Kansas HC Bill Self painfully admits after brutal collapse against Houston
Kansas basketball and head coach Bill Self entered Allen Fieldhouse with a chance to shake up the top 10 in the rankings. The Jayhawks and Self suffered a painful double overtime loss to No. 7 Houston 92-86. The Cougars even erased a 10-point deficit to shut out Self and Kansas.
No. 12 Kansas had more chances to put down UH. The Jayhawks took a 38-31 halftime lead on their home court. But the Cougars were never better for the next three periods after that.
The head coach of the national champion shared some painful confessions about the loss after the game, one per Matt Tait of Wave the Wheat on the Perpetual Sports Network.
“Self said the only home game he can remember hurting like this was Acie Lo’s game against Texas A&M, forever ago,” Tait posted on X.
The two-time national champion coach was referring to a February 2007 contest in which Law scored the final five points in the Aggies’ 69-66 victory. The Lions fell by 23 points that night.
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The Jayhawks proved unsuccessful in shutting down the Cougars.
Kansas took a six-point lead with 18 seconds left in the first overtime. The Jayhawks missed two of Dewan Harris Jr.’s free throw attempts. Zeke Mayoa then turned the ball over with five seconds left — giving Kansas one more timeout. Milos Uzan stole the basketball from Mayo, then found Milik Wilson for a last-ditch 3-pointer — which went into the net. Houston forced overtime tied 79-79.
Kansas has never led in overtime. Mayo scored for Kansas — adding seven late points.
Houston outscored KU 61-48 the rest of the night. J’Van Roberts led UH with 24 points. Uzan scored 17, while Wilson scored 18 off the bench.
Self saw four of his KU players hit double figures. Flori Bidunga led all scorers for Kansas with 19. Hunter Dickinson and Rylan Griffen each added 17. Mayo finished with 16 overall.
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