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NCAA’s Hoops Case Was Always A ‘Rabbit Hole to Nowhere’

Following years of investigation, the IARP’s final decision “wasn’t even a slap on the wrist” for the powerful program.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 11, 2023

Bill Self, Kansas Avoid Serious Penalties in NCAA Infractions Case

The Independent Resolution Panel gave the Jayhawks a three-year probation.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 11, 2023

Ruling on Kansas Basketball Infractions Case to Be Delivered Wednesday

The report will close the final case in a long-running saga of college disputes being handled by the NCAA’s Independent Accountability Resolution Process.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 10, 2023

KU coach Bill Self had another heart procedure months before hospitalization in March

After losing eight players to the NCAA transfer portal — and gaining four from that same pool of players during a two month overhaul of the Kansas basketball roster — Bill Self vacationed Thursday at his family’s beach house in Florida.

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2023

Sam McDowell: Why college basketball’s new landscape will affect Kansas a bit differently than others

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Some 28 days after a heart procedure prevented him from coaching in the postseason, Bill Self sat behind a table inside Allen Fieldhouse and for half an hour addressed the past month of his life.

Tribune News Service · May 20, 2023

Kansas Just Landed One of College Basketball's Biggest Villains

The Jayhawks give Hunter Dickinson the best chance to meet his extraordinarily high expectations.

Sports Illustrated · May 4, 2023

Sources: Kansas, LSU Wrap Up Corruption Hearings in Front of NCAA Panel

The two cases will be the last of the NCAA’s Independent Accountability Review process, which has been handling infraction cases since 2019.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 19, 2023

Men’s College Basketball’s Top 10 Offseason Story Lines

Can John Calipari rebuild his reputation with the nation’s top recruiting class? Where will Hunter Dickinson end up?

Sports Illustrated · Apr 18, 2023

Sam McDowell: How the past month taught Bill Self more about Bill Self. And what we learned with him.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Bill Self walked into a media room inside Allen Fieldhouse, scanned a few rows of onlookers and then took a seat behind a single microphone.

Tribune News Service · Apr 6, 2023

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has no plans of retiring anytime soon

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self, who underwent a heart catheterization procedure on March 8 at Kansas Health System — a health “scare” that prevented him from coaching in the 2023 postseason — said emphatically on Wednesday he has zero plans of ending his Hall of Fame…

Tribune News Service · Apr 6, 2023