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Commission on College Basketball calls for reforms on one-and-dones, undrafted players

With college basketball reeling from scandal, an independent NCAA task force has called for widespread reform of a game that has become a multibillion-dollar business fraught with bribery and fraud.

The Commission on College Basketball focused much of its report on ending the "one-and-done" situation that has top players reluctantly enrolling in school for a season before jumping to the pros.

The 52-page document also suggests potential lifetime bans for coaches who cheat and a shift in the complex relationship with elite youth basketball and the shoe and apparel companies that pump hundreds of millions of dollars into the sport.

"The state of men's college basketball is deeply troubled," said the report,

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