Shaquille O'Neal's son is going to UCLA after cutting ties with Arizona in the wake of the FBI's corruption scandal
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- Top recruit Shareef O'Neal — son of NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal — took to Twitter to announce that he was decommitting from the University of Arizona amidst the school's bribery scandal.
- An ESPN report alleged that Arizona head coach Sean Miller had been caught on a wire tap discussing a $100,000 payment in exchange for landing a star recruit.
- O'Neal announced on Tuesday that he would instead be playing for the UCLA Bruins at the start of next season.
The FBI probe into corruption in college basketball is already having big ramifications for the Arizona Wildcats.
On Friday, a report alleged that head coach Sean Miller had been caught on an FBI wiretap discussing the payment of $100,000 in order to secure the signing of star prospect Deandre Ayton. On Saturday, news broke that Miller would not be coaching the Wildcats in their game against Oregon.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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