Bill Self emphatically defended his Kansas basketball program, while also saying he could not comment about specific allegations that arose from a federal court trial, during a news conference Wednesday night in the media room at Allen Fieldhouse.
“When recruiting prospective student-athletes, my staff and I have not and do not offer improper inducements to them or their families to influence their college decisions, nor are we aware of any third-party involvement to do so,” Self, KU’s 16th-year coach, said several hours after Adidas executive James Gatto, former Adidas consultant Merl Code and former sports agent Christian Dawkins were found guilty in a New York courtroom of seven counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.