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Self Madness 2020: Semifinals

And then there were four. And, go figure, the four teams still standing in our Self Madness bracket are the four top seeds, three Final Four teams and this season’s squad, which would’ve entered March Madness as the No. 1 overall seed and the favorite to win it all. The Round 2 ...

Self Madness 2020: Round 2 Matchups

Somewhat predictably, there were no upsets [in Round 1 of our Self Madness 2020 bracket,][1] and only one of the fictitious games was even close. That was the 6-11 matchup between the 2010-11 team and the 2015-16 team. The sixth-seeded 2010-11 team, starring the junior set of Morris ...

Self Madness 2020: Round 1 Matchups

The higher-seeded team advanced in the play-in game of the Self Madness 2020 bracket here at Kusports.com, and now the fun can really begin. The 16th-seeded 2014-15 team, led by a young core of Perry Ellis, Frank Mason III and Wayne Selden Jr., advanced to the full bracket by clobbering ...

Self Madness 2020: Play-in game voting

Call it Dayton, Ohio, and KU’s version of the First Four games that usher in a new NCAA Tournament each and every year. Welcome to the play-in game of “Self Madness 2020,” where the No. 16 and No. 17 seeds in the bracket of the 17 years of Self’s teams will face off for the ...

What if KU had been down only 2 points before Mario’s Miracle?

Kansas basketball coach Bill Self on Sunday came out of what he called “Twitter retirement” to live-Tweet the CBS rebroadcast of the 2008 national title game. Heading into the day, Self had sent 273 career Tweets from his verified account (@CoachBillSelf), and, in about three hours ...