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Bill Self, Austin Peay coach Dave Loos come into NCAA tourney opener with long friendship

LAWRENCE — Dave Loos knew Kansas basketball coach Bill Self long before the national championship, before the coach of the year honors, and yes, before the No. 1-overall seeds in the NCAA Tournament.

For that reason alone, the 25-year coach of Austin Peay also knows exactly what to expect when his Governors meet the top-ranked Jayhawks in the opening round of this year’s tournament at 2:50 p.m. Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa.

“Boy, it’s a tough matchup, to be honest. A very tough matchup,” Loos told The Capital-Journal. “Things have to go right for you in a game like that.