Here at the Times, we're still buzzing over college sports.

A couple of weeks back, we profiled elite gymnasts on new NCAA rules

that allow student athletes to profit off their names and images.

I started out like a couple grand, then it went to like over five,

and then it gradually just like went to 10.

And so it just like got higher as I went.

It was a huge recent development in the multi-billion-dollar NCAA industry,

with some college athletes now being able to rake millions.

And it's meant to be a corrective to a decades-long shady underground economy.

Today, we announced charges of fraud and corruption in the world of college basketball.

In this episode, on the heels of last week's NCAA March Madness Championships,

we're focusing on men's college basketball.

The picture painted by the charges brought today is not a pretty one.

An LA Times investigation revisits one big case in 2017, brought by the FBI.

In all, we have charged 10 people and three separate complaints.

The Times examined thousands of pages of court testimony, intercepted phone calls, text messages, emails, and performance reviews.

These records provide a detailed look inside the high-profile investigation.

Coaches at some of the nation's top programs soliciting and accepting cash bribes,

managers and financial advisors circling blue-chip prospects like coyotes,

and employees of one of the world's largest sportswear companies secretly

funneling cash to the families of high school recruits.

But almost six years later, men's college basketball did not undergo seismic reforms.

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