As a multi-pronged illegal gambling scandal engulfs the NBA, three former college basketball players at Eastern Michigan have refused to participate in a probe investigating potential sports-betting violations at the school, the NCAA announced Friday.

Jalen Terry, Da’Sean Nelson and Jalin Billingsley — all of whom exhausted their college eligibility last season with the Eagles — allowed their phones to be imaged but declined to be interviewed in the investigation looking into “suspicious” betting behavior concerning Eastern Michigan’s 82-61 loss Jan. 14 of last season against rival Central Michigan, the release stated.

Through legal counsel, the three players notified the NCAA that they would not participate further in the investigation, and they have requested that any phone imaging

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