In his team’s first game of March, Bill Self watched Kansas men’s basketball fall behind a middling Arizona State team by seven points in the first half.
Apparently, he’d seen enough.
The legendary Jayhawks coach was ejected from the matchup against the Sun Devils on Tuesday, March 6 with 6:07 remaining in the first half and No. 15 Kansas trailing, 23-16. ASU went on to upset No. 15 Kansas, 70-60.
Self appeared to be arguing a foul call against freshman phenom Darryn Peterson, which sent Arizona State to the free-throw line with a chance to extend its lead. He was assessed a double technical for his efforts, and Self was ejected.
With Self back in the locker room, the Jayhawks are being led the rest of the game by assistant coach and former Kansas star Jacque Vaughn. Vaughn picked up a technical foul with 43 seconds remaining in the first half.
It is just the third ejection of Self’s head-coaching career, which began in 1993 at Oral Roberts.
After an eight-game win streak appeared to right a frustrating season, Kansas has lost four of its past six games, with each of those losses coming by double-digit points.