Kansas basketball announced on Wednesday it was going to defeat second-year striker Silvio De Sousa while sorting through information revealed in a criminal trial in New York earlier this month.

De Sousa, a four-star rookie, was one of the many current and former players mentioned in the trial of former Adidas leader James Gatto following an FBI investigation into a corruption scandal. university basketball.

"Information was presented during the current trial in New York – some of our knowledge, others that we did not know," said Jayhawks coach, Bill Self, in a press release . "We have decided to keep Silvio out of the competition until we can evaluate and understand the new information, we have already discussed trial developments with the NCAA and will continue to work with the staff of the NCAA. the NCAA. "

As part of the test, the former AAU coach and Adidas consultant, TJ Gassnola testified that he had helped facilitate payments to De Sousa's guardian before the accident occurred. Attacker is registered in Kansas, an Adidas school. Gassnola claimed that Self and Kansas were unaware of the payments, although defense lawyers have submitted an SMS exchange to prove otherwise.

De Sousa averaged 4.0 points and 3.7 rebounds per game as a freshman last season. He said at the school's local media day earlier this month that he was expecting to be able to play this season despite the information revealed by the courts.

The information provided by the Associated Press has been used in this report.

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