College basketball enters the 2018-19 postseason still weighed down by the federal government’s active investigation into college basketball corruption.
The still-developing story that has dominated the college sports world the past year and a half recently involved LSU coach Will Wade, who was suspended by his school administration March 8 and is not coaching the No. 9-ranked Tigers as the postseason begins.
Wade was caught on a wiretap allegedly discussing an offer to a recruit through Adidas’ Christian Dawkins.
“I think the health of the game is far better than what the appearance is. I do,” Kansas coach Bill Self said Wednesday after the Jayhawks’ 40-minute pre-Big 12 Tournament quarterfinal shootaround at the Sprint Center.