The government’s case against client recruiter Christian Dawkins and Adidas consultant and basketball organizer Merl Code advanced during this second and final full week of the trial. Jurors likely came away from the proceedings with more certainty that Dawkins and Code conspired in bribery. On Friday, prosecutors delivered closing arguments before U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos and the jury. The trial is expected to formally conclude on Monday. It could take several days thereafter for jurors to reach verdicts.
Meanwhile, several prominent figures in college basketball who are neither defendants nor witnesses have been implicated by trial testimony and evidence.