In recent weeks, several college basketball programs have been under fire as members of their programs have been connected to corruption charges. The UCLA Basketball team was not one of them.
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In all, 10 individuals (assistant coaches and an Adidas representative) have been arrested for accepting payments in order to channel recruits to their programs. Two of those coaches came from UCLA’s rival schools, USC and Arizona.
With the scandal hitting so close to home in the Pac-12 and keeping in mind UCLA’s former relationship with Adidas, Bruins fans were concerned about UCLA having a connection to these corruption charges.