MANHATTAN, Kan. — Bill Self tried to focus on the Kansas men’s basketball game against Kansas State and nothing else on Saturday afternoon, just two days after the death of his dad, Bill Self Sr.
“Everybody’s been so nice and great and he would be the first to say, ‘Hey don’t talk about this or give this a thought now. We’ve got a big game today,’’’ Self said in pregame interviews about his dad, a former coach and high school administrator in Oklahoma whose death at age 82 was reported Friday.
“We’ll focus on the game and address that when it’s appropriate. We’ve got a big game. That’d be the best way for me to do him honor, do my job right now.”
