Yahoo: Several ACC Basketball teams involved in impermissible benefits

Nearly half ot the Atlantic Coast Conference were implicated in documents discovered by Yahoo in the FBI's case into college basketball.

Duke, UNC, NC State, Clemson, Louisville, Notre Dame, Virginia were all mentioned in today's article. 

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— Jon Pence (@scacchoops) February 23, 2018

The misconduct ranged from players or family receiving meals to payments or "loans" for thousands of dollars.  The snippets below link the ACC teams to these players.

• Dennis Smith, who would go on to play at North Carolina State in 2016-17, received $43,500 according to the documents. Another document headed “Pina,” for ASM agent Stephen Pina, says Smith received a total of $73,500 in loans, and includes notes about “options to recoup the money” when Smith did not sign with ASM.
• Former Clemson player Jaron Blossomgame received a payment by Venmo while in school for $1,100 according to the documents.
• Current South Carolina player Brian Bowen, who was ensnared in the initial federal investigation and started his career at Louisville last fall until the school withheld him from competition. His father, Brian Sr., also received money, according to the documents. (Dawkins’ expense reports also list more than $1,500 in plane tickets for Bowen, his father and his mother. He and his family received at least $7,000 in benefits, according to the documents.)

Among the players and/or families who are listed as meeting with or having meals:

• Tony Bradley, UNC
• Wendell Carter, Duke
• Demetrius Jackson, Notre Dame
• Malcolm Brogdon, UVA

When it comes to meals, it's important to note the NCAA is quick to turn a blind eye to these type of things.

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— Ben Swain (@TheBenSwain) February 23, 2018

It's just the beginning, but this is going to be messy.  If the Louisville vacated 2013 National Championship sets any precedence, then the last 10-15 years of college basketball never happened.  Vacate it all.