting frisky playing unauthorized "one-on-one" inside Allen Fieldhouse.

Dave Taynor, Kansas (Ted Owens) - Hoopszone.net claims captain of 1974 Final Four team pleaded guilty to money laundering in February 1996 and was sentenced to 30 months in prison and fined following indictment in summer of 1994 for his part in the operation of a fraudulent insurance program.

Bill Teal, Arkansas commitment (Nolan Richardson Jr.) - Florida high school product with 24 unexcused absences lost opportunity to align with Hogs because of academic issues and when he was convicted of kidnapping/raping a woman at gunpoint in May 1991. Also charged with strong-arm robbery in connection with the robbing and beating of a 16-year-old girl. Following early release from a six-year prison term and bond for a J.C., Teal tested positive for marijuana on a random drug test.

Sebastian Telfair, Louisville commitment (Rick Pitino) - Sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for gun possession following arrest on several charges in mid-June 2017 after he and a teenager were found with four loaded firearms, 200 rounds of ammunition and body armor. Two bags of marijuana and a burning marijuana cigarette were also allegedly found in the 2017 Ford F-150 pickup truck while driving with a suspended license through Brooklyn. Telfair and a friend were arrested in the spring of 2007 on gun charge after traffic stop, pleading guilty to criminal possession of a weapon and sentenced to three years of probation. According to TMZ Sports, Telfair was slapped with a three-year restraining order involving his estranged wife stemming from incident in mid-January 2018 after she claimed he went on a violent window-smashing rampage at her home in Irvine, Calif.

Issa Thiam, Rutgers (Steve Pikiell) - Occasional starter dismissed from team late in 2018-19 season while facing deportation following domestic violence accusations (slapping woman and swinging knife at her after she refused to relinquish cellphone). Native of Senegal was arrested on seven charges (simple assault, criminal mischief, false imprisonment, tampering with physical evidence, possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose, theft by unlawful taking and terroristic threats), pleading guilty to two of the accusations.

Dustin Thomas, Colorado (Tad Boyle)/Arkansas (Mike Anderson) - Part-time starting forward cited on drug possession charge shortly before 2 a.m. weeks before dismissal from Razorbacks squad just prior to start of 2018 NCAA playoffs. It wasn't long before he supplied rap about exit from the Hogs' roster. Thomas was suspended from competition in the preseason and for first three games of season for an unspecified rules violation. As a transfer from CU, he was arrested with a couple of new teammates on first-degree forgery charges in mid-July 2015 in the aftermath of a string of alleged transactions with counterfeit cash.

Eric Thomas, Kent State (Gary Waters and Stan Heath) - Member of 2002 Elite Eight squad was sentenced in late 2008 to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to aggravated burglary and two counts of felonious assault for intruding in his ex-wife's home early in the year. Police said Thomas kicked in the front door of the home and assaulted his former wife and her new boyfriend. A charge of rape was dropped in exchange for Thomas' plea.

Kerry "Stephen" Thomas, Boise State (Bobby Dye) - Forward who averaged 2.1 ppg in 1984-85 and 1985-86, twice from 1990 to 1996, faced a charge of knowingly exposing someone to the AIDS virus. Released from prison in June 1992, first person in Idaho convicted of knowingly spreading the HIV-AIDS virus was on parole after serving 17 months on a statutory rape conviction before sentenced to seven years in prison following sexual relations with cab driver awaiting sex-change operation to become a female. In spring of 2009, a grand jury charged him with seven felony counts of violating state's HIV disclosure laws. He pleaded guilty to two of the seven counts and was sentenced to 30 years (with parole considered only after at least 20 years were served).

Vandale Thomas, Mississippi State (Richard Williams)/Southern (Ben Jobe and Tommy Green) - SWAC Newcomer of the Year and all-league second-team selection in 1995-96 was charged in a 12-count indictment alleging corruption during his tenure with New Orleans' Traffic Court, claiming he embezzled and over-billed the municipality more than $680,000 between 2009 and 2011. Money-laundering counts alleged Thomas bought thousands of dollars' worth of casino chips and made a down payment on an $80,000 Bentley GT Coupe. The politically-connected accountant, receiving three-year prison sentence for bilking court, submitted inordinate city invoices that were reviewed by the city's Inspector General for mismanagement ($1.3 million in less than three years). Even deducting the hours Thomas said he subcontracted, in 2010 alone he reportedly billed public entities at an outrageous pace of about 100-hour work weeks the entire year. This workload straining credulity would have required him to labor super-human 16-hour days, six days a week during the entire year. Many of the payments were authorized by a judge who was the traffic court's chief administrator. Thomas, who was political campaign treasurer for the judge and played on his softball team, said he never over-billed and that he gave no kickbacks. Meanwhile, court employees said they had never seen the accounting contractor, who is not a certified public accountant, with any staff or assistants.

Ali Thompson, Arkansas (Nolan Richardson Jr.) - Part-time starting forward in 1996-97 was sentenced in the summer of 2007 to six years in prison for beating the mother of his child with the sentence slated to run concurrently with a federal firearms conviction. He had been sentenced to 18 months in jail in June, 2000, after pleading guilty to a prescription fraud charge (sedative Xanax). Thompson also admitted violating the terms of his probation on a 1999 felony conviction for marijuana possession after DWI arrest in mid-January 1998.

David Thompson, Florida State (Hugh Durham) - All-Metro Conference second-team selection in 1976-77 was charged with assault and intent to murder a police officer after being in a wild hit-and-run in his hometown of Boston that involved gunfire. Thompson's lawyer claimed someone put LSD in Thompson's beer following a pickup basketball game. Pleading temporary insanity to avoid a lengthy prison sentence, he was committed for psychiatric observation. Thompson said he hit rock bottom in 1987 while in a detox program before turning his life around and owning a limousine company.

David Thompson, North Carolina State (Norm Sloan) - National player of the year in 1973-74 and 1974-75 had well-publicized involvement with cocaine; was accused of assaulting his wife; filed for bankruptcy and suffered a knee injury in a dispute at Studio 54 in New York.

Damon Thornton, North Carolina State (Herb Sendek) - Four-time leader in rebounding average was arrested on New Year's Eve at 3:20 a.m. midway through 1998-99 season following a disturbance outside a nightclub where police used pepper spray to subdue him. In the fall of 2000, Thornton faced charges against him including DWI, driving without a license, hit and run, careless and reckless driving and resisting arrest.

Dion Thurman, Bradley (Stan Albeck) - Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Year in 1988-89 when averaging 18.1 ppg and 7 rpg was charged in spring of 1997 with running a cocaine network. He pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to sell marijuana after federal prosecutors dropped charge of conspiracy to sell cocaine. As part of an earlier plea-bargain agreement in late summer 1990, Thurman pleaded guilty to possession of "rock" cocaine and was placed on 18 months' probation and ordered to perform 40 hours of public service.

Domonic Tilford, Cincinnati (Mick Cronin)/South Alabama (Ronnie Arrow) - USA's leader in scoring and assists in 2008-09 jailed in early November 2014 after leading Alabama police on a high-speed chase ending in a crash at a U.S. Army Post. The chase started after two early-morning business burglaries at cell-phone stories. Two-time All-Sun Belt Conference choice got out of jail for drug possession earlier that year.

Norwood Todmann, Wake Forest (Jack McCloskey) - The Harlem product faced a federal conviction in 1986 for conspiring to distribute cocaine to an undercover police officer. The Demon Deacons' first African-American player was their third-leading scorer with 13.3 ppg as a sophomore in 1967-68 but didn't play at all in half of the final 16 outings of his senior campaign, allegedly because of his weak defensive technique.

Khalif Toombs, South Carolina State (Tim Carter) - Four-year starter who finished among the top six in the MEAC in assists from 2009-10 through 2012-13 was arrested in spring of 2017 on gun and drug charges (heroin possession and distribution, possession of weapon while committing drug offense and possession of hollow-point bullets). Less than a year later, Atlantic City native was apprehended with more than 3,300 bags of heroin.

Bernard Toone, Marquette (Al McGuire and Hank Raymonds) - All-American in 1978-79 was charged with attempted grand larceny, criminal possession of burglar's tools and criminal mischief in April 1988 in White Plains, N.Y., after allegedly attempting to steal a car stereo system from a new Porsche. Toone had been arrested twice in less than a year in 1985 - charged with third-degree grand larceny for allegedly stealing a car radio and pleading guilty to unauthorized use of a motor vehicle after he was arrested at a fast food restaurant in a rental car that had been reported stolen.

Kareem Townes, La Salle (Speedy Morris) - The Explorers' leading scorer over a three-year career (1992-93 through 1994-95) spent nearly nine years in several correctional facilities after pleading guilty to charges that he conspired to sell a pound of crack cocaine to undercover agents in South Philadelphia near a public elementary school in 2000. Townes beat a local drug rap the previous year.

