LUBBOCK, Texas
With just under 11 minutes to play in the second half, Bill Self crossed his arms in front of the Kansas bench and surveyed a mess unfolding before him.
Self’s Jayhawks had led by as many as 10 points in the second half, and now the lead was crumbling. Texas Tech was charging, burying jumper after jumper. The noise inside United Supermarkets Arena had hit a crescendo.
Five days after a classic, No. 1 Kansas was mired in something altogether different, a slogging, fragmented, disheveled, whistle-heavy basketball game on a Saturday night in Lubbock.