New HBO Sports Doc Further Exposes College Hoops Scandal

Christian Dawkins, who served as a runner for former NBA agent Andy Miller, is the star of a new HBO Sports documentary that exposes how "several of the most successful college basketball teams in America thrive on illicitly paying top dollars to top recruits." The doc titled, "The Scheme," was made available today to reporters and will "air for the first time on March 31." The film presents "recordings of coaches talking oh-so-frankly of cash-on-the-barrel recruiting." The audio, "collected through wiretaps, was not used" at the federal trial last spring that led to Dawkins being sentenced to six months in prison. The film's "strength lies in its strand-pulling, building a narrative that allows viewers to make sense of the recruiting game" (N.Y. TIMES, 3/17).