Rick Pitino and Bill Self are two of the longest tenured coaches in college basketball. Pitino got his start as an assistant at Hawaii in 1974, while Self began as an assistant at Kansas in 1985.
Bill Self and the Kansas Jayhawks secured a 23-10 record and 12-6 in Big 12 play during the 2025-26 college basketball regular season, earning the No. 4 seed in the East region of the 2026 NCAA ...
Bill Self’s Jayhawks will face Villanova in a new series, renewing one of college basketball’s most intense modern rivalries.