Bill Self Brings Kansas to the Final Four

Bill Self succeeded Roy Williams as coach of the Kansas Jayhawks and ever since then he has been overburdened with questions about Williams. Over the weekend, Williams had the opportunity to answer qu...
Bill Self Brings Kansas to the Final Four
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  • Bill Self succeeded Roy Williams as coach of the Kansas Jayhawks and ever since then he has been overburdened with questions about Williams. Over the weekend, Williams had the opportunity to answer questions about Self and being defeated by the Jayhawks.

    Pat Forde of Yahoo Sports suggested that Williams was completely unprepared for his opposition’s powerful triangle of triumph and believes that it was Self’s intense coaching that gave the Jayhawks the winning edge:

    Self’s lockdown of the Tar Heels was so crafty that Ol’ Roy literally had no idea what hit him. It was a triangle-and-two defense, playing man-to-man on Carolina shooters Harrison Barnes and Reggie Bullock and zoning point guard Stilman White and big men Tyler Zeller and John Henson. The junk defense shut down the Heels’ prolific offense as Kansas pulled away in the final eight minutes to win 80-67. Carolina scored just three points in the final 8:34.

    Williams was uncertain how long the Jayhawks played the triangle-and-two combo defense:

    em>”I know they did for one possession, and they may have for another possession,” Williams said. “I’m not sure about that.”

    Carolina didn’t make a single field goal off its set offense in the final 8½ minutes. The Heels were shut out for the final 3:57.

    The loss has left many Tar Heels players devastated:

    Kendall Marshall is a guard for the Heels said, “It hurts. This was a great team and we had great goals and it doesn’t feel like we quite achieved them. But we played as hard as we could and just came up a little bit short.”

    The defeat also left Stilman White in tears.

    Twitter users have this to say about the loss and Williams’ coaching ability:

    So Roy Williams is not a big game coach, yet he has as many championships as the 4 final 4 coaches combined? Ridiculous!(image) 7 minutes ago via txt ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    oh yeah i told yall roy williams tries to get by on talent instead of good coaching. kansas adjusted, roy williams didn’t(image) 9 minutes ago via web ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    Worst issue facing Roy Williams moving forward? How in the hell does he replace Stilman White….(image) 13 minutes ago via TweetCaster for Android ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    Those folks who think Roy Williams got out coached last night are a ****… Bill Self did what better? Have no injuries? Get outta here!(image) 25 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry® ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    Roy Williams is an idiot: How can you not see Kansas was in a triangle and two on defense?
    http://t.co/m2Rqb2W2(image) 28 minutes ago via twitterfeed ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    How is it possible that Harrison Barnes and Roy Williams thought that #Kansas was in the Triangle-2 defense for a “possession or 2?” pitiful(image) 30 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

    How is that when he won 2 NCAA with UNC RT @IAmSimSity: Roy Williams hurting for leaving Kansas as a coach. It’s okay though. #TarheelNation(image) 1 hour ago via Echofon ·  Reply ·  Retweet ·  Favorite · powered by @socialditto

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