Kansas basketball coach Bill Self can envision a scenario in which all 10 teams in the Big 12 Conference earn bids to the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
“There’s not a deeper league in America. You could make a case if certain teams get hot in our league, all 10 have a legitimate shot. All 10 do,” Self, Kansas’ 15th-year coach, insisted this week. “I think eight out 10 is realistic. I’d like to say 10 out of 10, but I don’t know if that is realistic.”
Self’s case for 10 figures to be strengthened or weakened considerably Saturday — the day all 10 Big 12 schools meet 10 of the 14 SEC schools in what’s known as the Big 12/SEC Challenge.