The University of Arizona has been at the core of the NCAA’s pay for play scandal since Deandre Ayton was in the middle of his lone season in Tucson. Ever since the initial news broke during Pac-12 conference play nearly 18 months ago, there’s been a back-and-forth with authorities for months with this case revolving in large part around Arizona.
During his tenure with the Wildcats, Ayton averaged 20.1 points, 11.6 rebounds and 1.9 blocks on his way to being PAC-12 Player of the Year and a finalist for the Naismith Award. Ayton’s on-court dominance was overshadowed over the last few months of the season amidst all of this outside noise involving the FBI investigation.