According to a report by Pat Forde, of Sports Illustrated, “Njie’s situation is connected to the ongoing investigation of gambling-related activity in college basketball. It is unclear if Njie is under scrutiny from both the NCAA and federal investigators, or just the NCAA.”
Forde reported that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s “investigation of illegal gambling, game-fixing and performance manipulation in college basketball” will result in multiple schools having current players tied to the probe, with Njie being the first name to come to light.
News: Dayton is withholding Iona transfer Adam Njie upon information received from the NCAA. Sources tell SI this is related to the widening probe of gambling and performance manipulation in the sport. https://t.co/LX8DQ1drzz
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) October 27, 2025
Njie committed to Dayton in April. He averaged 12.2 points, 4.2 assists and 2.9 rebounds per game last season as a freshman at Iona.
Njie had four points on 2-of-9 shooting in 24 minutes in a 78-62 victory against Penn State in an exhibition game at UD Arena on Oct. 19.
Dayton plays Bowling Green at 7 p.m. Monday at UD Arena in its second and final exhibition game before it opens the regular season on Nov. 3 against Canisius.
Without Njie, Dayton has 10 active scholarship players, or nine if Rutgers transfer Jordan Derkack, who did not play against Penn State after a hard fall in practice, remains out. It already lost freshman guard Jaron McKie to a season-ending shoulder injury.
Forde’s report Sunday night came three days after sports betting made national news with the indictments of Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups.
After that news, NCAA President Charlie Baker released a statement that read, “We are grateful for federal law enforcement’s efforts to stamp out illegal sports betting, and I am proud that the NCAA continues to have the most aggressive competition integrity policies in place. The Association has and will continue to pursue sports betting violations using a layered integrity monitoring program for over 22,000 contests, but we still need more states, regulators and gaming companies to help in this effort by eliminating risky prop bets to reduce opportunities for manipulation.”
In September, the NCAA declared three men’s basketball players at Fresno State and San Jose State permanently ineligible because of gambling issues.
According to the NCAA, the athletes “bet on their own games, one another’s games and/or provided information that enabled others to do so during the 2024-25 regular season. Two of the student-athletes then manipulated their performances to ensure that certain bets were won.”
On Friday, the NCAA had more news about gambling, announcing three Eastern Michigan men’s basketball players did not cooperate into an investigation into potential sports gambling conduct. Those three athletes have no eligibility remaining after last season.
“In January 2025, the NCAA enforcement staff received notifications from multiple integrity monitoring services about suspicious first-half betting activity on Eastern Michigan’s Jan. 14 game,” the NCAA announced. “Integrity services subsequently determined that abnormal betting activity occurred on two previous games that season as well. Shortly thereafter, the enforcement staff contacted the school and opened a collaborative investigation.”
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