According to a report from ESPN's Mark Schlabach that surfaced Friday evening, Arizona head coach Sean Miller was recorded by FBI wiretaps discussing with an employee of a sports agent paying star freshman power forward Deandre Ayton $100,000 to play for the Wildcats.

Christian Dawkins, who was arrested back in September along with nine other men as part of the FBI's investigation into corruption and bribery in college basketball, had several conversations with the UA head coach about paying Ayton to ensure he attended Arizona over his other options that included Kansas and Kentucky - according to ESPN's report.

Dawkins worked for ASM Sports' Andy Miller who had a computer seized by the FBI during the investigation.

Arizona assistant coach Emanuel "Book" Richardson was one of four college assistant coaches arrested as part of the case and was accused of accepting $20,000 in bribes to influence a recruit, believed to be five-star point guard Jahvon Quinerly, to sign with the program.

Richardson was subsequently suspended from his job before the university eventually fired him from his position as an assistant coach at Arizona last month. He has pleaded not guilty to six felonies that include conspiracy to commit bribery, solicitation of bribes by an agent of a federally funded organization, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, mail fraud conspiracy and travel act conspiracy.

The former UA coach is facing 60 years in prison $1.5 million in fines if convicted.

Arizona's administration came out in strong support for Miller after the scandal broke back in September with both athletic director Dave Heeke and president Robert C. Robbins both giving the program and Miller their full backing.

"Sean has always run a program of integrity, honesty through his career here," Heeke said in October. "We're very, very supportive of the program and our coaches."

Miller has not elaborated on the situation outside of a statement he released shortly after the arrests were made back in the fall and he has mostly refused to address any questions about the investigation this season.

"I was devastated to learn last week of the allegations made against Emanuel Richardson," he said in that statement. "I have expressed to both Dr. Robbins and our Athletic Director Dave Heeke that I fully support the University’s efforts to fully investigate these allegations.

" As the head basketball coach at the University of Arizona, I recognize my responsibility is not only to establish a culture of success on the basketball court and in the classroom, but as important, to promote and reinforce a culture of compliance. To the best of my ability, I have worked to demonstrate this over the past 8 years and will continue to do so as we move forward."

There has been no statement released from the school after Friday night's report. The Wildcats are set to play Oregon in Eugene Saturday night as the team looks to lock up a Pac-12 Conference regular season title.