Robert "Tractor" Traylor, Michigan (Steve Fisher) - All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection in 1997-98 was sentenced to three years of probation after pleading guilty in federal court in Detroit in January 2007 to a federal income tax charge, the result of receiving and concealing stolen property while hiding assets for a convicted drug dealer (Traylor's cousin Quasand Lewis). He was also accused of laundering $4 million of drug money for the same cousin who sold an estimated $178 million in illegal drugs in Metro Detroit and had associates with suspected links to nearly a dozen murders plus four fire-bombed homes, according to federal authorities. Prior to connection with his coarse cousin, Traylor was part of a scandal causing the NCAA to nail his alma mater. Traylor admitted that, as a high school and college player, he and his family accepted some $160,000 in cash and gifts from a local hoops junkie who ran an illegal lottery at area Ford plants. In May 2011, Traylor was found dead in his apartment at the age of 34 in Puerto Rico, where he was playing professionally.

Demetrius "Tree" Treadwell, Akron (Keith Dambrot) - Leading scorer and rebounder in 2013-14 was arrested around 2 a.m. late in November 2011 along with an acquaintance in connection with bar fight (allegedly punching disc jockey). Sidelined first three games of 2012-13 season due to issues with NCAA clerical errors from the school's compliance department. Police investigated whether Treadwell assaulted a member of the women's team for Akron at her home at 4 a.m. early in 2014-15 campaign before he left school a month later.

Whithworth "Junior" Treasure, Houston commitment (Tom Penders)/Texas Southern (Tony Harvey) - J.C. recruit dismissed from the Tigers' team before senior season despite averaging 14.6 ppg and team-high 2.9 apg in 2009-10 reportedly ransacked his SWAC coach's Houston residence along with TSU women's hooper in mid-February 2012. They were charged with stealing more than $530,000 of expensive jewelry and other items. Harvey said he alerted some local jewelers who make custom pieces such as the bling stolen from him. One of them called him back to say a couple seen on security video tried to sell him four pieces valued at $94,000 for $3,600.

Dezmyn Trent, Boise State (Leon Rice) - Dismissed from team in mid-August 2015 after two-season guard (2.9 ppg) was taken into custody stemming from a drive-by shooting in Tacoma, Wash., for which he subsequently was sentenced to 14 1/2 years in prison. Trent was suspended to start the previous campaign for an unspecified violation of team rules.

Maurice "Mo" Trotter, Illinois State (Kevin Stallings) - The Redbirds' leading scorer in 1994-95 and 1995-96 was charged in early August 2004 with his younger brother with a combined 12 counts, including conspiring to distribute crack cocaine, powder cocaine and marijuana within 1,000 feet of Kansas high schools. Police also seized a handgun. Maurice was sentenced to 14 years in prison while his sibling, who had a previous cocaine-dealing conviction, received more than 26 years.

Mack Tuck, Colorado (Joe Harrington and Ricardo Patton) - Second-leading scorer in 1994-95 and 1995-96 was booted off the Buffaloes' squad following arrest for allegedly threatening a 6 1/2-month pregnant teenager who refused to have sex with him. He also faced third-degree assault charges for allegedly hitting a bar bouncer after pleading guilty late the previous year to shoplifting.

Anthony Tucker, Iowa (Todd Lickliter)/Winona State MN (Mike Leaf)/MSU Moorhead (Chad Walthall) - Arrested for disorderly conduct at 1:30 a.m. late in 2010-11 season after a confrontation with Winona State security and local police outside a residence hall. He was suspended twice with the Hawkeyes for alcohol-related incidents and declared academically ineligible the second semester of his freshman season.

Sean Tunstall, Kansas (Larry Brown and Roy Williams) - Reserve guard for the Jayhawks' 1991 NCAA Tournament runner-up was shot and killed at age 28 in the parking lot of a recreation center in his native St. Louis on October 16, 1997, in a drug deal gone bad. He had received a prison sentence in 1993 after pleading guilty to one count of selling cocaine. "He was one of the few kids I never thought I completely reached," Williams said.

John Turner, Georgetown (John Thompson Jr.) - Prize J.C. recruit, who averaged 6.6 ppg and 6.2 rpg for the Hoyas in 1988-89, transferred to Phillips (Okla.) and became a first-round draft choice of the Houston Rockets after leaving GU amid problems stemming from his continued association with a longtime friend and reputed drug dealer who received a life prison term for conspiracy and running a drug network. Turner and four other individuals had earlier been arrested at a local recreation center on charges of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute but the charges against him were dropped by the prosecutor's office on the grounds that the arresting officers were out of their jurisdiction. D.C. product had to go juco route because his SAT score (650) was half of average for incoming GU students (1,260 of a possible 1,600).

Tony Twitty, Indiana State (Ron Greene) - Guard who averaged 7.6 ppg in 1986-87 was sentenced to 14 months in prison for felony theft after stopped via tase by Wichita police in summer of 2009 in a stolen Dodge Dakota pickup. According to the Kansas Department of Corrections, he had 21 convictions included flee and elude, driving while suspended and numerous drug infractions. During the court proceedings, Twitty told a judge he served 18 years in prison.

Craig Tyson, North Carolina State (Jim Valvano)/Arkansas (Nolan Richardson) - J.C. recruit and ballyhooed Baltimore product, hampered by a series of knee injuries, was arrested in Fayetteville, Ark., the spring of 1993 as the result of an undercover sale and charged with possession of cocaine with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Sean Tyson, Clemson (Cliff Ellis) - Forward who averaged 7.8 ppg and 3.9 rpg over three seasons was charged with assault and subsequently dismissed from the Tigers' team following 1990-91 campaign.

Robert Upshaw, Fresno State (Rodney Terry)/Washington (Lorenzo Romar) - Dismissed by FSU in August 2013 when slipping up again following pair of suspensions in a five-week stretch as freshman and by UW in mid-season in 2014-15. Upshaw, who led both teams in blocked shots, did not sit on the Huskies' bench for home games in the second half of his redshirt campaign (2013-14) to "focus on off-the-court issues." He had his D-League contract terminated in mid-May 2016 for a violation of anti-drug policy.

Jeremy Vague, Pepperdine (Lorenzo Romar)/Utah State (Stew Morrill) - Starting seven-foot center for 2002 Big West Conference regular-season champion was sentenced to a year in jail and three years probation in late 2016 after admitting he exposed himself to one female passenger and groping another while on the job as an Uber ride-share driver. Vague pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of vehicle burglary in Utah stemming from a July 2002 incident involving the theft of golf clubs.

Benny "B.J." Valentine, Saint Francis PA commitment (Bobby Jones)/Texas Tech (Bob Knight)/Eastern Washington (Kirk Earlywine) - Juco recruit who became EWU's top scorer in 2008-09 was sentenced to 18 months to two years in prison (paroled after nine months) following violating his probation by traveling to Texas and participating in a robbery in mid-November 2012 ending in the death of an accomplice. Convicted on the home theft charge in Plano, Tex., All-Big Sky Conference second-team selection was placed on 10 years of probation in spring of 2015. Earlier in 2012, Valentine was arrested twice (dealing marijuana and felon in possession of a weapon) and placed on two years of probation. He was convicted of two felonies in 2005 (gun possession and accessory to carjacking), but a judge sentenced him to only 60 days in jail and three years of probation.

Ronnie Valentine, Old Dominion (Paul Webb) - ODU's all-time scoring leader (2,204 points from 1976-77 through 1979-80), the first Division I player to tally in double figures more than 100 games in a row, was homeless on the streets of Miami for more than a quarter-century. Suspended seven games one season for drinking. When Valentine played for the Denver Nuggets, teammate of David Thompson reportedly became immersed in the drug culture permeating the NBA.

Nick Van Exel, Cincinnati (Bob Huggins) - Juco recruit, an All-American in 1992-93 after guiding the Bearcats to 1992 Final Four, was suspended seven contests and forfeited $187,000 in fines and NBA game checks for shoving a referee late in the 1995-96 season. His father's criminal behavior put him in jail when Van Exel was 7. Junior's son, Nickey, was sentenced to 60 years in prison after arrest in Garland, Tex., in late December 2010 on a capital murder charge following the shotgun shooting death of his friend, whose body was wrapped in plastic and dumped along a nearby lake. Prosecutors contended that Nickey feared his friend would tell authorities of robberies the pair committed earlier in the year.

David Vaughn III, Memphis State (Larry Finch) - NBA washout, a late first-round pick as an undergraduate in 1995, wound up destitute in Orlando in the aftermath of a domestic violence arrest, two jail stays and failed drug tests. Before turning his life around, things became so bleak that the son of Finch's sister nearly died from infection after multiple spider bites on his foot. His father, who played for Oral Roberts before entering the pros as an undergraduate in 1974, also had a few scuffles with the law. Vaughn III promptly purchased two Yukons, a Corvette, a Mercedes Benz, a Range Rover and a Lexus. "I bought houses that were too big and too many luxurious cars," he said. "I lived like there was no tomorrow."

