Bill Self made an important point on Tuesday, saying words that not long ago would have seemed out of place.
The Kansas basketball coach was asked about his team's Saturday matchup with Villanova in the Final Four, and his response could be summed up this way: The teams basically mirror each other.
"They are going to guard man-to-man. They are going to play four guards the vast majority of the time," Self said. "The differences, I don't think, are that great."
And that's quite the change from two years ago when the teams last met.