Bill Self seemed to be in a great mood for the three days of the recent Big 12 meetings in Arizona — and with good reason.
The Kansas men’s basketball coach had just won his second NCAA championship a month earlier, when the Jayhawks beat North Carolina, 72-69, in New Orleans. The championship came despite a more than a 900-day investigation into the Kansas program by the NCAA, one that is still ongoing.
At 59, Self is on top of his game and is arguably the top active men’s basketball coach with the retirements of Mike Krzyzewski and Jay Wright. He recently told ESPN Radio that “I plan on being around a while.”
