Alva Review-Courier -

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Bill Self insisted all season long that the Kansas team he put on the court night after night was different from those of the past, its margin for error thinner than perhaps in any other season.

Even when it was busy winning a 14th consecutive Big 12 title.

So he was just as surprised as anybody when the Jayhawks, led by Devonte Graham and Malik Newman, went on a memorable March run. They rolled to another Big 12 Tournament title, breezed through the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament and knocked off Duke en route to the Final Four.

Did they play over their heads? It su...