Arizona Board of Regents to review NCAA basketball scandal involving UA assistant coach

University of Arizona assistant coach Book Richardson has a talk with University of Arizona forward Aaron Gordon (11)./Arizona Daily Star

By Anne Ryman | The Republic

The Arizona Board of Regents is meeting to get legal advice on the NCAA basketball fraud and bribery investigation that has rocked college sports and resulted in the criminal charges against four assistant basketball coaches, including one at the University of Arizona.

The regents, who oversee Arizona’s state universities, will get a closed-door briefing Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning as part of their regularly scheduled meeting at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.

Related: Tucson bracing for its darkest moment after NCAA scandal

Men’s assistant basketball coach Emanuel “Book” Richardson was immediately suspended and relieved of all duties, UA officials said on Tuesday.

Richardson is alleged to have accepted $20,000 in bribes in exchange for pushing players to sign with particular agents when those players turned pro and needed representation.

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