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NCAA Basketball: Biggest winners and losers of 2019 offseason

By Brian Rauf

PORTLAND, OR - NOVEMBER 26: Head coach Dana Altman yells at Payton Pritchard (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images)
PORTLAND, OR - NOVEMBER 26: Head coach Dana Altman yells at Payton Pritchard (Photo by Steve Dykes/Getty Images) /
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS – MARCH 09: Head coach Bill Self of the Kansas Jayhawks coaches from the bench during the game against the Baylor Bears at Allen Fieldhouse on March 09, 2019 in Lawrence, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
LAWRENCE, KANSAS – MARCH 09: Head coach Bill Self of the Kansas Jayhawks coaches from the bench during the game against the Baylor Bears at Allen Fieldhouse on March 09, 2019 in Lawrence, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /

Loser: Kansas

I mean obviously, right?

Kansas was hit with a notice of allegations from the NCAA in September regarding their investigation stemming from the FBI scandal, which included three Level 1 violations. The school is standing behind the program and head coach Bill Self, so it doesn’t seem like there are going to be any real seismic changes.

Yet, it may be related or unrelated – you can draw your own conclusions – but Kansas failed to land a top 50 recruit for the first time since 2011. Some of that likely has to do with the Jayhawks having a pretty set starting lineup, yet there’s no doubt this cloud hanging over them hurt on the recruiting trail.

It wasn’t all negative for the Jayhawks as both Devon Dotson and Udoka Azubuike opted to return to school, and those players are the biggest reasons why KU is ranked No. 3 in the preseason poll. They were also picked to win the Big 12 again. Expectations remain extremely high in Lawrence.

But, when you have the NCAA and FBI sniffing around your program, don’t land the kind of recruits you’re used to landing, and have a trio of players transfer (Quentin Grimes, KJ Lawson, Charlie Moore),

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