The Kansas men’s basketball program was placed on three years’ probation but won’t face a postseason ban, according to documents released Wednesday by the Independent Resolution Panel.
The findings follow a six-year FBI investigation that was triggered by the Jayhawks’ involvement with Adidas and an alleged pay-to-play scheme.
In addition, Kansas will have to vacate its 2018 Final Four appearance, plus 15 wins from the 2017-18 season in which former player Silvio de Sousa participated.
Kansas self-suspended head coach Bill Self and assistant coach Kurtis Townsend for the first four games of last season and also had their ability to recruit off-campus limited for three months. The panel accepted those punishments and, under the Wednesday ruling, the coaches won’t be subject to any further discipline.
Kansas initially had been accused of five Level I rules infractions, but the panel found the program had committed two less-severe Level II violations and two Level III violations. Self and Townsend also faced Level I violations, which were downgraded.
The allegations accused Kansas of lack of institutional control for using Adidas employees and money to help lead recruits to the school. Payoffs reportedly were arranged for the guardian of DeSousa and the mothers of recruits Billy Preston and DeAndre Ayton.
The Kansas decision is the final one for the panel, which is set to disband after this case. In 2019, it was put into place to provide an option to the NCAA’s standard infractions hearings
–Field Level Media