Jayhawks expect Self back for NCAA title defense

KANSAS CITY, Mo.– Kansas wants to have Hall of Fame basketball coach Bill Self, who missed the whole Big 12 competition after a medical procedure previously week, back on the sideline when it begins its NCAA tournament title defense next week.Assistant coach

Standard Roberts, who led the third-ranked Jayhawks to the Huge 12 national championship Saturday night, said that Self spoke with his team before its 76-56 loss to seventh-ranked Texas and anticipates joining them for Choice Sunday.”We intend on him training next week,”Roberts stated.” He’s succeeding.” Editor’s Picks

It remains unclear what triggered the 60-year-old Self to go to the emergency clinic Wednesday night, nor what type of treatment took place. Dr. Steve Stites, the chief medical officer at the University of Kansas Health System, only would state that Self did not have a heart attack, as some outlets had actually reported, and is expected to make a complete recovery.Roberts led the Jayhawks to 4 wins to begin the season while Self was serving a school-imposed four-game suspension, and he directed them to tourney wins over West Virginia and Iowa State prior to the loss to the Longhorns.”We’ve got an excellent personnel,”the Jayhawks’Dajuan Harris Jr. said.” Coach Self trusts them a lot, and we trust them too.”Still, it’s tough to change

one of college basketball’s winningest coaches.Self is 581-130 during his twenty years with Kansas, and 788-235 in his 30 seasons as a head coach, which includes stops at Oral Roberts, Tulsa and Illinois. He’s led the Jayhawks to a set of national titles, beating Memphis in 2008 and North Carolina in April, and the regular-season Huge 12 title was his 17th in 20 seasons in Lawrence. “Hopefully, we’ll see him tomorrow for

Selection Sunday,” Harris stated in a mostly empty Kansas locker space Saturday night. “Coach Rob did a fantastic for us this whole week, but Coach Self, we trust him to lead us.”