(MENAFN) The US National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced Friday that six former men’s college basketball players have been permanently banned from competition for their roles in betting-related game manipulation and providing investigators with false information.

The NCAA Committee on Infractions issued three separate rulings following enforcement investigations at the University of New Orleans, Mississippi Valley State, and Arizona State. While the cases were unrelated, each involved student-athletes supplying information to known bettors and manipulating games in connection with sports betting.

“As a result of the sports betting violations, the student-athletes all violated ethical conduct rules, triggering permanent ineligibility,” the NCAA said. The organization added that all three cases involved players who “knowingly provided false or misleading information to investigators,” reflecting a lack of cooperation.

The findings were approved through negotiated agreements with the universities involved. The Committee on Infractions does not assign penalties to individual athletes, but it confirmed that the violations occurred.

The bans follow the NCAA’s September disclosure of similar sports betting-related misconduct by three Division I men’s basketball players, whose eligibility was also permanently revoked.

These college-level infractions come amid a broader gambling scandal in professional basketball. In October, US authorities charged current and former NBA players and coaches in two major fraud cases involving insider betting conspiracies and illegal gambling operations tied to organized crime. Among those charged were former NBA player and coach Damon Jones, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, and Portland Trailblazers head coach Chauncey Billups, according to reports.

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