Ex-Kansas standout Silvio De Sousa back in NCAAs with Chattanooga

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Former Kansas standout Silvio De Sousa has been to the NCAA Tournament and told his new Chattanooga teammates just how much fun playing in the postseason can be.

Now the Mocs are about the find out firsthand for themselves.

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For De Sousa, it has been a tumultuous trek back to the tournament. He is a big reason the 13th-seeded Mocs will be playing No. 4 seed Illinois on Friday night in Pittsburgh in the South Region, and he is also a big reason why the Jayhawks are still in NCAA limbo.

"I think the very first practice I remember saying in the locker room, ‘You think playing ball is fun? Just make it to the NCAA Tournament, you’ll have a lot more fun,'" De Sousa recalled telling his Chattanooga teammates. "I just hope they will get to enjoy it, and just have the fun I once told them about. It's a great experience."

It's taken De Sousa some time to get here again.

His recruitment to Kansas was part of a federal investigation into corruption in college basketball tying Kansas, Arizona and Louisville among others to possible NCAA violations.

The Kansas case is among a handful still making its way through the Independent Accountability Resolution Process (IARP), created out of proposals from the commission led by former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in 2018 to reform the sport.

De Sousa was ruled ineligible for the rest of the 2019 season and the 2019-20 season before getting a year of eligibility back in May 2019 on appeal.

Chattanooga forward Silvio De Sousa, left, and head coach Lamont Paris hold the championship trophy to celebrate their win over Furman in an NCAA college basketball