Bill Self stood outside Kansas’ locker room in a crowded Sprint Center hallway with a smile on his face as he showered praise on his 2018-19 Jayhawks basketball team.
It’s almost as if the No. 3 seed, No. 17-ranked Jayhawks (25-9) had defeated No. 5 seed Iowa State (23-11) in Saturday’s finals of the Big 12 tournament instead of losing by a lopsided 78-66 score.
“This is the best I’ve felt about my team all year long,” an exceedingly positive KU coach Self said of the cold-shooting Jayhawks, who defeated No. 6 seed Texas in the quarterfinals and No.