Kansas has suspended Bill Self and assistant Kurtis Townsend for the first four games of the season. This goes along with imposing several recruiting restrictions, as part of the fallout from a lengthy FBI investigation into college basketball corruption.
Self and Townsend were named in the NCAA's notice of allegations that accused the school of five Level I violations tied to its relationship with Adidas.in the Champions Classic on Nov. 15. Assistant coach Norm Roberts will serve as interim head coach of the defending national champions during Self's suspension over the first four games.• Basketball coach Bill Self and assistant coach Kurtis Townsend suspended for the first four games of this season.
• Reduction of three total scholarships in men's basketball, to be distributed over next three years. • Six-week ban on recruiting communications, a six-week ban on unofficial visits and a 13-day reduction in recruiting days during 2022-23.They will also miss games against Omaha, North Dakota State and Southern Utah before the showdown against Duke. Self and Townsend will rejoin the team in time to face"Coach Townsend and I accept and support KU's decision to self-impose these sanctions," Self said in a statement.
Kansas chose to turn its infractions case over to the Independent Accountability Resolution Process. Per the release, the school notified the IARP panel of its self-imposed penalties, which also include multiple recruiting sanctions, some of which have already been imposed. Self and Townsend had already been barred from off-campus recruiting visits from April to July of this year, and the school also did not host any recruits at Late Night in the Phog, its annual midnight madness event. The school also will lose three scholarships over the next three years, cut down its official recruiting visits this year by four and reduce the number of permissible recruiting days during the upcoming year by 13 days.
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