Oh, that's right, the academic fraud was football. You just "pay" your basketball players>
"During that time the booster (cited in the report as "representative 1") provided cash, transportation, clothing and other benefits totaling more than $5,000 to two men's basketball student-athletes. More than $4,500 in benefits was given to one student-athlete, his Amateur Athletics Union (AAU) coach and his family members, whom the booster befriended while the student-athlete was still in high school. The other student-athlete received benefits from the booster totaling approximately $450.
In its public report, the committee noted that it is "particularly troubled" by the booster transporting the student-athlete and his AAU coach to the 2004 Division I Men's Basketball Championship Regional Semi-Final and Regional Final contests. The distance was more than 1,000 miles and the booster paid for all transportation, lodging and meals for the student-athlete, as well as transportation costs for the AAU coach.
The prospect, the booster and the AAU coach all received game tickets from the university as they were listed as guests of a men's basketball student-athlete on the complimentary ticket list at the regional contests. The prospect and the booster were identified as a "friend" of the student-athlete and the AAU coach was listed as "coach." The vast majority of people receiving complimentary tickets, however, were immediate family members. "
