High Noon: Say It Ain’t So, Mark Few

Gonzaga’s athletic director doesn’t believe Mark Few and Ray Giacoletti’s connection to David Salinas — a the founder of a summer basketball program and a suspected Ponzi scheme architect — has anything to do with basketball. But CBSSports.com is now reporting that the NCAA thinks it might be .  Yesterday, amid reports that Mark Few, head coach of GU’s men’s basketball team, and Ray Giacoletti, an assistant coach, had jointly invested more than a million dollars with Salinas, GU Athletic Director Mike Roth issued a statement saying the whole thing was tragic, but “not a basketball matter.” The NCAA seems to disagree. CBSSports, who first broke the Salinas story, is now reporting that an investigation is already underway/ Luke Baumgarten , Inlander. More here. (SR file photo: Christopher Anderson)

Question: How nervous are you that the NCAA is investigating investments made with a suspected Ponzi schemer by several prominent basketball coaches, including Gonzaga’s Mark Few?