A change in Kansas coach Bill Self’s wardrobe coincided with his team snapping a four-game, four-year losing streak at West Virginia’s WVU Coliseum on Monday night.
West Virginia coach Bob Huggins presented Self with a Jayhawk pullover shirt prior to the game, and Self, copying Huggins, wore the leisure attire instead of coat and tie during the contest — one in which his Jayhawks overcame a 16-point first-half deficit and a 13-point halftime margin to win 71-66.
No. 10 KU (15-3, 5-1) overcame a shot-blocking clinic by Sagaba Konate (16 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks) and aggressive West Virginia press that caused nine turnovers in the first half, and stormed to victory over the Mountaineers (15-3, 4-2).