The Kansas Jayhawks are the 2021-22 national basketball champions. The men erased a 15-point halftime deficit to down the UNC Tarheels, 72-69. But is a backlash in the offing?
In 2017, the FBI released the results of a college basketball bribing investigation. The case involved coaching staff and players’ financial advisers, and the Jayhawks were among the schools investigated. These allegations centered around payments made by representatives of Adidas, the school’s apparel sponsor, to Kansas athletic recruits. Kansas has spent more than $3 million on its defense.
KU’s victory parade will take place this Sunday in Lawrence, Kansas.
“If the allegations against Kansas ultimately stick, it’s likely that (Head Coach Bill) Self will face some kind of coaching suspension, perhaps even a significant one, and the Jayhawks will be banned from the postseason in 2023. But if the ridiculous length of the investigation allows Kansas to win a national title in the interim, has justice really been done?: Dan Wolken writing in USAToday, April 2, 2022.
