Temple University will review reports that show at least one game involving its men's basketball team has been flagged by gambling watchdog company U.S. Integrity for unusual betting activity.The betting line for Thursday night's game between Temple and UAB surged from the Blazers opening as a two-point favorite to reaching as high as eight points, per tracking website Covers.com. UAB covered the spread with a 100-72 win at Temple.
policies. While we can’t comment any further at this time, we take this matter very seriously."The Owls are members of the American Athletic Conference, which confirmed it is a client of U.S. Integrity and had no additional comment. U.S. Integrity said it was in the "very early stages of acquiring information" but otherwise declined to comment on an ongoing investigation. A UAB spokesman declined comment, adding "this does not apply to us.
President Charlie Baker said earlier this year the is trying to modify "draconian" penalties college athletes face for breaking rules regarding betting on sports.The topic drew headlines last year in two prominent cases: About two dozen Iowa State and Iowa athletes were criminally charged after a state investigation into illegal sports wagering; some charges were dropped after investigators were found to have misused tracking software that detected open mobile betting apps in Iowa State athletic facilities.