New Orleans — With confetti flying around them and the rest of the Jayhawks celebrating top-seeded Kansas’ 26-point win over Miami in the Elite Eight last Sunday in Chicago, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self quietly pulled Ochai Agbaji to the side of the celebration stage for a quick chat.
On Thursday afternoon, between Final Four media sessions at the Caesars Superdome, Self shared the message he ...
When you rack up wins and collect trophies the way Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has, you automatically find yourself into the conversation about the best coaches in the sport and even the best of all time.
But even with all of the Big 12 championship trophies he has brought to KU and the 554 wins he has been responsible, Self firmly believes that the Kansas program still can and should do more.
Asked ...
New Orleans — Kansas basketball coach Bill Self had a simple thought go through his head when the Jayhawks’ team bus pulled up to its J.W. Marriott headquarters at the Final Four just after 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
“Pretty cool,” Self said. “I know I won’t ever go there, but how far’s Bourbon Street from here?”
The New Orleans hot spot is roughly two blocks from KU’s team hotel, and Self ...
Later this week, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self will be taking his fourth KU team to the Final Four, where he will look to improve on his 2-1 record at the national semifinals.
The lone remaining top seed in the tourney, Kansas will take on No. 2 seed Villanova at 5:09 p.m. Saturday at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. A win there would put the Jayhawks in Monday night’s national championship game, ...
Villanova coach Jay Wright said Monday that injured guard Justin Moore had surgery over the weekend to repair a torn Achilles tendon that will keep him out of Saturday’s Final Four matchup with Kansas.
Moore, who leads the Wildcats in minutes played, suffered the injury in the final minute of Villanova’s Elite Eight victory over Houston.
During a Zoom press conference previewing his team’s upcoming ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self said Tuesday that he had “no concerns right now” about the health of KU forwards Mitch Lightfoot and David McCormack as the Jayhawks prepare to head to New Orleans for this weekend’s Final Four.
Both players have battled injuries throughout the past few weeks, with McCormack trying to manage foot soreness that has been with him throughout the year and Lightfoot fighting ...
