Kansas basketball and football got hit with a Notice of Allegations (NOA) by the NCAA last September. Tonight, they fired back, and Kansas emphatically denied or said the NCAA was wrong about nearly everything the NCAA brought up.
It was fairly well known that the Jayhawks weren’t going to roll over for the NCAA once they announced the NOA. Bill Self made a statement claiming his innocence, and athletic director Jeff Long supported Self and the basketball program.
Here’s one of the key points from the University’s official response:
“In this case, stemming from federal criminal trials in 2018, there are several facts that are in dispute; there are assumptions made; and, perhaps most importantly, there are unprecedented and novel theories put forward that, if found to have merit by the Panel, would dramatically alter the collegiate sports landscape in ways not contemplated by the Membership.