Lagerald Vick, SMU commitment (Larry Brown)/Kansas (Bill Self) - Although never charged with a crime, a KU probe resulted in recommendation of two years probation after determining Memphis product likely committed domestic violence in late 2015. At the time, coach Self-less said Vick was sidelined two games due to "illness." There was no description for ailment when Vick took a leave of absence from KU's squad midway through the 2018-19 campaign to return to his hometown "to help out with family issues."

Sammy Villegas, Toledo (Stan Joplin) - Charged in Detroit in June 2008 with shaving points in UT games in 2004-05 and 2005-06 in a nearly two-year federal gambling probe. Sentenced with teammate Anton Currie to probation, community service and fine on one count of conspiracy to influence sporting contests by bribery. Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year in 2002-03 led the Rockets with 13.8 ppg the next season when they posted only their second 20-win season in 20 years. But the Puerto Rico Olympic team alternate hit only 36% from the floor his final two campaigns after shooting more than 42% from the floor his first two years.

Jay Vincent, Michigan State (Jud Heathcote) - Third-leading scorer and rebounder for 1979 NCAA champion was indicted in mid-August 2010 for an internet employment scam bilking more than 10,000 job seekers out of nearly $2 million. He faced charges of mail fraud and an income tax violation. According to the U.S. Attorney's office in Detroit, he and an associate concocted a scheme to defraud people seeking work through their Foreclosure Bank Inspection Company. The company claimed to test, certify and employ people to inspect bank foreclosed homes, and advertised that the company had contracts and received large checks from major banks to do the work. In reality, the copies of contracts and checks used in the ads were altered or counterfeit. The company also did not hire contractors to perform inspections. What it did do was charge $149 to provide liability insurance for each job applicant and $89 for background checks. False insurance policies were prepared in the company's offices and no background checks were made. Tests, completed and returned by applicants, were stored in boxes without reviews. Vincent was ordered to pay the government $110,000. In the income tax charge, Vincent was accused of reporting a business income of $62,438 on his 2008 tax return. Authorities said the actual amount he earned was $330,269. Sent to jail in late July 2011 five weeks before he was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison in the federal case after he was accused of writing, or causing others to write, bad checks in a different scheme.

Jackson Vroman, Iowa State (Larry Eustachy and Wayne Morgan) - Cyclones leading rebounder as an All-Big 12 Conference second-team selection in 2003-04 was arrested at 2:30 a.m. in late May 2003 after police found drugs in a car where he was a passenger. Less than five months later, J.C. recruit was arrested and charged with drunken driving. Died at age 34 under questionable circumstances at a pool in California.

Clyde Wade III, Memphis (John Calipari) - Arrested in spring of 2011 after police found him in possession of marijuana and a loaded handgun during a traffic stop. Arrested in spring of 2012 on domestic assault charges after the mother of their twins told police he flung her by her hair and struck her with several household objects. Indicted in summer of 2017 on charges including money laundering and possession with intent to distribute cocaine and heroin. Didn't play in 2003-04 while facing federal fraud and conspiracy charges (alleged identity and credit card theft scheme) of which he was eventually acquitted.

Mark Wade, UNLV (Jerry Tarkanian) - All-PCAA first-team selection, who dished out an NCAA playoff record 18 assists in 1987 national semifinals, pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $15,000 during 2006-07 in his former job as an assistant coach with UC Riverside. He was accused of depositing into his personal bank account the proceeds from two university checks and one electronic fund transfer. Some of the money was supposed to cover team expenses during road games over the Christmas break.

Maurice "Boo" Wade, Wisconsin (Bo Ryan) - Left team during 2004-05 season after breaking terms of a plea agreement related to a domestic-violence charged stemming from incident where he choked his girlfriend at her apartment. Sentenced to 18 months probation and ordered to complete domestic-violence counseling after being charged for bail jumping and disorderly conduct. Shortly thereafter, a new girlfriend said Wade punched her in the back of the head three times. In 2003, police officers responded to two different women in two separate instances where they claimed Wade had caused them bodily harm.

Antoine Walker, Kentucky (Rick Pitino) - Leading rebounder and second-leading scorer for 1996 NCAA Tournament champion was arrested in mid-July 2009 at a Harrah's cabaret bar on Lake Tahoe's south shore on criminal charges stemming from $822,500 in gambling debts in Las Vegas. Walker pleaded guilty to one count of writing a bad check. If his massive gambling debt wasn't enough, he had to deal with the city of Chicago calling him a slumlord. Walker's hometown levied fines totaling nearly $1 million against his two real estate investment companies and residents of those properties were filing lawsuits for a number of problems existing in the buildings. In early January 2009, Walker was arrested for DUI in Miami Beach. His combined career salary of approximately $110 million was depleted when he resorted to playing in the D-League with the Idaho Stampede before retiring in early April 2012. Filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in spring of 2010, a distant memory were his extravagant "wiggle" days with the Boston Celtics when his condominium complex was virtual luxury car lot - two Bentleys, a Cadillac Escalade, bright red Hummer, two Mercedes and a Range Rover.

Jeff Walker, Iowa (Dr. Tom Davis) - In fall of 1996, he was dropped from program prior to ever playing after pleading guilty to one count of forgery and placed on three years' probation for using a stolen ATM card to withdraw nearly $1,400 from a bank account. Subsequently left two junior colleges (Indian Hills IA and Wabash Valley IL) before concluding college career at Illinois-Springfield in his hometown.

Jimmy Walker, Providence (Joe Mullaney) - First-team All-American in 1965-66 and 1966-67 was sentenced in April 1983 to 90 days in prison, three years of probation and 250 hours of community service on charges of failing to file federal income tax returns in 1976 and 1977. In college, he pled guilty to two paternity suits and was sentenced to six years probation. Jalen Rose, a key component of Michigan's acclaimed Fab Five group in the early 1990s, and Steve Malloy, who averaged 7 points and 3.7 rebounds per game for Cleveland State in 1988-89, were fathered by Walker.

Samaki Walker, Louisville (Denny Crum) - The Cardinals' leading rebounder in 1994-95 and 1995-96 was booked in Kingman, Ariz., in late July 2011 on drug charges. Officials said about 10 grams of marijuana Walker tried to eat (tampering with physical evidence) was seized from his Mercedes-Benz along with some prescription drugs and eight bottles of liquid steroids. Police said Walker indicated that he used the steroids to enhance his athletic ability as he still played professionally overseas.

Toraino Walker, Connecticut (Jim Calhoun) - Senior co-captain when he was suspended from squad early in 1992-93 season before subsequently serving time in state and federal correctional institutions in Florida for selling cocaine. He was dismissed from high school team in Orlando after getting in shoving match with his coach. Spent time in detention home in H.S. after pleading guilty to battery charge in incident involving young woman during double date.

Ben Wallace, Virginia Union (Dave Robbins) - J.C. recruit helped power VUU to the 1996 NCAA Division II Tournament semifinals. Authorities in suburban Detroit charged him with drunken driving and unlawfully carrying a concealed weapon in late September 2011 after a 3:00 a.m. traffic stop of a Cadillac Escalade being driven erratically. Prosecutors dropped a felony gun charge against Wallace when he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of drunken driving and possessing a firearm while under the influence of alcohol. In mid-March 2014, he was arrested in Henrico County (Va.) for leaving the scene of a car crash the previous month.

Shaun Warrick, Maryland-Eastern Shore (Lawrence Lessett Jr.) - Convicted Valentine's Day killer was sentenced to two consecutive life prison terms without parole (plus 16 to 32 years for burglary and firearms charges) in late summer 2015 after a Philadelphia jury deadlocked on whether he should get the death penalty for murdering his ex-girlfriend and her cousin (each shot multiple times). Warrick did not testify in his defense and declined to speak before sentencing. The jury did not hear about Warrick featured in 2007 on America's Most Wanted after accusations of shooting two other students and stabbing a third (acquitted of attempted-murder charges in that case). He had been convicted of a misdemeanor escape charge in summer of 2004 when brought into a police barracks and ended up fleeing. In 2005, he was convicted of illegally possessing a gun on a public street (serial number obliterated) but still competed in 15 games for UMES in 2005-06. In summer of 2008, he was arraigned on charges of delivery of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, receiving a stolen firearm and possession of marijuana.

