Floyd Layne
Encyclopedia
Floyd Layne was a basketball player for CCNY who was implicated in the point shaving
scandal that rocked college athletics in the 1950s. Layne was instrumental in the team that won the NIT
and NCAA championship in 1950 for CCNY. He was barred from playing in the NBA, but was instrumental in developing Nate Archibald
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Point shaving
In organized sports, point shaving is a type of match fixing where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread. Unlike other forms of match fixing, sports betting invariably motivates point shaving. A point shaving scheme generally involves a sports gambler and one...
scandal that rocked college athletics in the 1950s. Layne was instrumental in the team that won the NIT
National Invitation Tournament
The National Invitation Tournament is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. There are two NIT events each season. The first, played in November and known as the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off , was founded in 1985...
and NCAA championship in 1950 for CCNY. He was barred from playing in the NBA, but was instrumental in developing Nate Archibald
Nate Archibald
Nathaniel "Nate" Archibald is a former American professional basketball player. He spent 14 years playing in the NBA, most notably with the Kansas City Kings and Boston Celtics....
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See also
- CCNY point shaving scandalCCNY Point Shaving ScandalThe CCNY point shaving scandal of 1950-1951 was a college basketball point shaving gambling scandal that involved seven schools in all, with four in Greater New York and three in the Midwest...
- City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball ScandalCity Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball ScandalCity Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal is a 1998 documentary film by George Roy and Steven Hilliard Stern, produced by Black Canyon Productions, and HBO Sports about the CCNY Point Shaving Scandal...
External links
- ESPN Classic - Explosion: 1951 scandals threaten college hoops - Joe Goldstein (November 19, 2003)