• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Phoenix Sports Today

Phoenix Sports News Continuously Updated

  • Cardinals
  • Diamondbacks
  • Coyotes
  • Basketball
    • Mercury
    • Suns
  • Soccer
  • Colleges
    • Arizona State
    • Grand Canyon University
    • Northern Arizona
    • University of Arizona

College Basketball World Reacts To The Bill Self, Kansas News

April 3, 2021 by The Spun Leave a Comment

A closeup of Bill Self smiling.

In a move that some might call a reaction to Roy Williams retiring from UNC, Kansas made sure to tie down head coach Bill Self for the rest of his coaching career.

Roy Williams was Self’s predecessor at Kansas and left the Jayhawks in 2003 to join up with the Tar Heels. The move worked out for both sides though, as UNC won three national titles under Williams while Self won a national title in 2008.

But Kansas clearly didn’t want history to repeat itself this time around. So within 24 hours of Williams calling it quits, they gave Self a lifetime contract to keep plying his trade at Allen Fieldhouse.

Signing Bill Self to a lifetime deal is more than just an effort to keep other NCAA blue bloods from taking him away. It also shows that Kansas will back Self even in the face of potential NCAA rules violations in the future.

The reaction on social media is one of understanding. Just about everyone recognizes that Kansas and Self are now tied at the hip for everything that happens in the future:

This move makes it clear Kansas is backing Bill Self no matter what happens with NCAA.

— CJ Moore (@CJMooreHoops) April 2, 2021

Extending Bill Self was a must. The NCAA situation aside, KU had to get him signed for much longer. This (inevitable) move clearly shows where KU stands on the whole “Bill Self/KU vs. the NCAA” situation, too.

— Rock Chalk Blog (@RockChalkBlog) April 2, 2021

Bill Self at 88 coaching Kansas pic.twitter.com/VNYvjV9fh4

— Valeed Cheema (@ValeedCheema) April 2, 2021

Bill Self is 58 years old so he still may have upwards of a 10-15 years left of coaching. In 18 years at Kansas, Self has never had a losing season or missed an NCAA Tournament. Self himself hasn’t missed an NCAA Tournament since 1998 when factoring in his wildly successful runs at Tulsa and Illinois.

His Jayhawks are 522–118 overall and have never finished worse than third in the Big 12 standings. Self is 729–223 as a head coach.

Suffice it to say, Kansas have enjoyed a pretty good run with Bill Self at the helm.

That relationship will now continue – for better or worse – for the foreseeable future.

Will Bill Self win another NCAA title at Kansas?

The post College Basketball World Reacts To The Bill Self, Kansas News appeared first on The Spun.

Filed Under: Arizona State

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • Several Arizona Cardinals free agents still looking for work
  • Late-round tight end possibilities for the Arizona Cardinals
  • A virtual offseason for Arizona Cardinals risks player safety
  • Suns Podcast: Jazz and Clippers lessons, Suns MVP cases and ‘The New Mutants’
  • Kyler Murray rekindles new Arizona Cardinals uniforms talk with Instagram story

Categories

Archives

Our Partners

All Sports

  • The Arizona Republic
  • 247 Sports
  • ArizonaSports.com - 98.7 FM
  • Bleacher Report
  • Heat Waved
  • The Sports Fan Journal
  • USA Today

Baseball

  • Arizona Diamondbacks
  • AZ Snake Pit
  • MLB Trade Rumors
  • Venom Strikes

Basketball

  • Phoenix Suns
  • Amico Hoops
  • Basketball Insiders
  • Bright Side Of The Sun
  • High Post Hoops
  • Hoops Hype
  • Hoops Rumors
  • Pro Basketball Talk
  • Real GM
  • Valley Of The Suns

Football

  • Arizona Cardinals
  • Cardinals Gab
  • Cards Wire
  • Deep Dive
  • Our Turf Football
  • Pro Football Rumors
  • Pro Football Talk
  • Raising Zona
  • Revenge Of The Birds
  • Words From The Birds

Hockey

  • Elite Prospects
  • Five For Howling
  • Howlin Hockey
  • Last Word On Hockey
  • Pro Hockey Rumors
  • Pro Hockey Talk
  • The Hockey Writers

Soccer

  • Last Word on Soccer
  • MLS Multiplex

College

  • AZ Desert Swarm
  • Busting Brackets
  • College Football News
  • College Sports Madness
  • Devils In Detail
  • House Of Sparky
  • Saturday Blitz
  • Zags Blog
  • Zona Zealots

Copyright © 2021 · Magazine Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in