Kansas Jayhawks: Four Unbelievable Facts from the Self Era
By Mike Norris
Kansas Jayhawks guard Devonte Graham (4) and guard Kelly Oubre Jr. (12) hold the championship trophy – Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports
By now you know the Kansas Jayhawks are good.
It’s been that way for more than a century, after all.
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However, the past dozen years they have been really good.
Like, really, really good.
Jayhawk fans would prefer to have witnessed more than one national championship during that time, but in reality, being upset about that is a First-College Basketball World problem.
In addition to the one title, the Jayhawks have dominated their Big 12 opponents, knocked off more than 90 percent of their non-conference foes at home, and accumulated some stats that would render nearly every team jealous.
Kentucky is all the rage this year, and at 30-0 it should be, but here are four accomplishments from the Bill Self era that began in 2003 that should impress more than the Wildcats’ record.
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