Team preview: Kansas
Blue Ribbon Illustrated previews the 2004-05 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.
Updated: October 20, 2004, 5:10 PM ET
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Bill Self had one of the toughest jobs in America last season. Not only did he have to replace the beloved Roy Williams, who spurned his long-time school for a return to his alma mater, but Self also took the reins of the storied Jayhawk program that was coming off a three-point loss in the national championship and was minus a couple of NBA lottery picks in Nick Collison and Kirk Hinrich.
COACH AND PROGRAM
Bill Self had one of the toughest jobs in America last season. Not only did he have to replace the beloved Roy Williams, who spurned his long-time school for a return to his alma mater, but Self also took the reins of the storied Jayhawk program that was coming off a three-point loss in the national championship and was minus a couple of NBA lottery picks in Nick Collison and Kirk Hinrich.
"I think last season was a transition for everybody," Self said. "We switched a lot of things around."
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