Star-Telegram · Mar 15, 2019
Bill Self made a stronger pitch for Texas than Shaka Smart. That’s a problem.
Bill Self lobbied for the Texas Longhorns being included in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night.
Kansas’ Hall of Fame coach, whose team had just defeated Texas 65-57 in the Big 12 tournament, said the Longhorns were “positively a tournament team.”
Texas coach Shaka Smart doesn’t quite agree.
“If you’re going to evaluate teams based on the quality of their wins, we definitely deserve strong consideration,” Smart said after the Longhorns’ loss.
“But, for us, our focus is on our guys and helping them process this game today and understand what we can learn from it.”
What? That’s the worst campaign speech ever written.