More shady Kansas basketball recruiting practices brought up in court on Tuesday
As the trial involving the FBI’s case against Adidas and shady recruiting practices in college basketball continues, things are looking worse and worse for the Kansas program.
On Monday, it was revealed that coach Bill Self and assistant Kurtis Townsend were aware of Adidas’s role in recruiting players to Adidas schools, and more bad news came for the Jayhawks on Tuesday.
Though the following conversation, which indicates that the Jayhawks were willing to pay top 2018 recruit Zion Williamson (who wound up at Duke), wasn’t allowed into evidence, that doesn’t mean the NCAA can’t consider it:
In a taped conversation that was not allowed into evidence today, Adidas' Merl Code and Kansas asst Kurtis Townsend discuss the recruitment of Zion Williamson, who wound up at Duke. In arguing for admission, a transcript was read by Code defense atty Mark Moore. (thread)
— Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) October 16, 2018
Kurtis Townsend: "I've got to just try to work and figure out a way because if that's what it takes to get him here for 10 months, we're going to have to do it some way."
— Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) October 16, 2018
That’s obviously pretty damning evidence against the Jayhawks, even if it wasn’t allowed for the current trial. The NCAA will likely be able to use it for any punishment it hands down to the Kansas program, though.
What happens next remains to be seen, but for now, the trial continues.
