One of the college basketball players implicated in a sports betting investigation the NCAA revealed in September has confirmed his involvement.
In an interview on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ on Monday, Nov. 17, former University of New Orleans shooting guard Cedquavious Hunter admitted, ‘I did point-shave’ as part of a scheme orchestrated by an unnamed bettor out of Las Vegas.
‘I was money hungry,’ Hunter told reporter Will Reeve. ‘Fast cash.’
Hunter, a 3-point specialist who played at UNO during the 2024-25 season, said he and others implicated in the scheme would intentionally miss some shots to affect the point spread.
‘95% (of the time) we got the job done,’ he said.
The NCAA in September identified 13 former players from six schools it was investigating in a wide-ranging sports betting investigation. Then earlier this month, the association’s committee on infractions banned six players for life for ‘betting-related game manipulation and/or student-athletes providing information to known bettors.’
Hunter was one of those six players ruled permanently ineligible, along with UNO teammates Dyquavian Short and Jamond Vincent.
According to the report, text messages recovered from Short’s phone included an exchange with Hunter in which they discussed receiving $5,000 for their participation.
‘I told them (NCAA investigators) I didn’t know anything but the whole time, I knew everything. But I was trying to lie because I thought I would get my way out of it,’ he told GMA.
Hunter averaged 8.2 points and 22.3 minutes per game in his only season at New Orleans. He took 4.8 3-point shots per game, converting on 38.6% of them.
As for his motivation for getting involved and what he would do with the money, Hunter needed a moment to compose himself before answering.
‘I just had a child, so the school wasn’t paying me money, so I was trying to get money to actually take care of my child.’