Bill Self record in March Madness: Inside Kansas coach’s history of NCAA Tournament disappointments

Bill Self record in March Madness: Inside Kansas coach’s history of NCAA Tournament disappointments originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

Bill Self has already been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, but continues to coach. He was inducted in 2017 in large part because of his 600+ wins at the time and his having led the University of Kansas to 13 consecutive regular-season Big 12 titles.

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Self is most known for his tenure at Kansas, but his coaching career didn’t start there. His first Division-1 head coaching job was at Oral Roberts in 1993. After four seasons, he took over at Tulsa for three years, then went to Illinois for his next three seasons. In 2003, Self took over as head coach of the Jayhawks and has held the position ever since.

His head coach resume includes two national championships, eight conference championships, and over 800 wins. Here is more on Self’s history in March Madness.

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Bill Self record in March Madness

Self is one of the most consistent coaches in college basketball. He has coached for 31 years, and his teams have made the NCAA Tournament in 27 of them. Overall, Self has a 57-24 record in March Madness.

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Self has made the men’s NCAA tournament 27 times in his coaching career, and all of them have come consecutively since 1999. He didn’t make the Big Dance with Oral Robert, but did for the first time in 1999 with Tulsa, one of the two appearances he had with the Golden Hurricane in March. Self made the NCAA Tournament all three years he was in Illinois. Self has made the NCAA Tournament with Kansas in every season that he has been with the Jayhawks, except in 2020 when the postseason was cancelled due to COVID-19.

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