Why did ESPN begin the investigation in January? According to a portion of Naqi's chat that Wolf posted, she says Guillory's involvement with Trepagnier and Mayo's unorthodox recruitment were red flags for the basketball program.

On that basis, why didn't ESPN's investigation begin earlier? Did Naqi get a tip in January? Did someone at ESPN spot something fishy during their coverage of Trojan games in Nov.-Dec.? Or did the Carmelo ticket controversy, which occurred in January, jumpstart the story?

What's weird to me is that the ESPN story relies so heavily on Louis Johnson's claims, yet it says that he didn't have a falling out with Guillory until March. So what did ESPN have to go on in January? According to a portion of Naqi's chat posted on wearesc.com, she had to negotiate with Johnson to do the story. I'm just curious what ESPN had before Johnson talked for them.