Kansas basketball vs. the NCAA: Updated timeline
As Kansas basketball and the NCAA continue to go back and forth, we keep an updated timeline on the latest developments.
It seems like every time Kansas basketball fans begin to forget about the NCAA’s allegations against the school, another checkpoint is reached in the case. Here’s our continually updated timeline, featuring the newest developments as they occur.
September 23, 2019: Kansas receives initial Notice of Allegations
The NCAA dropped a bomb on the Kansas Jayhawks basketball program with three Level I violations, a lack of institutional control, and a head coach responsibility charge. In other words, a lot of stuff that could easily get head coach Bill Self suspended and get the Jayhawks banned from postseason play among other punishments like probation and loss of scholarships.
March 5, 2020: Kansas responds to the NOA
Kansas issued a response to the NCAA completely denying many of the statements from the NCAA’s NOA, specifically saying the allegations were ‘misguided, unprecedented, and meritless.’ The response made it clear that Kansas basketball wasn’t going to roll over, and that this would be a fight.
May 5, 2020: The NCAA replies to Kansas’ response
It was confirmed that Kansas received the NCAA’s response to Kansas’ denial of the allegations’ however, the NCAA’s response hasn’t been made public yet. Fans can likely expect a statement from Kansas athletics at some point in the very near future.
May 7, 2020: The NCAA’s reply is released along with a statement from Kansas
The NCAA’s reply to Kansas is now public knowledge, and Kansas has also made its own statement regarding the reply. In that statement, Kansas continues to bash the NCAA’s claims, saying they are “simply baseless and littered with false representations.”
Kansas also puts forth that Athletic Director Jeff Long and Chancellor Douglass Girod both “stand firmly behind Coach Self, his staff and our men’s basketball program, as well as our robust compliance program.” Ultimately, this exchange between the two sides has resulted in nothing but a stalemate. The next step will be a hearing, but that may not come for some time.
Between the coronavirus and the movement to compensate college athletes for their name, image, and likeness, the NCAA has quite a bit on its plate at the moment. There’s also no timeline on when the hearing needs to be, so the NCAA won’t have to rush to meet a deadline.
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That doesn’t mean this is going away though. Judgment day is coming for the Kansas Jayhawks, and hopefully, it won’t mean a postseason ban or worse.
(This article will be updated as new information comes available)