Self Worth
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By Mike Douchant
Bill Self will remember the Alamodome. The first-year Illinois coach will become the first
coach to reach a regional final in back-to-back seasons with two different
schools if the Illini defeat Kansas in the regional semifinals at San Antonio.
Self, one of 19 coaches to guide two different schools to the NCAA playoffs
in back-to-back seasons a total of 20 times, became the eighth mentor to win at
least one tourney game in back-to-back seasons with different institutions.
Kentucky's Tubby Smith is the only coach on the following alphabetical list to
twice achieve the feat:
| Coach | Schools (Years/Playoff
Record) |
| Rick Barnes | Clemson (1998/0-1) and Texas
(1999/0-1) |
| J.D. Barnett | Virginia Commonwealth (1985/1-1) and
Tulsa (1986/0-1) |
| Ben Braun | Eastern Michigan (1996/1-1) and
California (1997/2-1) |
| Jeff Capel | North Carolina A&T (1994/0-1)
and Old Dominion (1995/1-1) |
| Ben Carnevale | North Carolina (1946/2-1) and Navy
(1947/0-2) |
| Benny Dees | New Orleans (1987/1-1) and Wyoming
(1988/0-1) |
| Tippy Dye | Ohio State (1950/1-1) and Washington
(1951/2-1) |
| Paul Evans | Navy (1986/3-1) and Pittsburgh
(1987/1-1) |
| Mike Jarvis | George Washington (1998/0-1) and St.
John's (1999/3-1) |
| Tom Penders | Rhode Island (1988/2-1) and Texas
(1989/1-1) |
| Skip Prosser | Loyola, Md. (1994/0-1) and Xavier
(1995/0-1) |
| Les Robinson | East Tennessee State (1990/0-1) and
N.C. State (1991/1-1) |
| Steve Robinson | Tulsa (1997/1-1) and Florida State
(1998/1-1) |
| Andy Russo | Louisiana Tech (1985/2-1) and
Washington (1986/0-1) |
| Kelvin Sampson | Washington State (1994/0-1) and
Oklahoma (1995/0-1) |
| Bill Self | Tulsa (2000/3-1) and Illinois
(2001/TBD) |
| Tubby Smith | Tulsa (1995/2-1) and Georgia
(1996/2-1) |
| Tubby Smith | Georgia (1997/0-1) and Kentucky
(1998/6-0) |
| Eddie Sutton | Arkansas (1985/1-1) and Kentucky
(1986/3-1) |
| Joe Williams | Jacksonville (1970/4-1) and Furman
(1971/0-1) |
