I don't think KU is in that territory and if we had had a competent AD at the time, I don't think we would've lost Self to them. KU is far more illustrious today than it was then.
After the top tier, you have
KU
UCLA
Texas
Arizona
Illinois
Indiana
Louisville
Michigan
tOSU
maybe Florida
UConn
These are the schools with fertile recruiting grounds, large/hungry fan bases, and athletic departments with both the resources and will to win at basketball. On that list I think Self would have gone to any of them for the right offer, but I also think he absolutely would have stayed as long as Illinois matched. FURG's ego lost us Bill Self and cratered our program for 2 decades....we just didn't know it at the time for a couple more years.
probably just another real jerk in life12
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