Per doctor’s orders, Bill Self watched from ground level as Kansas men’s basketball staff members Kurtis Townsend and Jeremy Case, as well as former Jayhawks guard Jeff Hawkins, rappelled down the seven-story 888 Lofts building Saturday morning in downtown Lawrence.
“I wasn’t scared but I would have been nervous. I’d have been plenty nervous going into it,” Self, KU’s 16th-year head coach, said after watching the three Jayhawks successfully descend the south side of the luxury apartments as part of an “Over the Edge” fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club.
Self had hernia surgery recently and was unable to take part first-hand.