[1] In 1998, he pleaded guilty to conspiring with players from Northwestern University's basketball team to engage in point shaving in three games.
[3] In the 1992 Sugar Bowl against Florida, Hentrich again suffered an injury forcing Pendergast to attempt his first field goal in a competitive game.
[6] In 1995, he learned that Kenneth Dion Lee, a Northwestern basketball player who had been the team's best three-point shooter, had received threats from a bookmaker over his own gambling debts.
[8] He convinced Lee, Dewey Williams and Matt Purdy to shave points in upcoming Wildcats games.
The game against Michigan was particularly tough as he had bet that Northwestern would fail to cover a 25 1/2-point spread and ended up losing by only 17 points.
[2][10] The Federal government began an investigation of Lee and Purdy after Northwestern suspended him for his prior gambling and forwarded the results to the US Attorney.