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Des Moines, Iowa — Kansas basketball coach Bill Self will not be on the sideline for today's NCAA Tournament opener for the top-seeded Jayhawks, who will ...

[• Getting to the point: Lead guard showdown will be big in top-seeded Kansas’ Round 1 clash with Howard](https://www2.kusports.com/sports/college/basketball-men/2023/mar/15/getting-to-the-point-lead-guard-showdown-will-be-big-in-top-seeded-kansas-round-1-clash-with-howard/) [• Kansas coach Bill Self’s status for Thursday remains ‘day to day’ but Jayhawks confident he’ll be coaching](https://www2.kusports.com/sports/college/basketball-men/2023/mar/15/kansas-coach-bill-selfs-status-for-thursday-remains-day-to-day-but-jayhawks-confident-hell-be-coaching/) [• KU guard Kevin McCullar Jr. Norm and the staff, they’re doing their normal great job.” It’s just a matter of listening to his body.” Upon the team’s arrival at their downtown Des Moines hotel on Tuesday, Roberts classified Self’s status for the tournament as “day to day” and added that Self was doing well. Shortly before Thursday’s tipoff, Self join radio play-by-play broadcaster Brian Hanni for his normal pregame breakdown. Roberts carries more than a decade’s worth of head coaching chops from his time at St.

Despite previous claims Self would be ready to go, the storied coach is still recovering from recent health issues.

Self will not coach Thursday as KU opens up its NCAA Tournament run defending its title.

1 seed in the West Region looking to repeat as champions for the first time since Florida in 2006 and 2007. 1 seed in the Big 12 Tournament after going 25-6 overall and 13-5 in league play. The Jayhawks are the reigning national champions and the No. Self missed the entirety of KU's run in the Big 12 Tournament after being hospitalized the night before the team's opening game in the tournament. KU made it all the way to the Big 12 Tournament title game before falling to No. Self re-joined the team this week as expected after being discharged from the hospital, though he did so on a limited basis.

Kansas coach Bill Self won't be coaching when the No. 1 Jayhawks take on No. 16 seed Howard on Thursday, though Self said on Kansas' pregame show that he's ...

“Norm’s gonna handle all the stuff the same way he handled it the first four games of the season and the Big 12 Tournament, which we started out 6-0, so I’m very confident with that,” Self said. But I feel better, but still, I’m not ready to coach the game. “I’m feeling stronger and everything. “I’m doing better,” Self said. Self said he hopes to be able to coach in the Jayhawks’ second-round matchup on Saturday against either Arkansas or Illinois. 16 seed Howard on Thursday, though Self said on Kansas’ pregame show that he’s getting closer to reassuming his role atop the program.

The latest update for Bill Self states that the Kansas basketball head coach will have to miss the start of March Madness.

[quest to repeat as national champions](https://clutchpoints.com/kansas-basketball-win-2023-ncaa-tournament-march-madness) begins with a matchup against Howard at 2:00 P.M. [out of the hospital](https://clutchpoints.com/march-madness-news-bill-self-released-hospital-kansas-earns-16th-1-seed-ncaa-tournament) after undergoing a procedure for clogged arteries but still needs time to recover before heading back to the sideline. [Kansas Basketball](/tag/kansas-basketball) is ready for [March Madness](/tag/march-madness) to begin.

Bill Self said on the pre-game radio show he's feeling “stronger” but not quite ready to lead the team on game day in the NCAA Tournament: health update.

Norm did a great job at the Big 12 Tournament we just got tired against Texas (losing final). Norm and the staff are doing their normal great job. I’m there every day. It’s just taking longer than what I had hoped it would to get me back to the point where I can be out there every day. He was speaking on the pregame radio show with Brian Hanni. “I’m doing better.

Self returned to Allen Fieldhouse and the KU basketball facility on Monday after he spent four nights in the hospital in Kansas City due to a health issue. He ...

He then took over again in the Big 12 Tournament, where he helped coach KU to two wins. He coached KU in practice on Monday and Tuesday before the team departed for Des Moines on Tuesday afternoon. In the Big 12 Tournament final, KU fell to Texas. The release also stated that Self “responded well to the procedure” and is expected to make a full recovery. Self returned to Allen Fieldhouse and the KU basketball facility on Monday after he spent four nights in the hospital in Kansas City due to a health issue. CT, with the game being televised on TBS](https://247sports.com/college/kansas/Article/2023-NCAA-Tournament-schedule-March-Madness-bracket-dates-locations-tip-times-TV-channels-206310621/).

Kansas was without Bill Self on Thursday against Howard. But were the Jayhawks still able to win? Here's what ended up happening.

Not just because of Yesufu, but the team as a whole that's been in, Kansas is now up 19-13 with 11:28 left in the first half. But it seems like Kansas is starting to work its way toward being comfortable on both ends, with Gradey Dick making some hustle plays recently to push the Jayhawks to a one-point lead with a little less than 16 minutes left in the first half. He is the National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas for 2022. And that's been a key reason why Kansas is up 42-34 with a little less than three minutes left in the first half. Kansas is shooting 50% from the field and 57.1% from behind the arc. Howard is shooting 48% from the field and 45.5% from behind the arc still, though. The Jayhawks have three starters in double figures scoring, and could very well have all five in that range soon. The Bison are 1-for-6 on 3s in the second half. It's a 17-point lead with less than 12 minutes left in regulation. The 16-seed Bison came in after a win in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament championship game against Norfolk State. All five Kansas starters are in double figures scoring now. The 1-seed Jayhawks came in after a loss in the Big 12 Conference tournament championship game against Texas.

