Clemson’s basketball team reminds Bill Self of a squad near and dear to his heart.
That would be his own Kansas Jayhawks.
“You know what, I think if I was going to compare them to anybody, I’d compare them to us,” Self, KU’s 15th-year coach, said of the No. 5-seeded Tigers, who take a 25-9 record into Friday’s NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional semifinal against the No. 1 seeded Jayhawks (29-7). Tipoff is 6:07 p.m. at the CenturyLink Center with a live telecast on CBS.
“You look at us and say, ‘OK there’s Malik (Newman) and Svi (Mykhailiuk), and obviously Devonté (Graham) and Lagerald (Vick).