Chris Washburn, North Carolina State (Jim Valvano) - Drug-plagued center, an All-ACC second-team selection as a sophomore in 1985-86, spent two years behind bars in the early 1990s, the second coming after a parole violation. "I was staying in the same clothes for weeks, maybe months at a time to a point where the (drug dealers) I was buying my stuff from would even pay me to go and change clothes," said Washburn, who was shepherded into more than a dozen rehab centers, none of which seemed to help. Washburn said his "dad's last visions of him were of a dope fiend sliding along the floor stealing money from his wallet." He averaged only 3.1 ppg in two NBA seasons and was named one of the biggest 25 flops by ESPN in the first 25 years of the cable network. Claiming he went drug free in mid-2000, Washburn lived in Dallas working for a home-mortgage company.

Bobby Washington, Iowa (Sharm Scheuerman) - Paroled less than seven years after pleading guilty to second-degree murder following racially-laced pizza parlor/bar shooting in late summer 1964 using his roommate's .25-caliber handgun. The victim, a drunk father of four children barred from several taverns in town, was shot four times in the chest and neck. "I can't let people disrespect me," said Washington, who averaged 5.3 ppg in 1958-59 and 1959-60 before flunking out and serving stint in U.S. Army.

Brock Washington, Michigan State (Tom Izzo) - Walk-on combo guard was charged by prosecutors with misdemeanor assault after a season-long criminal sexual conduct investigation for forcibly groping woman in late August 2017.

Duane Washington Sr., Middle Tennessee State (Bruce Stewart) - Arrested in Newark, N.J., for cocaine possession in late September 1988 before being banned by the NBA after failing a drug test. Older half-brother of NBA guard/coach Derek Fisher, driving without valid insurance, was charged in the fall of 2012 with hit-and-run accident of 70-year-old woman involving his Jaguar in western Michigan.

Erwin Washington, Air Force (Hank Egan) - Four-year starting guard who averaged 8.5 ppg, 3.3 rpg and 2.3 apg from 1979-80 through 1982-83 pleaded guilty to being (three times) above the alcohol limit for flying a plane after United Airlines pilot was arrested and failed a breathalyzer test in November 2009 shortly before flight was due to take off from London for Chicago. He allegedly barricaded himself in the cockpit for more than an hour before Scotland Yard talked him out.

Kermit Washington, American University (Tom Young) - One of six players averaging more than 20 ppg and 20 rpg in his major-college career (20.1 ppg/20.2 rpg from 1970-71 through 1972-73) pleaded guilty to three felonies and faced up to eight years in prison and fine up to $750,000. Originally, the AU All-American as a senior faced up to 40 years in prison and $1 million in fines if convicted of charges brought against him spring of 2016 by a federal grand jury that he orchestrated scheme evading taxes and defrauding donors to his charities under the pretense of helping the needy in Africa. Washington's NBA career was irreparably damaged after nearly killing Rudy Tomjanovich with a punch during a game in 1977.

Lynn Washington, Indiana (Bob Knight) - J.C. forward who averaged 5.5 ppg and 4 rpg in 1998-99 and 1999-2000 for the Hoosiers was released from an Osaka jail in the spring of 2012 after charges he attempted to smuggle marijuana into Japan were dropped. Washington, who promptly retired from the nation's pro league, was alleged to have conspired with his wife to smuggle more than three pounds of weed, with a street value of about $110,000, through the international mail in more than 10 cereal boxes.

Gordon Watt, Boston College (Al Skinner)/Purdue (Matt Painter)/Houston Baptist (Ron Cottrell) - After averaging 7.1 ppg and 4.9 rpg in 2006-07, he was dismissed from Purdue's program in fall of 2007 before his junior season after second alcohol-related arrest in less than a year. Boiler teammate Keaton Grant also was arrested about 3:45 a.m. and was suspended for two exhibition games plus regular-season opener. A court upheld the seizure of $63,800 in cash from Watt subsequently ruled a forfeiture after deputies in western Iowa stopped his speeding rental car in 2013. The money was packaged in bundles and discovered with items investigators said was pointed to drug dealing (including a baggie of marijuana, digital scale and stolen/loaded Beretta handgun). Watt was believed to be driving to Colorado to purchase marijuana to resell in home state of Illinois despite claiming he was headed West to practice in the high altitude and didn't trust banks.

Kenyan Weaks, Florida (Billy Donovan) - Swingman averaging 10 ppg for the Gators' 2000 NCAA Tournament runner-up and eventual Chowan College/Florida Southern/Marshall assistant coach was charged in spring of 2017 with series of disturbing felonies as a North Carolina high school coach (felony breaking and entering to terrorize or injure, misdemeanor stalking and simple assault). In summer of 1998, he was placed on conduct probation following a dormitory altercation with a woman after previously being suspended for the first three regular-season games for violating unspecified team rules.

Kass Weaver, Wisconsin (Steve Yoder)/Richmond (Dick Tarrant and Bill Dooley) - Two-time All-CAA selection was charged in fall of 2021 with allegedly killing his toddler son before stashing the body in a garage freezer for at least 2 1/2 years. His wife told cops that at times he tied her up with an electrical cord and burned her with a curling iron.

Eldridge Webb, Tulsa (Joe Swank) - Leading Golden Hurricane scorer in 1966-67 before flunking out of school was sentenced in spring of 1992 in district court to two years in prison following Brooklyn native's seventh and most serious conviction (unlawful possession of cocaine).

Marcus Webb, Alabama (Wimp Sanderson) - Accused of raping his girlfriend in 1993. The 6-8 Webb, who averaged 4 ppg and 3 rpg from 1988-89 through 1990-91, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of indecent assault and was sentenced to 30 days in prison. In college, Webb was arrested twice (bouncing a check and unpaid parking tickets). He amassed enough speeding tickets to have his license suspended, then revoked when caught speeding again.

Chris Webber, Michigan (Steve Fisher) - Charged with marijuana possession and assaulting a police officer in 1998. He was pulled over and resisted the officer. The vehicle was impounded and traces of marijuana were found inside. Also that year, he was arrested by customs officials for possession of marijuana as he returned from a promotional trip to Puerto Rico. Indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit in September, 2002, on four felony counts of conspiracy to obstruct justice and lying to federal investigators (regarding money laundering tied to a shady UM booster, a bookmaker who was convicted of tax evasion and robbery before dying of a heart attack before he testified against Webber, who subsequently pleaded guilty to one count of criminal intent for lying about his role in the scandal). Suspended in mid-February, 2004, for five games by the NBA for violating the league's anti-drug program. Sued over the closing of his Sacramento restaurant after signing a 20-year lease in 2005.

Tim Wedgeworth, Colorado (Sox Walseth)/Western State CO (Bob Decker) - After averaging 5.7 ppg and 3.4 rpg as a sophomore to help the Buffaloes capture the 1969 Big Eight Conference title, he was declared academically ineligible midway through the following campaign. "I've had a drug problem," Wedgeworth told the Denver Post years later. "I was arrested for possession and was in jail once for 60 days for violating parole."

Billy Wells, Tulane (Perry Clark)/Delaware (Mike Brey and David Henderson) - UD record holder with eight three-pointers in single game pleaded guilty in late summer 2006 to drug charges upon admitting involvement in large cocaine operation in Baltimore area with his brother.

Mark Wells, Chaminade, Hawaii (Merv Lopes) - Starter for the Silverswords' team that upset top-ranked Virginia in 1982-83 was the victim of multiple gunshot wounds on a remote north Maui hiking trail 22 years later. His dead body was found two days after he had been arrested and later released in the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl. Friends and family said Wells also fought addiction problems and had been in rehabilitation programs. In 1984, he pleaded guilty to first-degree theft for shoplifting clothing from a Sears store in Honolulu.

Delonte West, St. Joseph's (Phil Martelli) - All-American guard in 2003-04 was suspended for the first 10 games of the 2010-11 NBA season after pleading guilty to weapons charges in Maryland. Authorities said he was carrying two loaded handguns, a loaded shotgun and an 8 1/2-inch Bowie knife while speeding on a three-wheel motorcycle (complete with sidecar) on the Capital Beltway the previous September. Battling bipolar disorder, he received home detention, probation and community service. His wife filed a domestic violence against him in the fall of 2009 and he was spotted loitering around a Houston fast-food restaurant parking lot in a hospital robe and without his shoes in mid-February 2016. Nearly three years later, multiple videos surfaced on social media of West rambling incoherently and apparently homeless on streets around Washington, D.C. In the fall of 2021, West was arrested after banging on police department lobby doors in Boynton Beach, Fla., while screaming profanities and holding open containers of liquor (beer and vodka). He was also seen panhandling in North Dallas in September 2020 and in Alexandria, Va., in summer of 2022. In early June 2024, West was arrested again in Fairfax County (VA) after a police chase in which cops administered Narcan for a suspected opioid overdose.

