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
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We've been on a pretty good roll and certainly played a bad game tonight. Texas didn't become a bad team after Duke (a 31-point setback December 10) and we didn't become a bad team after these 40 minutes. We certainly aren't going to dwell on that.
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Anybody can have a bad half. He came out and was great the second half. It all went through Aaron.
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We played bad tonight, but a large part of that was due to Texas. They could be a team that can challenge for it all. They were certainly too much for us to handle tonight. To play with teams that have it all, on their floor, we have another huge step to take.
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We got beat handily. We lost tonight to a team that can win it all. We got off to a bad start. They were awesome.
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I think that game did a lot for our confidence. It doesn't guarantee we're going to play well in the next game, but we're probably in about as good a frame of mind as we have been in all year.
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It gives everybody the impression that we didn't do that well. ... We had a good year last year. I don't think we should apologize for winning the league or finishing second the year before and going to the Elite Eight.
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I think these changes will be positive for the conference. If anything, I think they will enhance it. Look at what we're bringing in.
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Last week Keith complained of soreness is his knee. He had an MRI on Monday, which revealed some very slight cartilage damage. Keith, his mother and the medical staff then got together and decided to repair it now instead of having it be a nuisance throughout the season.
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I think (conference tournaments) get teams (prepared) to play the whole year. I coached at Oral Roberts when it was an independent. Try telling those kids on Feb. 10 the rest of the season means something.
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I think every team goes through phases where they don't play quite as well, especially away from home. They probably haven't played as well in the last two games as they had been, but we've had numerous games like this as well. I don't know if the recent performances by either team will have much bearing on the game Saturday.
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Our kids didn't get to feel the way Texas felt (in the regular season). It was certainly nice to hold that trophy today.
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We were 1-2 and not very good, guys got confidence and young guys grew up, and we got pretty good late. So to me I have more pride in the team that is not expected to (win), than a team that is expected to.
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We were 1-2 and not very good, and guys got confidence and guys grew up and got pretty good late. To me, I have more pride with a team not expecting to do it, and do it, than a team that is expected to do it and does it.
talk
We don't talk about the streak. It's such an unbelievable thing, so we haven't put much emphasis, if any at all, on the streak.