After losing eight players to the NCAA transfer portal — and gaining four from that same pool of players during a two month overhaul of the Kansas basketball roster — Bill Self vacationed Thursday at his family’s beach house in Florida.
A bit of rest and recovery has seemingly come at a perfect time for the 60-year-old, 21st-year KU men’s basketball coach, who has been working at whirlwind pace since the 2022-23 season ended with a loss to Arkansas on March 18 in Des Moines, Iowa.
The same person who had a heart catheterization to treat blocked arteries in his heart on March 8 will be welcoming members of his 2023-24 Jayhawk team to campus for summer school and summer workouts in just a matter of days — June 6.
