Bill Self's Kansas Jayhawks, already immersed in recruiting transgressions, have now become the focal point of the first of three ugly basketball scandal trials in New York.
There is testimony that Billy Preston, whose car accident led to his ineligibility at Kansas last season, was influenced by a $90,000 family donation by Adidas. And Fenny Falmagne, guardian for still-active Jayhawk Silvio De Sousa, reportedly received $20,000.
This isn't Kansas vs. Duke, or Self vs. Mike Krzyzewski. It's a shoe company showdown with Adidas schools — Kansas has a $191-million deal — trying to upstage the Nike conglomerate headed by Duke and its lucrative contract running through 2027.