Kansas Bill Self and Kurtis Townsend were off the road during the June and July live recruitment period, sources told CBS Sports. Self and Townsend missed the biggest period of college basketball recruitment on Sunday afternoon at major national events without the leader of an active national champion.
However, J-Hawks was not without representatives all over the country. Assistants Nome Roberts and Jeremy Case were on a journey from spring to summer.
Kansas officials could not comment on the issue, as the NCAA threatened additional penalties if the school publicly discussed the ongoing case.
Self and Townsend have been subject to voluntary sanctions from Kansas. This marks the program’s first collaborative effort as it continues its long-standing battle with the NCAA, stemming from the FBI’s investigation into bribery and corruption in college basketball recruitment. KU received a petition notice from the NCAA in September 2019. Reply with strong words in May 2020.. Since then, Kansas and the NCAA have been publicly silent on the incident.
Personally, Kansas is fiercely fighting back almost every allegation that the NCAA has pinned to Self and the program. Kansas faces five Level I claimsIncludes lack of institutional control, in addition to individual Level I violations against self and Townsend. Kansas is one of many schools involved in an independent accountability resolution process (IARP) created in response to the FBI investigation. The case was announced in September 2017. Almost five years later, programs such as Kansas Arizona When LSU In their case, they are still waiting for a solution.
Kansas is still waiting for a critical and long-deferred hearing with IARP decision makers, sources said. The NCAA is also reviewing the enforcement process as part of the transformation committee’s major restructuring of Division I.
Absentee Landlord Self stirs up conversations in the coaching circle, especially as he and Townsend weren’t present at the Nike EYBL Peach Jam, the crowning event for the recruitment calendar in North Augusta, South Carolina. Speculation grew even higher as the weekend ended and Self was no longer seen anywhere.
Kansas finished the national championship in early April and entered the 2022-23 season, the second self with the J-Hawks. KU is ranked 8th CBS Sports Off-Season Top 25 and 1..
Coaches will not be able to visit new employees directly until mid-September. It is not yet known if Self and / or Townsend will be allowed to resume full recruitment by then. As to how much damage control this move will help Kansas bids to avoid serious penalties from the IARP, industry sources say there is a possibility of a significant self-suspension and a post-season ban on the J-Hawks. , I believe it’s a penalty left on the table.
