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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18,2014
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SELF VS. CALIPARI
Talented coaches bring history into tonight's matchup
BEN FELDERSTEIN
@Ben Felderstein
This story begins in 2008, in San Antonio, Texas. With 2:12 left to play in the national championship game, the Memphis Tigers led the Kansas lajhwacks by nine.
Kansas continued to chip away at Memphis' lead, and with 2.1 seconds left on the clock, Mario Chalmers made a 3-pointer that went on to become "Marjo's Miracle" to send the game into overtime.
The Jayhawks cruised to a 75-68 victory over the Tigers in overtime to secure the team's fifth national title. This game sparked what has gone on to become one of the best coaching rivalries in college sports.
Kansas coach Bill Self and Kentucky coach John Calipari are heavily regarded as two of the best coaches in college basketball. The 2008 national championship game was the starting point of an intriguing coaching dual.
Self graduated from Oklahoma State in 1985, where he was a four-year letterwinner and was given all Big Eight honors in 1982. Self began his coaching career at Kansas under coach Larry Brown.
In 1993, Self was hired as the head coach at Oral Roberts University, and in four years led ORU to its first ever NIT appearance. From 1998-2000 Self compiled a 74-27 record
at Tulsa University. Self led the Hurricanes to their first-ever Elite Eight in 2000.
Following Self's Elite Eight appearance, he was hired by Illinois, and spent the next three years there. Self reached his second straight Elite Eight in 2001 and won a share of the Big Ten title and ended the season as the No. 4-ranked team in the nation. In 2002, Self and Illinois fell to Kansas in the Sweet 16.
Following the departure of Roy Williams to North Carolina in 2003, Self's next destination became clear. Self was hired as the eighth coach in Kansas basketball history, and in 11 years has led Kansas to 10 straight Big 12 titles, and a 2008 national title.
John Calipari began his college career at North Carolina, but transferred to Clarion University of Pennsylvania for his final two seasons. Calipari burst onto the coaching scene in 1982, at Kansas under head coach Ted Owens.
In 1985, Calipari was hired as the assistant coach at the University of Pittsburgh. Three years later, Calipari landed his first head-coaching job at the University of Massachusetts. Calipari led UMass to five straight Atlantic 10 titles and five straight NCAA tournament appearances.
Calipari got the attention of the NBA and was hired by the New Jersey Nets in 1996. He
led the Nets to one playoff appearance in three seasons and returned to the college game at the University of Memphis. He won 214 games and led Memphis to seven straight postseason appearances.
In 2009, Calipari left Memphis for his current coaching job at the University of Kentucky, where he has found immense success, including a 2012 national championship.
Self and Calipari are two of the only three NCAA head coaches to lead three different teams to Elite Eight appearances, along with Rick Pitino. In 2012, Self and Calipari met for the second time on the biggest stage.
Now at Kentucky, Calipari had a chance to get revenge against Self and the Jayhawks for 2008. An Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchristled Kentucky team went on to beat Thomas Robinson and the Jayhawks 67-59 in the 2012 national championship game. Davis and Kidd-Gilchrist went on to be the first and second picks in the NBA Draft.
In national championship games, Self and Calipari are tied 1-1. In Champions Classics, Calipari has the edge on Self 1-0. Self will look to settle the score tonight and get some revenge of his own.
- Edited by Rob Pyatt
Bill Self
Record: 533-174 (754)
Teams coached: Oral Roberts, Tulsa Illinois, Kansas
Age: 51
National Championships: 1,2008
Conference Titles: 16
Final Fours: 2
Played at: Oklahoma State
John Calipari
Record: 557-174 (.762)
Teams Coached: UMASS, Memphis Kentucky
Age: 55 National Championships:1,2012
Conference Titles: 14
Final Fours: 5
Played At: UNC Wilmington, Clarion
Kansas makes committment to limiting turnovers
KIRSTEN PETERSON
@KeepupwithKP
Kansas has learned how to protect the basketball. At least, that is how it looked in the Jayhawks' regular season opener against South Dakota. In the first two exhibition games, the Jayhawks had 43 total turnovers. In Sunday's game, Kansas only had 11 turnovers. Coach Bonnie Henrickson commented on this in Sunday's post-game press conference.
"From the first two exhibition games [the turnovers] were self inflicted - we just threw it around," Henrickson said. "We just had really bad focus and attention to detail. [In the home opener], I thought we took care of the ball, handled it [and] didn't try to make plays that aren't there. In offense, it's not the great plays you make;
it's the bad plays you don't make."
With this mindset to take care of the ball, the Jayhawks will take on Texas Southern at 7 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse tonight.
When the Jayhawks met with Texas Southern last season, the Tigers' now-senior guard scored 34 points. Kansas' now-senior forward Chelsea Gardner had 30 points, and now-senior guard Asia Boyd followed closely with 25 points.
Gardner and Boyd will be expected to do well in this upcoming game; however, they will be without the senior leadership of Cece Harper at point guard, who had 11 assists in last year's game against Texas Southern. Who will help facilitate this team and control the ball? Well, that's an easy question to answer with true-freshman Lauren Aldridge starting at point. Aldridge has performed well in Coach Henrickson's eyes despite whatever difficulties she faces on the court.
"She's got poise and composure." Henrickson said. "This kid has been in pressure situations and is a mentally tough kid."
"In offense, it's not the great plays you make; it's the bad plays you don't make."
BONNIE HENRICKSON Women's basketball coach
Aldridge is likely to bring her A-game to tonight's game to try to make it two in a row for the 1-0 Hawks.
In the Jayhawks' last game against South Dakota, Gardner got into foul trouble, and the team had to rely on other players to carry the team.
"I always know that when Chelsea gets in foul trouble somebody's got to step up and it's not always me," said senior guard Natalie Knight. "Sometimes, it's one of the underclassman or another upperclassman."
Gardner may have gotten in foul trouble in the layhawks' last game, but she also joined the "1,000-point club" hitting the mark during the game.
"I probably got a thousand fouls before 1 got a thousand points." Gardner joked after Sunday's game with the media. In last season's game against Texas Southern, Gardner didn't commit any fouls. In a game where outcomes are often based on a single possession, Kansas is working on making each and every one count.
ANDY LARKIN/KANSAN
Senior Guard Asia Boyd fights to the basket between two Fort Hays State defenders during the Jayhawks first exhibition game on Nov. 2.
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