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.