Mark West, Washington (Andy Russo and Lynn Nance) - After spending six months at mental hospital where he was treated for schizophrenia, the Huskies' leading rebounder in 1987-88 and 1988-89 pleaded guilty to third-degree assault stemming from incident in June 1994. It took seven officers responding to a loitering call to get the 6-7 West into a police car. Living on the streets and struggling with his mental health for a couple of years, he was arrested several times by campus police and twice before convicted of assault.

Robert Whaley, Missouri signee (Quin Snyder)/Cincinnati (Bob Huggins)/Walsh (Jeff Young) - Prize prep prospect from Benton Harbor, Mich., was charged with third- and fourth-degree sexual misconduct in the alleged rape of a 13-year-old friend of his sister on Thanksgiving morning 2000, but his trial in June 2001 ended with a hung jury. He had numerous brushes with the law, dating back to 1994, when he was charged with unlawful use of an automobile. He pleaded guilty and received probation. The following year, he was charged with breaking into a house. He pleaded guilty to home invasion and was kept on probation. The week after the alleged rape, Whaley checked himself into a detox program and hospital records showed he suffered from chemical dependency and depression. In junior college (Barton County, Kan.), he was charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery stemming from a post-dance fight. In 2008, Whaley was placed on probation for a drug charge in his home state of Michigan. Member of the Bearcats' 2004 NCAA playoff team was arrested in March 2010 in the Salt Lake City area about 4:30 a.m. and police found marijuana "between his buttocks," according to a jail document. Since Michigan listed Whaley as a parole violator (for maintaining a drug house), Utah extradited him and he began serving a two-year sentence. In the spring of 2015, Whaley was arrested for burglarizing a Marriott Hotel and ordered to serve 60 days in jail.

Melvin Whitaker Jr., Virginia signee (Jeff Jones)/Mount St. Mary's (Jim Phelan) - Center was jailed a couple of years after slashing a Cavaliers football defensive tackle's face with a box cutter (requiring 75 stitches) in the spring of 1996 in the lobby of a campus recreation center. Questions lingered as to who was going to pay the rent on a Charlottesville apartment the prep school recruit was provided while waiting to enroll at UVa.

Charlie White, Jackson State (Tevester Anderson) - After averaging 8.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.9 apg and 2.1 spg in 2004-05 and 2005-06, guard was expelled from school in fall of 2006 following charges including possession of a weapon on educational property and exhibiting a weapon in threatening manner. He previously punched a Southern LA player in the face during a game and received three-game suspension during his freshman campaign. White also was suspended for two exhibition contests after breaking an unspecified team rule.

Decensae White, Texas Tech (Bob Knight)/Santa Clara (Kerry Keating)/San Francisco State (Paul Trevor) - Arrested on a murder charge as part of an elaborate plot, including a Russian mobster, where a Louisiana rapper (Lil Phat) was killed in a revenge drive-by shooting the summer of 2012 in the parking deck of a hospital as his fiancee was preparing to give birth. White, extradited to Georgia in May 2013 before striking a deal with the prosecution, testified he was the one tracking Lil Phat's movements (after stealing 10 pounds of marijuana) via a GPS device installed in a rented white Audi vehicle. The vagabond hoopster averaged 4.7 ppg and 2.2 rpg for Texas Tech in 2006-07 and 2007-08, 3.4 ppg and 2.4 rpg in 10 games with Santa Clara in 2008-09 and team highs of 12.5 ppg and 7.1 rpg for San Francisco State in 2012-13.

Rodney White, Charlotte (Bobby Lutz) - All-Conference USA first-team selection as a freshman in 2000-01 before becoming the ninth pick overall in the NBA draft was arrested in late July 2011 and accused of operating a sophisticated marijuana-growing operation from his Statesville, N.C., home. According to police, they found an elaborate underground bunker for growing pot at White's home (grow lights, drying racks, planting materials and water system plus firearms). In early September 2004, he and two other men were arrested in D.C. after shots were fired from a car about 4:45 a.m.

Royce White, Minnesota (Tubby Smith)/Iowa State (Fred Hoiberg) - Suspended by the Gophers in the fall of 2009 after a shoplifting incident at the Mall of America before leaving UM following being charged with trespassing in connection to the alleged theft of a laptop computer from a university dormitory. In the summer of 2013 after the All-Big 12 Conference first-team selection missed his NBA rookie season with the Houston Rockets due to mental health issues, the rapper wannabee's Maxim model girlfriend filed a police report alleging he beat her up "after she became angered by his advances toward her friend."

Charles "Hawkeye" Whitney, North Carolina State (Norman Sloan) - Drug abuser was sentenced in June 1996 to 69 months in prison for the armed kidnapping of former White House lawyer Mark Fabiani. "I'm a recovering (cocaine) addict, and I will be for the rest of my life," said Whitney, an All-American in 1979-80. "I'm just grateful I have this chance to get it right. A lot of people die on the streets." Whitney also told college coach Mike Brey in a 3:00 telephone call that he'd been picked up by police because his girlfriend had gotten a restraining order against him.

Kelly Whitney, Seton Hall (Louis Orr) - Chicago product, one of the Pirates' all-time top 20 scorers (1,498 points from 2002-03 through 2005-06), was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty in Newark to burglary, criminal restraint and conspiracy to commit burglary stemming from him allegedly masterminding a break-in where the All-Big East Conference second-team selection as a senior and Pirates player Robert Mitchell robbed eight people, including several SHU students, at gunpoint in mid-March 2010 in a private home near the South Orange campus. Mitchell, who testified against Whitney, was sentenced to five years' probation.

Doug Wiggins, Connecticut (Jim Calhoun)/Massachusetts (Derek Kellogg) - Transferred out of UConn in 2008 following a drug-related suspension after two seasons with the Huskies. Excessive alcohol consumption preceded him being expelled from UMass without ever playing a game for the Minutemen.

Ken Wilburn, Central State OH (William C. Lucas) - NBA/ABA player in the late 1960s was a veteran elementary school teacher in Atlantic City before he was accused of molesting six girls over six years aged 11 to 15. Wilburn was charged in 1998 with 20 counts of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated criminal sexual contact. He pleaded guilty to two counts of official misconduct after admitting touching the breasts of a 12-year-old and 15-year-old who were not his students at the time. Wilburn, who averaged 22.4 ppg and 17.7 rpg in his senior year of college, was sentenced to eight years in prison and was barred from ever teaching again.

Jerron Wilbut, Seton Hall recruit (Kevin Willard)/Cal State Northridge (Reggie Theus) - Chicago product was sentenced to six months in jail along with two years probation after pleading guilty to aggravated robbery following arrest with two other men in early March 2013 in connection with a theft involving a handgun. Averaged 6 ppg for CSNU in 2015-16 and 2016-17 after sitting out all of 2014-15 amid an academic investigation.

Chris Wilcox, Maryland (Gary Williams) - Arrested by Howard County (Md.) police in late June 2005 and charged with transporting a handgun in his vehicle after a police search during a traffic stop uncovered a .357 revolver, ammunition and spent shell casings in his silver BMW. Wilcox, an All-ACC third-team selection for the Terrapins when they won the 2002 national title, could not produce a permit for the weapon, nor proof that he owned it.

Quincy Wilder, Southern California (Henry Bibby)/Boise State (Rod Jensen)/Evergreen State WA (John Barbee) - J.C. product who averaged 5 ppg, 2.6 rpg and 2.1 apg for USC in 1998-99 served nearly a year in prison after conviction for second-degree assault and robbery. His troubles with the law began when getting into a convenience store fight in Tacoma in the fall of 1999.

Sherron Wilkerson, Indiana (Bob Knight)/Rio Grande OH - Starter was kicked off IU's squad midway through the 1995-96 campaign following arrest about 3:40 a.m. on a misdemeanor domestic battery charge. Stripped of state's "Mr. Basketball" title in 1993 after quitting in the middle of first of two high school All-Star games, choosing to lie down in front of the bench.

Ivan Wilkerson-Johnson, Cincinnati commitment (Bob Huggins)/Oregon (Ernie Kent)/Cal State San Bernardino (Jeff Oliver) - J.C. product was kicked off a Ducks' road trip in middle of 2005-06 campaign and subsequently didn't have his scholarship renewed due to "anger management issues." Permanently banned from Korea Basketball League after series of flipping-off incidents (opposing player, opposing coach and referee) before receiving a similar ban in the Philippine Basketball Association after cursing commissioner. Sent home from an Atlanta Hawks' road trip for unspecified reasons.

Kenya Wilkins, Oregon (Jerry Green) - Arrested in mid-September 2020 on misdemeanor charges of possession of methamphetamine and DUI. After a string of arrests, the Ducks' MVP in 1996-97 sought treatment for drug addiction.

