After an uneventful bus trip from Lawrence to Kansas City, Mo., where his Jayhawks are staying this week, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self told reporters now that top-seeded KU has reached the Sweet 16 the NCAA Tournament feels even more exciting.

“I always think there’s always pressure the first weekend to get to the second weekend,” Self said Tuesday afternoon at the team’s hotel, two days ahead of the Jayhawks’ matchup with Purdue. “… The tension is highlighted and certainly the experience, I think, is heightened the second weekend. So we’re excited. The guys are in a good frame of mind.”