Invoice Self has led his fifth Kansas Jayhawks basketball staff to the Closing 4.
A unbelievable second-half effort propelled Invoice Self’s Kansas Jayhawks over the Miami Hurricanes and into the Closing 4.
Kansas is the one No. 1 seed that will probably be taking part in within the Closing 4 in New Orleans subsequent weekend. This would be the fifth time the Jayhawks have made it to the nationwide semifinals underneath Self’s watch, which ties him with Roy Williams for essentially the most Closing 4 appearances in Jayhawks program historical past. This will probably be Kansas’ sixteenth journey to the Closing 4 of their historical past as a basketball blue-blood.
Here’s what Coach Self stated after beating Miami in Chicago to win the Midwest Regional Closing.
“That was about in addition to we might play the second half, and these guys earned it, Self stated.”
Invoice Self reacts to Kansas Jayhawks punching their ticket into the Closing 4
Destiny would have it, the final time Kansas made it to the Closing 4, they confronted the identical staff they’re going to face on Saturday: The Villanova Wildcats.
Kansas fell to the 2018 Villanova staff that went on to beat Michigan within the nationwide championship. That was the Wildcats’ second nationwide title in three years. It is usually their first journey again to the Closing 4 because the 2018 school season.
Invoice Self cuts the nets down after reaching one other Closing 4
Whereas a lot of the faculty basketball world will probably be paying shut consideration to what’s going on on the opposite facet of the bracket (Duke vs. North Carolina/Saint Peter’s), what Self stated to Dana Jacobson within the postgame interview carries weight. He stated his staff couldn’t have performed any higher than it did within the second half. It was additionally a particular second for him for familial causes.
This will probably be Self’s first journey to the Closing 4 with out his father. He’s utilizing his late father’s quote of “don’t fear in regards to the mules, simply load the wagon” as a little bit of a rallying cry for his Huge 12 basketball staff. Ought to Kansas beat a depleted Villanova staff within the nationwide semifinals, the Jayhawks will stand an excellent likelihood at successful their fourth nationwide title at school historical past.
Self is now two wins away from successful his second nationwide championship whereas main Kansas.
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