Kansas coach Bill Self was named Monday in the federal trial concerning alleged corruption and fraud in college basketball, reports Adam Zagoria.
According to Zagoria, AAU coach and Adidas consultant T.J. Gassnola testified that former Adidas executive Jim Gatto told him that he got a call from Bill Self thanking him after Silvio De Sousa committed to Kansas.
Gassnola testified he never talked payments to De Sousa’s guardian with Self or assistant coach Kurtis Townsend. Gassnola has maintained that Kansas basketball coaches had no knowledge of his payments to players and their families.
Text messages between Gassnola, Self and Townsend were presented in court as evidence Monday to show that staff might have known about Gassnola's involvement.