With Duke win, Kansas coach Bill Self continues mastery of fellow Blue Bloods

By ADAM ZAGORIA

With his latest win over Duke — 75-72 Tuesday night in Las Vegas — Kansas coach Bill Self continued his mastery of his fellow Blue Bloods.

Self, one of two active head coaches with two NCAA championship rings (Dan Hurley), owns wins this season over North Carolina, Duke and Michigan State.

Kansas is now 23-8 against UConn, UCLA, UNC, Duke and Kentucky in the Bill Self era.

Self holds these records against fellow Blue Bloods during his Kansas tenure:

UNC (5-0)

Duke (4-2)

Kentucky (8-5) – 6-2 in the last decade

UConn (2-0)

UCLA (4-1)

Self, a Naismith Hall of Famer who has 801 career wins, is now 134-77 (.635) against AP Top 25 opponents as head coach at Kansas.

KU MBB: With the 75-72 win over #11 Duke, Bill Self is now 134-77 (.635) against AP Top 25 opponents as head coach of @KUHoops.

For his career, Self has a .612 winning percentage against AP ranked opponents which ranks 3rd all-time in Division I history.

Highest Win PCT vs. AP…

— Kansas Stats & Info (@KUStatsInfo) November 27, 2024

. He also ranks third all time in AP Top 15 matchups behind Duke’s Coach K, who was courtside Tuesday night in Las Vegas, and former UNC coach Dean Smith.

Bill Self is in some pretty elite company after another win versus a Top 15 team. #KUbball #Jayhawks pic.twitter.com/pSGbsqZJkb

— Creighton Coover (@kucr8ton) November 27, 2024

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