• FILE - In this April 1, 2016, file photo, La Lumiere's Brian Bowen pause during a break in the action against Montverde Academy at the DICK'S Sporting Goods High School National Basketball Tournament in the Queens borough of New York. Louisville says freshman forward Brian Bowen will not play for the school. The 6-foot-7 Bowen signed with the Cardinals in June but has been held out of practice and games since the school announced it was being investigated in a federal corruption probe of bribery in college basketball. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File) ORG XMIT: NY154 Photo: Gregory Payan / Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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FILE - In this April 1, 2016, file photo, La Lumiere's Brian Bowen pause during a break in the action against Montverde Academy at the DICK'S Sporting Goods High School National Basketball Tournament in the Queens borough of New York. Louisville says freshman forward Brian Bowen will not play for the school. The 6-foot-7 Bowen signed with the Cardinals in June but has been held out of practice and games since the school announced it was being investigated in a federal corruption probe of bribery in college basketball. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File) ORG XMIT: NY154 less
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Louisville freshman casualty of corruption

Louisville has announced that freshman forward Brian Bowen will not play for the school and that the Cardinals have 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. Ten people, including four assistant coaches and Adidas executive James Gatto, were initially charged in the investigation.

The federal complaint stated that 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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— Wire reports