Brian Williams, Maryland (Bob Wade)/Arizona (Lute Olson) - Known as Bison Dele (honoring his Native American and African ancestry) in July 2002 when he is believed to have been murdered at sea by his estranged brother. Known for his eccentric behavior, Williams was diagnosed with clinical depression early in his pro career. He suddenly retired from the NBA at the prime of his career before the start of the 1999-00 campaign at age 30, leaving behind more than $35 million remaining in his contract with the Detroit Pistons. A police sting operation organized by Dele's family detained the older brother, who had forged Brian's signature in order to buy more than $150,000 worth of gold. Authorities concluded that Brian, his girlfriend and the skipper on Dele's catamaran were probably killed and dumped in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. In what some categorize as a modern day Cain and Abel, the older brother subsequently intentionally overdosed on insulin and died in a hospital.

Bryce Williams, Crown MN (Luke Herbert)/Saint Leo FL (Lance Randall)/Lancaster Bible PA (Zach Filzen)/Wisconsin-Stevens Point (Bob Semling and Kent Dernbach) - Pleaded guilty to federal arson in connection with a violent mob burning the South Minneapolis Police Department's Third Precinct in May 2020. He was sentenced to three years and three months in federal prison and ordered to help pay $12 million in restitution for the damage. Williams, holding a molotov cocktail while other individuals attempted to light the wick, was identified at the scene from surveillance footage. He published videos of himself and other rioters to his TikTok account and gave an interview on Instagram describing his participation. The "Influencer" was in middle of making a documentary showcasing George Floyd protests across the country. Williams averaged team highs of 20.4 ppg for Crown in 2013-14 and 20.5 ppg with Lancaster Bible in 2015-16.

Darrell Williams, Oklahoma State (Travis Ford) - J.C. recruit was averaging 7.1 ppg and team-high 7.3 rpg as a part-time starter in 2009-10 before he was suspended with a month remaining in the season following two women alleging he inappropriately touched them without their consent at an off-campus party. Williams was convicted of sexual battery and rape by instrumentation but jurors acquitted him on two other counts. A judge denied his request for a new trial and had him register as a sex offender but gave the Chicago product a suspended sentence in mid-October 2012, allowing him to avoid prison time. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals threw out the verdict due to testimony of jurors at a special hearing suggesting that at least two jurors made unauthorized visits to the crime scene. Williams, whose older brother was shot and killed in 2009, was also arrested in February 2014 for public urination outside a friend's home.

DeShaun Williams, Syracuse (Jim Boeheim)/Iona (Jeff Ruland) - Third-team All-Big East Conference selection as junior in 2001-02 was kicked off Cuse's club because of scholastic problems (also convicted of DWI and cleared of allegedly striking a female student/team mascot Otto the Orange in a bar in 2002). "Being a student at Syracuse, I loved every bit of it, and I would not take anything back if I could change it," Williams told OrangeFizz.com. "I just had fun. I did things that dudes do: women. I didn't have a favorite. I just took advantage of everything that came to me." Dismissed from Iona for academic deficiencies late in senior campaign in 2003-04.

Frank Williams, Illinois (Lon Kruger and Bill Self) - Big Ten Conference Player of the Year in 2000-01 was arrested with his younger brother (Aaron) in June 2009, after agents for a multi-county enforcement group executed a search warrant at a Peoria, Ill., home. Agents seized 78 grams of marijuana, a digital scale and a .40-caliber handgun. In a plea bargain, Frank was sentenced to two years of probation and a $1,000 fine. In July 2013, Williams was booked for domestic battery.

Greg Williams, Lamar (Pat Foster) - J.C. recruit who averaged 3.2 ppg for the Cardinals in the early 1980s has been in and out of jail more than a dozen times. In drug deals gone bad in his hometown of Wichita, he was shot in his left leg and run over in a parking lot.

James "Fly" Williams, Austin Peay (Lake Kelly) - Brownsville, N.Y., product served two years on a drug possession rap in the mid-1990s after spending 14 months in Attica and two other prisons stemming from charges of attempted robbery, unlawful imprisonment, weapons possession and menacing. After a pickup game in Starrett City in 1987, the drug-ravaged 1972-73 All-American got in an argument with a friend over money and was shot by an off-duty court officer with a shotgun. In the spring of 2017, he was busted in "Operation Flying High" as the kingpin of a massive drug ring peddling two million vials of heroin worth estimated $12 million to $20 million in his former Brooklyn neighborhood.

Jason Williams, George Mason (Paul Westhead)/Birmingham-Southern (Duane Reboul) - After averaging 12.7 ppg and 3 rpg as a freshman in 1995-96, he was kicked out of GMU amid five arrests during the summer including one felony charge (intent to distribute cocaine).Williams said he was selling weed and crack by his mid-teens.

Jayson Williams, St. John's (Lou Carnesecca) - All-Big East Conference second-team selection in 1988-89 pleaded guilty in January 2010 to aggravated assault and served 18 months in prison for accidentally killing a limousine driver in his bedroom. Williams, boasting 25 stitches above his right eye after being charged with drunken driving when crashing his SUV into a tree the previous week, was awaiting retrial on a reckless manslaughter count before pleading guilty to to the lesser count. He had been cleared by jurors in the spring of 2004 of aggravated manslaughter, the most serious charge against him, but was found guilty of four lesser charges. He faced 55 years in prison if convicted on all counts stemming from a February 14, 2002, shooting with a 12-gauge shotgun of a limo driver at his mansion and an alleged attempt to make the death look like a suicide. Williams was acquitted of aggravated manslaughter, but the jury deadlocked on a reckless-manslaughter count. Williams gave the driver's relatives $2.5 million to settle a civil suit. In late April 2009 following his wife filing for divorce claiming he was abusive, adulterous and had a drug problem, Williams was zapped with a stun gun by police in a lower Manhattan hotel suite after the reportedly suicidal athlete resisted attempts by officers to take him to a hospital. The next month, he was charged with assault after allegedly punching a man in the face outside a Raleigh, N.C., bar, but charges were dropped. Spent eight months of a one-year sentence in jail on Riker's Island following a DWI conviction. In early February 2016, Williams was charged with drunken driving after hitting a utility pole along a road in a rural Delaware town, triggering him entering a Delray Beach, Fla., rehabilitation facility. Part of his daily prison routine was writing "Humbled - Letters From Prison," which described tragedies in his life, including the deaths of his sisters (two from AIDS/one murdered) and being molested by his uncle when he was 10. His two daughters denounced St. John's in the fall of 2022 for its decision to induct their father into the school's Athletics Hall of Fame. The Williams sisters accused their dad of being a "deadbeat", an alcoholic, failing to provide adequate financial support plus never making amends for emotional and verbal abusiveness.

Jordan Williams, Maryland (Gary Williams) - All-ACC first-team selection in 2010-11 was arrested in connection with a Thanksgiving 2016 kidnapping and robbery. A juvenile was kidnapped at knife point and robbed of his clothes and belongings in the aftermath of a drug deal gone bad (group sought Ecstasy but instead were sold rock salt). The victim was taken to a home in Williams' Connecticut hometown, where he was assaulted. Williams pleaded guilty to a single charge of risk of injury to a minor rather than face jury trial and possibility of significantly stiffer sentence. Prior to Williams' freshman season with the Terrapins, two misdemeanor charges for assault were dropped related to his involvement in a fight along with four other teenagers. His uncle is former UConn forward Murray Williams, who was a part-time starter as freshman for 1988 NIT champion before series of DUI incidents and being dropped from the Huskies' squad because of poor grades.

Kenny Williams, North Carolina commitment (Dean Smith)/Barton County Community College KS (Dan McGovern)/Elizabeth City State NC (Claudie Mackey) - One of the nation's top five high school recruits in 1988 was sentenced in mid-August 2013 to nine months in prison and ordered to pay more than $661,000 in restitution for failing to pay child support after being a fugitive for more than a decade. He was deported from Israel as an illegal alien. The U.S. Attorney's office said Williams earned a salary playing for the NBA's Indiana Pacers, playing professionally overseas and drove luxury cars while his former wife and three children in U.S. were on welfare. In August 2000, deadbeat dad pleaded guilty to willful failure to pay child support.

Lawrence Williams, Texas (Rick Barnes)/Louisiana Tech (Keith Richard) - Arrested in mid-September 2001 in his native Ruston, La., for attempted second-degree murder, discharging a firearm in the city, illegal use of a weapon, resisting an officer by flight, possession of marijuana and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Williams, who also attended Panola (Tex.) Junior College, drove up next to his girlfriend's car and allegedly fired one shot from a handgun at the car. The bullet lodged in the passenger side door.

Mike Williams, Western Michigan (Robert McCullum/Steve Hawkins) - Mid-American Conference Player of the Year in 2003-04 was sentenced to 90 days in jail in the fall of 2016 after charged with delivery of cocaine.

