Shortly after news came out Wednesday afternoon that the 2020 NCAA Tournament would be played in mostly empty venues without fans, because of concerns about the spread of coronavirus, Kansas basketball coach Bill Self shared his thoughts on the development at Sprint Center, site of the Big 12 tournament.

Self broke the news to his players during an open practice in Kansas City, Mo., on the eve of the No. 1 Jayhawks’ postseason opener.

“The thing I told them was it sucks,” Self began. “But it doesn’t just stink for us. It stinks for everybody that wants to go be entertained at a concert or anywhere. It stinks for the market. Certainly sporting events, schools moving forward and whether or not you’re even going to be able to have school on campus and not do everything online. Far bigger than men’s basketball.

“Certainly sad. And sad for the fans,” Self added.

Kansas center Udoka Azubuike spoke to reporters Monday afternoon in the Allen Fieldhouse media room.

Kansas will enter the Big 12 tournament this week at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, as the No. 1 seed. KU will open play in the event’s quarterfinals on Thursday, March 12, at 1:30 p.m. (CT) and will play either the No. 8 or 9 seed on ESPN or ESPN2.

Kansas is 76-28 all-time in postseason conference tournaments, including a 46-12 record in the Big 12 Championship. The Jayhawks have won 15 league tourney titles with 11 of those in the Big 12 era and its last in 2018. Kansas is 20-3 in the Big 12 Championship quarterfinals.

Kansas point guard Devon Dotson spoke to reporters Monday afternoon in the Allen Fieldhouse media room.

Kansas will enter the Big 12 tournament this week at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, as the No. 1 seed. KU will open play in the event’s quarterfinals on Thursday, March 12, at 1:30 p.m. (CT) and will play either the No. 8 or 9 seed on ESPN or ESPN2.

Kansas is 76-28 all-time in postseason conference tournaments, including a 46-12 record in the Big 12 Championship. The Jayhawks have won 15 league tourney titles with 11 of those in the Big 12 era and its last in 2018. Kansas is 20-3 in the Big 12 Championship quarterfinals.

Kansas coach Bill Self spoke to reporters Monday afternoon in the Allen Fieldhouse media room.

Kansas will enter the Big 12 tournament this week at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, as the No. 1 seed. KU will open play in the event’s quarterfinals on Thursday, March 12, at 1:30 p.m. (CT) and will play either the No. 8 or 9 seed on ESPN or ESPN2.

Kansas is 76-28 all-time in postseason conference tournaments, including a 46-12 record in the Big 12 Championship. The Jayhawks have won 15 league tourney titles with 11 of those in the Big 12 era and its last in 2018. Kansas is 20-3 in the Big 12 Championship quarterfinals.

Kansas coach Bill Self spoke to reporters Monday afternoon in the Allen Fieldhouse media room.

Kansas will enter the Big 12 tournament this week at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, as the No. 1 seed. KU will open play in the event’s quarterfinals on Thursday, March 12, at 1:30 p.m. (CT) and will play either the No. 8 or 9 seed on ESPN or ESPN2.

Kansas is 76-28 all-time in postseason conference tournaments, including a 46-12 record in the Big 12 Championship. The Jayhawks have won 15 league tourney titles with 11 of those in the Big 12 era and its last in 2018. Kansas is 20-3 in the Big 12 Championship quarterfinals.

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self said his No. 1 Jayhawks learned to grind this season, as they finished off an outright Big 12 title with a win at Texas Tech.

“They guarded us well, we guarded them well and we just found a way to make a couple great individual plays late,” Self said. “Guys deserve all the credit. That was fun for me.”

Kansas stars Udoka Azubuike and Devon Dotson took a lot of pride in helping their team go undefeated on the road in Big 12 play en route to an outright conference championship, they shared following the Jayhawks’ 66-62 win at Texas Tech on the final day of the regular season.

“We wanted to win it outright,” Dotson said. “We didn’t want to share the title with anybody.”

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self was happy to see his players add to the program’s stash of trophies with a win over TCU in the Jayhawks’ home finale.

“It feels good,” Self said. “It’s a goal every year to try to win the league, and this obviously guarantees us a share of it. We’d like to go down and take care of business Saturday to win it outright (at Texas Tech). It’s been kind of a long grind through the conference season, especially when you start off from behind and the team in front of you never loses.”