Louisville announces Bowen will not suit up for Cardinals

Louisville announced that freshman forward Brian Bowen will not play for the school and that the Cardinals parted ways with men’s basketball assistant coach Kenny Johnson.

The 6-foot-7 Bowen signed with Louisville in June but had been held out of practice and games since the school announced in September that it was being investigated in a federal corruption probe of bribery in college basketball.

The federal complaint stated that former Adidas executive James

Gatto and others attempted to funnel $100,000 to a recruit’s family to gain his commitment to play for Louisville.

Bowen was not named in documents, but details made clear that investigators were referring to the freshman.

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