Oscar Williams Jr., Utah State (Dutch Belnap) - The Aggies' assists leader in multiple categories from his mid-1970s exploits was sentenced to two life prison terms without the possibility of parole for the 1982 shooting death of his wife. Prosecutors contended that he murdered her to collect $220,000 worth of life insurance benefits after he failed in an effort to hire a contract killer. Toy Williams, a 24-year-old model, was shot at least five times in an alley near the couple's Las Vegas apartment after returning from her job at a nearby shopping mall.

Roy Williams, Cleveland State (Kevin Mackey and Mike Boyd) - J.C. recruit was suspended while facing a rape charge stemming from an on-campus incident at a fraternity party involving an honor student in early November 1990. He was questioned by California authorities the previous year about the suspicious death of a Compton College female student, whose body was found in the trunk of her car. Williams, the last person seen with her according to police, initially told investigators that she overdosed at a San Diego crack house that the two had visited. An attorney defending him threatened to sue over disclosure that his client was convicted of murder in California in 1981 when he was 14 and reportedly served nearly five years in California youth institutions.

Sean Williams, Boston College (Al Skinner) - Suspended from the Eagles' team and BC after he was charged with marijuana possession in May, 2005. Williams was averaging 12.1 ppg, 6.9 rpg and 5 bpg in 2006-07 when he was dismissed from BC's team in mid-season. Arrested at the school in mid-February 2009 for allegedly violating a no-trespassing order. Arrested in spring of 2009 at a suburban Denver mall, where he smashed a computer monitor in a cellphone store, resulting in a two-game suspension by the NBA's New Jersey Nets. Arrested in Iowa midway through 2012-13 D-League campaign for possible drug sales.

Shawne Williams, Memphis (John Calipari) - Three times in Indiana, friends from Memphis ran afoul of the law while in Williams' company. All-Conference USA selection as a freshman in 2005-06 pleaded guilty to misdemeanor drug possession after being arrested in Memphis on felony drug charges for selling a codeine substance in mid-January 2010. Allowed to stay on diversion program despite testing positive for marijuana several times. Williams and former teammate Kareem Cooper were detained on separate charges in the summer of 2010 when detectives spotted Williams driving his Dodge Charger without a seatbelt. Cooper, who transferred from Memphis to UTEP under coach Tony Barbee, was charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to manufacture/deliver/sell and felony possession of a firearm (handgun loaded with 20 rounds). In mid-December 2012, Williams was jailed again for drugs and pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance. Three years later, he was arrested and charged with DUI and multiple other infractions following hit-and-run in his 2014 Rolls Royce.

Sylvester "Sly" Williams, Rhode Island (Jack Kraft) - All-American in 1977-78 and 1978-79 faced felony charges of first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy and first-degree kidnapping in connection with an incident in September 2001 in Endicott, N.Y. Prosecutors accused him of having sex with a 42-year-old woman against her will at her home. Williams, working for a pipe and plastics company at the time of his arrest, pleaded guilty to a single kidnapping charge on the eve of jury selection and was sentenced to five years in prison. Previously, he received a suspended prison sentence in 1991 in New Haven, Conn., on abuse charges filed by his girlfriend.

Domenique Wilson, Lock Haven PA (John Wilson) - Serial rapist was convicted and sentenced to 84 to 230 years in prison of raping a woman in Philadelphia in October 2008 while her boyfriend was bound and gagged. Wilson was also convicted of attacking a group of Penn students and raping one of them in December 2008. His sentence will be served consecutively with a prior sentence stemming from an accusation of raping two Lock Haven students in their apartment in February 2009. He played as a freshman with Lock Haven in 2004-05.

Othell Wilson, Virginia (Terry Holland) - All-ACC first-team selection as a sophomore in 1981-82 was indicted by a grand jury in November 1999 on charges of kidnapping and raping his 20-year-old ex-girlfriend. He had just been appointed coach at St. Mary's College (Md.).

Rick Wilson, Louisville (Denny Crum) - In August, 1993, the All-Metro Conference first-team selection in 1977-78 was sentenced to 10 years in prison for violations of the terms of his probation. Wilson, who had joined the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department in 1986, was convicted in July 1990 of cocaine trafficking and possession, but was put on probation for five years after serving a month in a work-release center. In 1991, he was allowed to remain on probation and undergo addiction treatment despite five urine tests that found evidence of cocaine use.

Greg Winbush, Ohio University (Dale Bandy) - Guard who played briefly for the Bobcats in 1977-78 served 21 1/2 years in prison after convictions on drug and attempted bank-robbery charges before receiving a pardon in 2011 from outgoing Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland.

Major Wingate, Tennessee (Buzz Peterson and Bruce Pearl) - Starting center in 2005-06 was kicked off the Vols' team after his third failed drug test. Warrant out for his arrest in 2010 for failure to appear upon owing more than $22,500 in back child support. The Springfield (Mass.) Armor, an NBA Affiliate, released him midway through 2009-10 campaaign for personal reasons.

Dontonio Wingfield Sr., Cincinnati (Bob Huggins) - All-Great Midwest Conference second-team selection as a freshman in 1993-94 was sentenced in September 1999 to a year in state prison for assaulting two police officers responding to a domestic violence call. The judge told Wingfield that he went to prison because he showed no remorse and had a prior conviction of obstructing police in his hometown of Albany, Ga. He later sustained severe injuries in an automobile accident. In mid-July 2010, he was arrested for suspended license and improper tag following a drug bust in downtown Albany.

Darryl Winston, Kansas State (Jack Hartman) - Second-leading rebounder for the Wildcats' NCAA tourney teams in 1975 and 1977 before becoming interim coach last half of 1984-85 season pleaded no-contest and was placed on one year of supervised probation for attempted possession of cocaine. Infraction stemmed from St. Louis Metro East native being stopped by Topeka police in fall of 2001 while driving with a brake light out.

Allen "Skip" Wise Jr., Clemson (Tates Locke) - In March 1984, a circuit court jury convicted the All-ACC first-team selection as a freshman in 1974-75 of conspiracy to distribute heroin. At the time of his arrest, Wise was on parole from a 12-year prison sentence for a prior drug trafficking conviction.

Loren Woods, Wake Forest (Dave Odom)/Arizona (Lute Olson) - Nation's third-leading shot blocker in 1999-00 was arrested in spring of 2012 for DUI in Tampa before allegedly attempting to bribe an officer with $2,200 cash. Woods reportedly refused to perform a field sobriety test, saying such exams were biased against black people and that he would only do it if administered by a black officer. Received a six-game suspension as UA senior in 2000-01 for accepting illegal benefits (loan of unspecified amount from his former H.S. coach in St. Louis). Ejected from a Pac-12 game while restrained from attacking a referee and benched for another contest after ordered to leave practice the previous day. In 1997-98 at Wake, he took a leave of absence from the Demon Deacons for seven outings. He was suspended by the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves midway through the 2002-03 campaign for conduct detrimental to the team.

Qyntel Woods, Memphis commitment (John Calipari) - J.C. recruit who went straight to the NBA was promptly released by the Portland Trail Blazers midway through the 2004-05 campaign following pleading guilty to animal abuse after being under investigation for more serious charges related to dog fighting. In spring of 2003, the Memphis product was cited for marijuana possession and driving Cadillac without insurance and a suspended license (ordered to pay $1,096 fine after pleading "no contest"). Woods reportedly offered only his basketball trading card and two credit cards as identification.

Stanley Woods, Furman (Joe Williams) - Convicted of murder and originally sentenced to die in a January 1983 trial stemming from armed robbery and killing of a service station attendant in February 1981. The conviction was subsequently overturned by the South Carolina Supreme Court because of remarks the prosecution made about him not testifying in his own behalf. In a second trial, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life plus 25 years. The 5-10 guard averaged 2.5 ppg in 1976-77 and 1977-78.

Terry Woods, Iowa State (Johnny Orr) - Part-owner of Des Moines Heat (IBL) pleaded guilty to reduced charges (felony willful injury causing bodily injury and misdemeanor false imprisonment) in connection with an August 2005 kidnapping case involving a woman. Woods, a three-year starting guard from 1987-88 through 1989-90 while averaging 10.4 ppg and 5.6 apg, was sentenced to five years in prison suspended to five years probation on the injury charge and one year in prison suspended to probation for the imprisonment charge. He led the Big Eight Conference in assists as a senior.

Tony Woods Jr., Wake Forest (Jeff Bzdelik)/Oregon (Dana Altman) - Pleaded guilty to fracturing spine of the mother of his infant son. In a Labor Day 2010 incident, Woods allegedly kicked and pushed the woman in front of their eight-month-old child. He was convicted of a misdemeanor and sentenced to 60 days of community service.

