Three Fresno State basketball players were held out of Saturday’s game for “eligibility reasons that could be tied to an investigation into alleged betting activity.

The woeful Fresno State men's basketball program got more bad news this weekend when two of its best players were pulled from Saturday’s game amid allegations of gambling. The school said in a statement that Jalen Weaver and Zaon Collins “are being withheld from competition as the university reviews an eligibility matter.

In August, Notre Dame suspended its men’s swimming program for at least a year after an investigation revealed several gambling violations. Former Temple basketball player Hysier Miller came under the microscope of federal authorities for allegedly point-shaving and fixing the outcome of Owls games.

Fresno State has suspended two of its top men’s basketball scorers and removed a third player from the team amid reports that the school is the subject of gambling investigations.

Players have been held out of today’s game as the university conducts an internal investigation into an “eligibility” issue.

Fresno State has removed one player from the men's basketball team and suspended two others as the school has drawn scrutiny for potential ties to sports gambling, sources confirmed to ESPN.

The Bulldogs are 5-22 entering Saturday and had lost nine straight Mountain West games. Fresno State is 14-11-2 against the spread this season and solidly mid-pack in that statistic among the over 350 teams at the top level of men’s college basketball.

Jalen Weaver is the team’s second-leading scorer at 12.5 points per game while Zaon Collins is tied for third at 12.0.

A pair of Fresno State basketball players were withheld from the team's game against Air Force on Saturday due to an "eligibility matter" that could be tied to an investigation into alleged betting activity,