See my reply to your earlier embedded Self comment here -
www.rockchalk.com/index.php/forum/basket...-of-excellence#18423
Ah, heck, I’ll just copy it here as well...
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If we were so fortunate as to witness our Jayhawks win another NC next year it would put Self ahead of or tied with the best of past KU coaches for almost every meaningful KU coaching record.
2 NCAA titles (1 each Phog, Williams; would still trail Phog in total NCs when 1922 and 1923 Helms NCs are included)
4 Final Fours (T/Williams)
.500 Final Four winning % (T/Brown)
.823 winning % (in 2nd Williams @ .805)
447 KU wins (2nd to Phog’s 590)
14 conference championships (2nd to Phog’s 24)
14 consecutive conference titles (in 2nd Phog’s 6 from 1921-22 thru 1926-27 seasons)
Even now, after this season, the argument can be made that Self is at least on the same level as Phog for best coach in KU history.
Of course no one can ever take the crown from Phog due to all his other accomplishments.
I can, however, foresee a day in the future when, after the most recent upgrades to the venerable Old Barn, KU students will still cheer for their Jayhawks in The Phog, but one formally rechristened Self-Allen Fieldhouse.
