Tim Donaghy's allegations of fixing NBA games has brought plenty of attention to the matter of potentially rigging the outcomes of basketball games. Is there any merit to the claims of basketball games being fixed? According to one professor at an Ivy League school, the answer is that it's very likely point-shaving does take place, at least at the college level.
Read Are College Basketball Games Fixed? in the Basketball Betting section of the site.
Photo: Tulane University temporarily canceled its men's basketball program for several years in the 1980s over allegations of point-shaving. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)
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