From an article about SUNY Binghamton in the Wall Street Journal:
… “Basketball is the cesspool of college sports,” says James Duderstadt, a man too familiar with the game’s pitfalls. He was the University of Michigan’s president from 1988-96, a period marred by scandal. Federal charges were later brought against a booster, Ed Martin, and two others, for making illicit loans of more than $600,000 to four players. Mr. Martin pleaded guilty in 2002 to one count of conspiracy to launder money but died while awaiting sentencing; severe sanctions were placed on Michigan by the University and the NCAA. “It only takes a few outstanding players to make a program nationally competitive, which is why basketball is the source of such cheating. Universities don’t realize that it’s so visible that the blowback can cause enormous damage to the institution, damage that lasts for decades…