Kansas suspends Self, assistant for 4 games

Kansas hoops manager Bill Self and adjunct Kurtis Townsend connected Wednesday were suspended for the archetypal 4 games of the season, and the Jayhawks imposed respective recruiting restrictions arsenic portion of the fallout from the FBI probe into assemblage hoops corruption stemming from 2017.

They volition miss the Jayhawks' matchup against Duke successful the Champions Classic connected Nov. 15. Assistant manager Norm Roberts volition service arsenic interim caput manager during the archetypal 4 games.

Both Self and Townsend were some named successful the NCAA's announcement of allegations that accused the schoolhouse of 5 Level I violations tied to its narration with Adidas.

"Coach Townsend and I judge and enactment KU's determination to self-impose these sanctions," Self said successful a statement. "We are successful bully hands with Coach Roberts, and I americium assured that helium volition bash a large occupation connected the seat starring our team. I americium arrogant of the mode our guys person handled this concern and I look guardant to returning to the seat for our crippled against NC State."

Kansas chose to crook its infractions lawsuit implicit the Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP). Per the release, the schoolhouse notified the IARP sheet of its self-imposed penalties, which besides see aggregate recruiting sanctions, immoderate of which person already been imposed.

Self and Townsend were not allowed to beryllium connected the roadworthy from April to July this twelvemonth and the schoolhouse besides did not big immoderate recruits astatine Late Night astatine the Phog, its yearly midnight madness event. The schoolhouse besides volition region 3 scholarships implicit the adjacent 3 years and chopped down its authoritative visits this twelvemonth by four.

"We are hopeful these hard self-imposed sanctions volition assistance successful bringing the lawsuit to a conclusion," Kansas diversion manager Travis Goff said. "Until then, we volition proceed to absorption connected supporting our outstanding men's hoops student-athletes and coaches. ... Per confidentiality guidelines related to infraction cases, we are incapable to remark successful extent until determination is afloat solution of this matter."