Bill Self and top assistant coach to serve 4-game suspension

[Da Coach]

Defending national champion Kansas has imposed a 4-game suspension on head coach Bill Self and top assistant Kurtis Townsend. This self-imposed suspension is being done by Kansas in hopes that it will satisfy the NCAA which is nearing the end of its investigation into pay-for-play recruiting violations and bribery and corruption charges that arose back in 2017 with an FBI investigation.
https://www.si.com/college/2022/11/0...stigation-2017
https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...022-23-season/

Earlier threads about this case-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...ith-corruption
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...jor-violations

[BUfan17]

"We are hopeful these difficult self-imposed sanctions will assist in bringing the case to a conclusion," Kansas athletic director Travis Goff said in a statement.

How about vacate the 2018 Final Four and 2022 Championship and a postseason ban?

That sounds a lot more difficult. Oklahoma State got a postseason ban for way less than the alleged actions by Kansas.

However I wouldn't be surprised if the NCAA says this is enough. I doubt they would ever do anything serious to upset a blue blood.

[️ Fanatic]

Yes - this "Self-imposed" suspension is weak... Definitely should include postseason ban! hmmmm... Except Bradley is undefeated vs. Kansas basketball

[️ Fanatic]

https://twitter.com/GoodmanHoops/status/1587818366605357057?s=20&t=LiMLbsjBkIIzL502dDea9w

[bradleyfan124]

Death Penalty

[Da Coach]

Death Penalty

LOL...
If it was a midmajor school, that would be on the table. But we're talking about Kansas, so not going to happen.

[Da Coach]

The NCAA proves they aren't serious about the big schools cheating. They finally issued punishment to University of Louisville in the pay-for-play bribery scandal that emerged with the FBI investigation in 2017 involving illegal payments channeled to a recruit (Brian Bowen), and the penalty was a slap on the wrist. Louisville is fined a token $5,000, and they are given 2-years probation.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ajor-sanctions

There was no loss of scholarships, no post-season ban, and no penalties for any coaches. Recall that this current case of NCAA violations occurred while they were still on probation from the 2015 stripper scandal. What a joke.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_U...ll_sex_scandal

[bradleyfan124]

The NCAA proves they aren't serious about the big schools cheating. They finally issued punishment to University of Louisville in the pay-for-play bribery scandal that emerged with the FBI investigation in 2017 involving illegal payments channeled to a recruit (Brian Bowen), and the penalty was a slap on the wrist. Louisville is fined a token $5,000, and they are given 2-years probation.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ajor-sanctions

There was no loss of scholarships, no post-season ban, and no penalties for any coaches. Recall that this current case of NCAA violations occurred while they were still on probation from the 2015 stripper scandal. What a joke.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_U...ll_sex_scandal

You are right! It is a joke. No wonder coaches like Bill Self cheat. Nothing ever happens to them, They are not held accountable. The NCAA needs to be held accountable but who is going to do that. Congress? They are worse. This kind of stuff makes my blood boil.

[KillerB]

Thought you guys might find this interesting from STLToday:

https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-ncaa-doesnt-care-about-cheating-in-college-basketball-recruiting-why-should-we/article_a47ada92-a6c5-5774-b84f-87e4e33f48ef.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share

[bradleyfan124]

Thought you guys might find this interesting from STLToday:
https://www.stltoday.com/sports/colu...ign=user-share

He got that right!!!!

[yoda]

Barely noticed in the college basketball world, is a story about one of the players involved in the adidas bribery scandal
opening up and alleging that all the Kansas coaches, including Bill Self were fully aware & involved and neck deep in the
scheme. No real surprise, tho, nobody at NCAA seems to want to even hear about this.

https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article274516326.html

The Kansas coaching staff was fully aware of what was going on- https://www.si.com/college/2023/04/2...didas-payments

[molar50]

Yeah, the 4 game coaching suspension of Self at the beginning of the season is showing how tough the NCAA is really in their enforcement of violations

[molar50]

Nothing will change until there are significant monetary fines against the head coaches that are enforced even when they leave colleges and go to the pros. I am not going to live long enough to ever see that happen.

[Da Coach]

Defending national champion Kansas has imposed a 4-game suspension on head coach Bill Self and top assistant Kurtis Townsend. This self-imposed suspension is being done by Kansas in hopes that it will satisfy the NCAA which is nearing the end of its investigation into pay-for-play recruiting violations and bribery and corruption charges that arose back in 2017 with an FBI investigation.
https://www.si.com/college/2022/11/0...stigation-2017
https://www.cbssports.com/college-ba...022-23-season/

Earlier threads about this case-
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...ith-corruption
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...jor-violations

The 6-year NCAA investigation into violations by Kansas and Bill Self has finally concluded with barely a slap on the wrist, and no meaningful punishment.
Kansas gets a 3-year probation and has to vacate 15 wins from the program record. Bill Self's initial Level I violation was downgraded to a Level III violation, and he was given NO additional penalties. He served a self-imposed 4-game suspension at the start of last season. What a joke.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/38633740/panel-says-no-more-penalties-kansas-basketball-bill-self

https://www.si.com/college/2023/10/11/kansas-infractions-ruling-bill-self-minor-penalties

[Da Coach]

Kansas head coach Bill Self just held a press conference and said he and the Kansas program will accept the NCAA ruling today. Why not, the penalties were negligible, and Bill Self, despite the findings of multiple recruiting violations and bribery charges, gets no further sanctions.

A couple highly rated 2024 recruits were waiting for this ruling to be finalized before committing, and with no additional penalties coming, expect to see defending NCAA Champion Kansas land some more top talent for 2024.