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Former San Francisco Dons basketball player, Marcus Williams, is being accused by the NCAA of sharing critical status details with a player on another team who then allegedly used that inside information to place bets.
The NCAA leveled these accusations on Wednesday, according to David Purdum of ESPN.
Marcus Williams, who played for the Dons during the period 2022 through 2025, has been ruled ineligible by the NCAA as a result of the allegations.
The information was allegedly provided to former Fresno State player Mykell Robinson ahead of at least nine games during the 2024-25 season.
From Purdum
Williams shared information with Robinson about his points, 3-pointers made, rebounds and assists, according to the NCAA, which found text messages between the two after imaging Robinson's phone. In each instance, Williams directed Robinson to take the over on his statistics, according to the NCAA.
Paolo Zamorano, Williams's agent, insisted his client is innocent of any wrongdoing.
"Marcus regrets that he responded with confidence when a friend and former AAU teammate reached out to him about published betting lines for his stats (over/unders) on various games, but he certainly never told anyone to bet on his under(s) or told anyone to bet against his team," Zamorano said in a statement to ESPN.
"Unfortunately, Marcus did not appreciate the seriousness of the interactions with his friend and former AAU teammate and he would like to apologize to the University of San Francisco for this negative attention," he added.
This is a developing story.
- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com
