Bill Self posed for pictures with Kansas basketball seniors Devonté Graham, Svi Mykhailiuk and Clay Young — and with dozens of other students dressed in cap and gown — by the historic 62-year-old bronze Jayhawk statue in front of Strong Hall on Sunday, Graduation Day, on KU’s campus.
After completing many hugs and handshakes, Self, KU’s 15th-year basketball coach, then paced hurriedly downhill toward the Allen Fieldhouse parking garage, where he hopped in his car, hoping to make good time on a drive to Oklahoma for a mid-afternoon Mothers’ Day celebration for his mom, Margaret.
“It’s a great day, a beautiful day.