Orlando Woolridge, Notre Dame (Digger Phelps) - Irish's leading rebounder and second-leading scorer in 1980-81 when he finished third in the nation in field-goal shooting (65%) was arrested for theft of aluminum lines (valued at $2,000 and sold for scrap) used to transfer water to natural gas drilling sites in DeSoto Parish (LA) only three months before his death at the age of 52 in late May 2012 because of a chronic heart condition. He entered an NBA drug treatment program for cocaine use in the middle of the 1987-88 season while playing for the New Jersey Nets.

Doug Wrenn, Connecticut (Jim Calhoun)/Washington (Bob Bender and Lorenzo Romar) - All-Pac-10 first-team selection in 2001-02 was convicted of cyber-stalking and telephone harassment of a former girlfriend in the spring of 2012. Earlier, he was convicted of two counts of second-degree assault with a handgun after threatening two people at an intersection in a road-rage incident in mid-March 2008. Charged with shoplifting athletic shoes in the fall of 1998 before joining UConn. One year later, he was cited by New Haven, Conn., police for arguing with a police officer following an incident at a local diner. Dismissed by UConn in spring of 2000 after probe over he and a teammate swapping tickets with store employee for merchandise plus charge by campus police for breach of peace in a dormitory incident. Reneged on commitment to Seattle hometown UW out of H.S. when a problem arose with a grade in one of his core courses. Immersed in three prosecutions for domestic violence allegations over a six-year span. His father was a felon who served multiple prison sentences.

Erikk Wright Jr., Coppin State commitment (Ron "Fang" Mitchell) - J.C. wing for Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in 2013-14 was convicted of third-degree murder and sentenced to 16 to 32 years in prison as well as five years of consecutive probation following a shooting in spring of 2016 outside a popular nightclub in Chester, Pa. Video evidence depicted Wright stepping off a curb to shoot the victim in the back as he crawled away for his life.

Josh Wright, Syracuse (Jim Boeheim) - Left off Orange team in 2005 NCAA playoffs after freshman reportedly failed a drug test administered by the school. After departing squad first half of senior season for multiple off-the-court issues, he was arrested for stealing a woman's credit card in late June 2008. Starting guard as junior was among five people arrested in a prostitution sting in Utica, N.Y., in mid-June 2011.

Lorenzen Wright, Memphis (Larry Finch) - His badly-decomposing body, indicating at least five shots from multiple shooters, was found in a secluded field near a golf course in southeast Memphis in late July 2010. A 911 operator took an emergency call from Wright's cell phone and believes he heard gunshots in the background. Wright's ex-wife, to whom he was in arrears on his $26,000-a-month alimony and child-support payments for his six children, claimed she overheard him on the telephone telling someone he was going to "flip something for $110,000." She told police he twice left her home about 2 a.m. carrying money and a box of drugs. Court documents show Wright, an All-American in 1995-96 as a sophomore, acknowledged to the FBI in 2008 that he sold a Mercedes sedan and Cadillac SUV to an individual known by authorities to be part of a drug kingpin gang. Despite earning an estimated $55 million over his 13-year NBA career, Wright's $1.3 million home in Atlanta was repossessed along with a $2.7 million home near Memphis he owned. His ex-wife, in a book she wrote, claimed she was trapped in an abusive marriage. But Sherra Wright-Robinson was arrested in California in mid-December 2017 in connection to his death and charged with conspiracy, first-degree murder and criminal attempt first-degree murder along with deacon from her previous church. The case blossomed when an FBI dive team search a lake in Walnut, Miss., and found a gun authorities said was used in the murder. In 2014, she agreed to a confidential settlement in a dispute over how she spent $1 million in insurance earmarked to benefit their six children. She received a 30-year sentence after pleading guilty in summer of 2019 to facilitation of first-degree murder.

Luther Wright, Seton Hall (P.J. Carlesimo) - Diagnosed with bipolar disorder, he spent much of the remainder of the decade in drug dens after powering the Pirates to back-to-back NCAA playoff appearances in 1992 and 1993. After averaging an anemic 1.3 ppg and 0.7 rpg in 15 games for the Utah Jazz in 1993-94, he was found by police destroying property and causing a disturbance at a rest area outside Salt Lake City (banging garbage cans and punching in car window with five-foot stick). His mother gained control over his annuity stemming from his $5 million NBA contract but she used it as collateral for a large loan that ate up much of the money with most of the rest of it going to child-support payments to four children reportedly fathered with four different women. High on yet another cocaine/meth/alcohol binge, he had two toes - all rotted and frostbitten - amputated from his size-22 right foot just before Christmas 2004 by an emergency-room intern in New Jersey trying to save the remainder of a badly infected foot.

Rodney "Pop" Wright, Drake (Bob Ortegel) - Juco recruit who averaged 15.5 ppg, 4.5 rpg and 2.9 apg from 1978-79 through 1980-81 pleaded guilty in fall of 2004 to failing to pay his income taxes for several years in late 1990s while receiving almost $350,000 giving anti-drug lectures on behalf of Hy-Vee. Baltimore product's addiction to heroin, cocaine and alcohol cost him his basketball career, his freedom and, very nearly, his life. In late 1985, while dealing cocaine, college teammate of Lewis Lloyd was shot twice in the back in his hometown. The next year, Wright returned to Des Moines, where he was arrested for forging checks to pay for dope fiend's $1,000-a-day habit and sentenced to two years in a Nebraska drug treatment center.

Teko Wynder, Mercer (Bill Bibb)/Tulsa (Jim King) - High-scoring juco recruit (20.5 ppg with Mercer in 1974-75 and 17.7 ppg with Tulsa in 1976-77) was arrested in sting operation as JV coach in 1981 at a high school for allegedly agreeing to sell drugs to an undercover cop posing as a student (judge threw case out of court). In summer of 1989, he was arrested for possession of cocaine and heroin.

Stephon Wynn, Colorado State (Larry Eustachy) - Backup guard was dismissed from squad in spring of 2013 following arrest on drug distribution charges.

Carlos Yates, George Mason (Joe Harrington) - Three-time All-ECAC South first-team selection from 1982-83 through 1984-85 and GMU's all-time leading scorer was gunned down while riding his motorcycle in mid-August 1989 in an apparent drug-related killing. He pleaded guilty to a federal cocaine conspiracy charge in the spring of same year and reportedly was cooperating with authorities. Ranked among the nation's Top 20 scorers each of his last three seasons.

Chris Yates, Wisconsin-Green Bay (Dick Bennett) - Forward who averaged 3.2 ppg from 1987-88 through 1991-92 was sentenced to 15 years to life behind bars for the stabbing murder of his mother in spring of 2006. Addicted to crack cocaine, he previously was sentenced to five years in prison after found guilty of armed robbery in 1992. Following release from prison, criminal record for MI native included domestic violence and violating a restraining order.

Mark Yavorsky, San Diego (Phil Woolpert) - Backcourtmate of Bernie Bickerstaff for two seasons averaged 8.4 ppg from 1963-64 through 1965-66. Stepbrother of Kansas City Royals catcher and manager John Wathan, a hoops letterman for the same college in 1968-69. In a neighbor's living room, where their mother had sought refuge, Yavorsky stabbed her to death with a three-foot antique saber in June 1979. Found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, a judge ruled him innocent by reason of insanity. In Yavorsky's disturbed mind, the murder was a reenactment of scene from a Greek tragedy in which he had been cast. After his release from a state hospital, he was in and out of custody, at one juncture escaping from a group home in downtown San Diego, taking off on a cross-country foray. The crime inspired a movie entitled My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done.

Wayne Yearwood, West Virginia (Gale Catlett) - Convicted in January 1992, Montreal native was sentenced to 15 months in prison for selling cocaine at the school where he averaged 8.8 ppg and 4.4 rpg from 1984-85 through 1986-87.

Jahmar Young, New Mexico State (Marvin Menzies) - Charged with battery on a peace officer at a convenience store at 3:00 a.m. soon after 2009-10 season after leading Aggies in scoring. In 2009, he became "abrasive" with a NMSU employee at the student union, resulting in school police called to the scene although charges weren't filed. In 2008, he was charged with battery and assault before accepting a plea deal being accused of exposing himself to a woman in campus housing.

Bob "Zeke" Zawoluk, St. John's (Frank McGuire) - The All-American in 1950-51 and 1951-52 had a turbulent life including vast emotional instability, an arson rap, crack addiction, grand larceny conviction and prison. After getting fired by one of a series of auto dealers he worked for, he got even in an alcohol-fueled rage in Queens and Nassau County in 1986, dousing two luxury cars with gasoline, torching them, then ramming into 17 other cars, before being apprehended after a high-speed chase. Following another transgression, he was paroled on Christmas Eve, 1993, after serving nearly two years at Clinton Correctional Facility on robbery and grand larceny charges. A subsequent positive drug test violated his parole and sent him to Rikers Island in the mid-1990s.

NOTE: An arrest or allegation does not mean that the individual was convicted of the charge(s). Individuals are innocent until proven guilty by a court of law.