I have always thought that Self’s second season at KU was hampered at season’s end by a couple of significant factors. Langford was somewhat hobbled; the starters as a whole had played so many minutes that they ran out of gas in the Tourney. Freshman Robinson’s ongoing battle with Self led to benching, so senior Miles had to exert max energy until his tongue was hanging into his shoestrings. That said, the theory that Roy might have gone further both years into the Tournament with those guys is legitimate. After all, the stars WERE his recruits. As for the Illinois program which Self abandoned, just look what Weber did with those kids of Bill’s. We can only imagine the glory which Bill might have reaped from staying with that bunch. But we can’t forget, Bill’s second KU season was the first of our 13 year run of league titles!
