In a national championship game nobody at Kansas will soon forget, Bill Self went from the Hall of Fame coach who too often failed on the big stage to the brilliant mastermind of the biggest second-half comeback in NCAA title-game history.
Blitzed by plucky North Carolina for most of the first 20 minutes Monday night and digging a seemingly insurmountable 40-25 hole, the Jayhawks rallied for a 72-69 victory over the Tar Heels inside the boisterous Superdome.
