The No. 1 Kansas Jayhawks won the outright Big 12 regular-season championship with a 66-62 road win over Texas Tech on Saturday in Lubbock.
They already had at least a share of the conference title after beating TCU on Wednesday. And in fact, they had their outright championship secured before their game against the Red Raiders even ended, thanks to No. 4 Baylor’s loss to West Virginia earlier in the day.
Coach Bill Self decided to have a little fun with the players before their post-game celebration started. As he walked into the Jayhawks’ locker room where the players were waiting for him, he was smiling but calm.
“All right, nobody jump around,” he said to the team. “No, I’m tired.”
Letting it sink in for a moment, Self quickly revealed he was joking, and he and his players, well, jumped around.
Against Texas Tech, guard Devon Dotson led the Jayhawks offense with 17 points, while center Udoka Azubuike had 15 points and 11 boards.
With such a strong regular season, it’s practically guaranteed that Kansas will be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
