University Of Hawaii Football Point Shaving Investigation!

[LordCC]

HONOLULU -- The Honolulu Police Department is looking into allegations of point shaving by a member or members of the Unversity of Hawaii Warriors football program, sources said.

Point shaving happens when one or more members of a sports team prevent a team from covering a published point spread, often purposely failing to score as many points as the team was expected to make. Gamblers who know the information in advance can win extra money by betting on the team that was not expected to do as well but does better as a result of point shaving.

The HPD case is in its initial phases, a source familiar with the probe said. The source asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitivity of the investigation.

UH spokeswoman Lynne Waters released a statement Tuesday that said:

"On November 3, 2011, the UH Manoa Office of Admissions received an anonymous letter alleging 'point shaving' by unnamed football players of UH football games."

"Recognizing the seriousness of these allegations, UH leadership acted promptly and responsibly by immediately alerting the Honolulu Police Department and providing the letter to them."

"Board of Regents Chair Eric Martinson and President MRC Greenwood met personally with Chief Louis Kealoha to offer UH’s full cooperation with HPD’s inquiry."

"UH has alerted the NCAA about the anonymous letter and its contents and, in discussions with them, has been informed that it is 'doing exactly what you need to be doing' in this situation," Waters said.

"We respect the process of the police investigation, therefore UH will not comment further at this point," said Waters in a written statement.

[dave nz]

Going to be an interesting case to follow. If found guilty, I hope they come down hard, which I don't doubt they will.

[edpowed]

The most obvious game to me is when Hawaii faced UNLV on Sept. 19, losing the contest 40-20. Hawaii was on the wrong end of a blowout despite entering the game favored by nearly three touchdowns.Shocking upsets happen in college football nearly every week, so this game hardly proves anything. And for that matter, a single anonymous tip is hardly a reliable eyewitness. But now that the school and the local police are investigating, you have to imagine that head coach Greg McMackin and his staff will review their game tapes with even more scrutiny.

The Warriors are 5-6 on the season. Three of their last four losses have been by four points or fewer. , they're 3-7-1 against the spread this season. To put that into perspective, only 16 teams in the nation have won fewer than four games against the spread all year.

[revnecro1273]

utah state game is a pretty good one...up big at half time...usu has to use a back up qb and comes back and wins su

[HotStreak]

I'm surprised more people don't get caught doing this.

[Mendoza Line]

Hate to see one of Western Playgirl's sources exposed like this.