Three men’s college basketball players were banned by the NCAA after they were found to have bet on themselves and one another. 

Mykell Robinson, Steven Vasquez, and Jalen Weaver, who played at Fresno State and San Jose State, reportedly participated in a “sports-betting related game manipulation” scheme, according to the NCAA, and were subsequently placed on the permanently ineligible list. 

The NCAA found that the trio exchanged information and bet on each other during the 2024-25 season.

Specifically, the three players were said to have talked about “individual betting lines for the purpose of manipulating outcomes to win prop bets,” per the report. 

Two of the players allegedly manipulated their performance to ensure their bets won. 

All three student-athletes were released from their teams and are no longer enrolled at their respective schools. 

The investigation started after a sports betting integrity firm flagged suspicious activity on some of Robinson’s player props.

In January, Robinson and Vasquez, roommates at Fresno State during the 2023-24 season, exchanged text messages about the former’s intent to “underperform in several statistical categories during one regular-season game.”

Robinson, Vasquez — who had by then transferred to San Jose State — and a third party bet a combined $2,200 on Robinson’s unders, which won for a $15,950 payout. 

Robinson also gambled on Weaver, his teammate at the time, in December of last year.

Weaver placed a $50 prop bet on himself in that game as well, winning $260.