Bill Self has an additional job title this summer: coach for USA Basketball's U18 team.
Purdue coach Matt Painter — chair of the USA Basketball junior national team committee — announced Self's selection to the U18 staff Tuesday. The KU coach will be joined by assistants Anthony Grant (Dayton) and Danny Manning (Wake Forest) as the United States goes for its fifth straight gold medal in the FIBA Americas tournament that will take place June 11-17 in St. Catherines, Canada.
"It's an honor to be selected to coach, and I look forward to working with Danny and Anthony and the young men that will represent the USA in the U18 competition," Self said.