HONOLULU — An anonymous letter to the University of Hawaii is raising allegations that players are involved in a point-shaving scheme, and police are investigating.
The letter, which was received Nov. 3, accuses unnamed players of intentionally playing poorly to affect the final score. A university spokeswoman declined to say Tuesday if the letter is referring to Hawaii’s current season.
After winning 10 games in 2010, the Warriors are 5-6 this year with two games left in the regular season. They’re 3-7-1 against the point spread and have failed to beat the spread in nearly two months.
Hawaii defeated Colorado 34-17 in the season-opening game Sept. 3. The line for that game had Hawaii favored by 6 1/2 to eight points, but the over-under was 54 — with the score coming just below at 51.
Coroner: Uekman’s death caused by enlarged heart
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A heart condition that was likely un- diagnosed killed University of Arkansas tight end Garrett Uekman over the weekend, a coroner said.
Washington County coroner Roger Morris said that to the best of his knowledge, Uekman’s condition, called cardiomyopathy, was not previously detected. In the condition, the heart becomes enlarged.
Uekman, a 19-year-old redshirt freshman, was last seen by his roommate playing video games Sunday morning. He was found unresponsive in his dorm room an hour later and was in cardiac arrest by the time emergency services personnel arrived.
He was pronounced dead shortly after noon.
Uekman’s toxicology report came back with no indications of improper drug use, Morris said. He said the manner of death was natural.
BYU won’t join Big East.
Negotiations between the Big East and Brigham Young have broken off and the school will not be joining the conference.
At issue are television rights. BYU wanted to retain the rights to its home football games and the Big East could not agree to that.
No other school in a major conference has such a deal.
BYU left the Mountain West this year, entered the West Coast Conference for all sports besides football and struck an eight-year TV deal with ESPN.
Footnotes.
Washington State quarterback Connor Halliday has been released from Pullman Regional Hospital after receiving treatment for a lacerated liver, but will not play in Saturday’s Apple Cup game against Washington.
• Iowa freshman running back Mika’il McCall has been suspended for Friday’s game at Nebraska for violating undisclosed team rules.
• Arkansas State accepted a bid to play in the Bowl on Jan. 8 in Mobile, Ala., where the Red Wolves (9-2, 7-0 Sun Belt) will likely meet Northern Illinois or Ohio.
Denver Post wire services
