The story of the CCNY Point Shaving scandal that rocked the NCAA
by Julian Robinson in Sports
When thinking of CCNY, what comes to mind? Walking up the huge hill to the NAC? Overpriced food in the cafeteria? Or maybe our awesome Engineering program. All of these assessments would be quite accurate, but none would be as infamous as the incident that occurred 59 years ago-the CCNY point shaving scandal! The point shaving scandal occurred in 1950 and came to light in January 1951.
by Kelvin Masilamani in Sports
March is almost over, and any college basketball fan knows, that only means one thing: The Final Four. In this yearly event, college basketball teams all around the country battle it out for the chance to cut down that championship net. Will Stephen Curry, the league leader in points per game take Davidson to the Final Four, or will it be either Blake Griffin or Tyler Hanbrough, two of the more dominant big men in college basketball, be the ones to take Oklahoma and North Carolina to the championship? What kind of madness will March bring this year? For those who don't really understand how the College Basketball Championship works, here is a quick summary.
