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EPISODE · Apr 1, 2020 · 22 MIN

Matching this KU team against Final Four squads with Bill Self

from SportsBeat KC · host The Kansas City Star

This week college basketball would be preparing for the Final Four, and the likely overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, Kansas, figured to have a good chance of reaching Atlanta. The team that produced two national defensive players of the years in center Udoka Azubuike and guard Marcus Garrett could have been the fourth Bill Self-coached team to get to a Final Four.Which got us wondering, how would the 2019-20 Jayhawks have stacked up against the Final Four teams of 2008, 2012 and 2018? They were the best combination of talent and peaking-at-the-right-moment in Self’s 17 seasons in Lawrence. Self explained what made this year’s team, which won the Big 12 and finished 28-3 overall, so good, and broke down his other Final Four teams on SportsBeat KC with Blair Kerkhoff.Story links:How Bill Self rates this KU all-star defensive team against his Final Four squadsKansas’ Marcus Garrett named 2019-20 Naismith defensive player of the yearUdoka Azubuike named defensive player of the year by NABC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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