To appreciate the five seconds where these Jayhawks became a Bill Self team, you have to go back.
To last week. And the week before. And also two decades ago.
Self was leaning against a wall outside his team’s locker room following KU’s 65-61 victory over Kentucky when he stopped to tell an important story. Back when he was a coach at Tulsa, he gathered his players to explain what needed to happen to win the next game.
One of his guys interrupted him.
“Coach, what about if we don’t do that?” he said.