Bill Self
Bill Self
Billy Eugene Self Jr.is an American men's college basketball coach at the University of Kansas. During his 13 seasons as head coach, he has led the Jayhawks to twelve straight Big 12 regular season championships, 2 NCAA Final Four appearances, and the 2008 NCAA championship...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 December 1962
CityOkmulgee, OK
chapter chose couple dealing enjoyed focus hopefully needs next process
The thing is, Micah Downs, hopefully after today, will not warrant any of our thought process over the next couple months. Our focus needs to be on this team. Obviously, he chose not to be part of it. This is not something that we have enjoyed dealing with at all, and this chapter is closed.
accepted chemistry class far fought freshmen good guys league near obviously reason roles seniors
It's obviously not as decorated a class as they've had come through here, but as far as maximizing their abilities, these guys did it pretty well. One big reason why the freshmen have done better here and done so well in the league is because the seniors have accepted their roles and haven't fought it. If they had fought it, our chemistry wouldn't be near as good as it is.
anybody biggest shot year
It's the biggest shot anybody has made this year for us.
atmosphere good gotten great lead second
It was a good atmosphere. It could have been a great atmosphere if A&M had gotten the lead in the second half. Fortunately, they were not able to make that happen.
learn operate radar soon worked
That's done. We don't need to be under the radar anymore; we need to be out there. It worked out really well. We didn't get too much too soon and it made us work for everything. Now you have to learn how to operate with all the attention.
finished point turning
The turning point was the way we finished the first half. I think that deflated us.
brought fans grown hard joy saw
They brought so much joy through the season. Our fans saw how much they had grown and how hard they tried.
ask clothes proper reason street suited wear
You'd have to ask Micah. He told us he couldn't play. The only reason he suited up was he didn't have proper street clothes to wear that day.
cracked earlier game open
The game should have been cracked open earlier than it was. But we have a way of making things interesting.
across america college next smaller wave
The game's getting smaller across America, even in the NBA. I think that's the next wave in college basketball.
coach double finishing games nobody road season six winning year
The Coach of the Year doesn't make the season more gratifying, winning six games on the road by double digits and finishing the way we did being so young is what was so gratifying. This year we started 1-2 and nobody thought we had a shot.
certainly chance coach deal good players reflection win year
The coach of the year deal is nice, I'm not going to lie, but that's all a reflection of the players. That's the way it always works. If you have good players, you have a good chance to win those things. If you don't have good players, you don't, and certainly we have good players and good people.
boys excited fun good guys holmes means playing plays shoot sure teammates
These guys will come in and will play hard. They can shoot the ball. They'll make us make plays which will be good for us. Hopefully, we'll be excited to play. I'm sure the Holmes boys will let their teammates know how much it means to them and how much fun they'll have playing in Allen. We'll do the same.
four kick moments seen share shown
All four have shown moments where you could say, 'Man, it's really going to kick in and now they're on their way,' ... But the thing I've seen is they like each other. They share it. They don't have egos.