KU basketball faced the Howard Bison on Thursday at Wells Fargo Arena. Recap of Kansas' NCAA Tournament win with final score, stats, highlights and ...

Dick and Wilson chipped in their 30 combined points. When the game tightly contested early, Dick hit various timely buckets. As a result, Kansas had a 10-point advantage in paint points (26-16). We practice with a 14-second shot clock on missed shots.” Self told the Jayhawks’ pregame radio show he is hoping to return for Saturday’s second-round game. The Jayhawks took complete control in the second half and didn’t look back. March 17, 2023, 1:49 AM March 17, 2023, 1:51 AM March 17, 2023, 2:02 AM March 17, 2023, 2:01 AM 16 Howard into the Round of 32. His all-out effort led to a career night, his first college double-double.

Visit ESPN for the game recap of the Howard Bison vs. Kansas Jayhawks NCAAM basketball game on March 16, 2023.

[Gradey Dick](http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/5106258/gradey-dick) had 19 points and 11 rebounds in the freshman’s first [NCAA Tournament game](https://apnews.com/hub/march-madness), his first career double-double. The 60-year-old Self, who's in his 20th season at Kansas, had a [Jalen Wilson](http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4431714/jalen-wilson) had 20 points and seven rebounds for No. [Self is recovering](https://apnews.com/article/march-madness-kansas-bill-self-miss-game-482c51e6affea64f197c8dd9bbf13407) from a heart procedure. added 11 points, seven assists and four steals for the Jayhawks (28-7), who will play No. [Shy Odom](http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4432746/shy-odom) had 15 points and eight rebounds and [Steve Settle III](http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/4704043/steve-settle-iii) added 13 points for the Bison (22-13), who were making the program's first tournament appearance since 1992 in front of Vice President Kamala Harris, a Howard alumna.

Des Moines, Iowa — The general consensus of opinion among the Jayhawks is that the biggest difference between the way assistant coach Norm Roberts manages a ...

The mistakes and miscues may grab ahold of him from time to time. “But Coach Roberts comes in here and he’s the exact opposite before the game. He stands calmly with his hands in his pockets or on his hips most of the time. Roberts slid down the bench like he was doing a defensive shuffle drill, shouting to anyone who would listen, “Why, why,” with genuine pain on his face. That’s the Self in him surfacing. Like Self, he’s enough of a veteran and a comedian to toss out a few one-liners that get the officials to crack a smile. And he seems to enjoy those moments as much as the referees do. No matter how you slice it, he looks like a steely veteran and he stalks the sideline with a fighter’s face. Roberts regularly checks with and confirms various calls with the other assistant coaches around him, even on things he called himself. The experience. So, I spent a good portion of the game documenting what other differences exist between the two, with Roberts serving as the Jayhawks’ acting head coach for the eighth time this season and Self back at the team hotel still trying to heal up from his recent heart procedure. But most of his off-script language was reserved for him and him alone.

Arkansas, a Southeastern Conference school that has played Kansas just once in men's basketball in the 20-year Bill Self era, will be the Jayhawks' opponent ...

KU, which is 8-5 all-time against Arkansas, lost to the Razorbacks 65-64 on Nov, 22, 2005 in the consolation round of the Maui Invitational in Hawaii. Arkansas hit 38.1% of its shots including going 3-of-11 from three. The Razorbacks, the No.

A look at how Kansas matches up with the Arkansas Razorbacks heading into Saturday's NCAA Tournament game in Des Moines: Preview, prediction and betting ...

The Jayhawks need to force the Razorbacks to chuck up three-pointers, so that means walling off the paint and rotating to prevent drives to the rim. There’s a strong chance the Razorbacks will try to attack him on defense, so it’s pivotal he holds his own there. Arkansas could cause Kansas real problems, but the Razorbacks have clear flaws. The biggest worry about Udeh would be his tendency to get into foul trouble (7.2 fouls per 40 minutes). That doesn’t mean taking wild shots and hoping they go in — but controlled drives into space that force the defense to react. Kansas will have its work cut out against this tall, athletic Arkansas team that loves to score inside the arc. One thing about this Razorbacks team is it relies on taking the ball to the rim, especially on fast breaks. Let’s just say the Razorbacks aren’t quite that. - Free-throw line issues: Although Arkansas draws fouls at a high rate, it fails to convert at the line. - Elite rim protection: Arkansas limits opposing teams to 55% shooting at the rim. The Razorbacks shot 29 free throws Thursday. The Jayhawks are 8-5 against Arkansas all-time, with the teams last meeting on Nov.

For the third straight year, Arkansas will be facing a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament when the #8 seed Razorbacks face #1 seed Kansas (ranked #4/5) in the ...

- Anthony Black is THE ONLY player in the SEC to rank among the top 25 in five major categories (Pts • Rebs • Asts • Stl • Blk). He had 16 points (11-of-12 at the free throw line) and pulled down a season-high 10 rebounds, including eight defensive. - For the third straight year, Arkansas will face a #1 seed. DES MOINES, Iowa – For the third straight year, Arkansas will be facing a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament when the #8 seed Razorbacks face #1 seed Kansas (ranked #4/5) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament West Region on Saturday (Mar. - Arkansas is coming off a first-round win over Illinois. - This is the second time Arkansas has faced Kansas in the NCAA Tournament.