Kansas coach Bill Self ejected before halftime in upset loss to Arizona State: 'Pretty temperamental crew'

Longtime Kansas men’s hoops manager Bill Self was ejected earlier halftime of Tuesday night’s crippled against Arizona State aft a heated speech with officials implicit a foul telephone connected 1 of the Jayhawks’ prima players.

Self was assessed 2 technicals aft arguing a telephone involving Jayhawks prima freshman Darryn Peterson with conscionable implicit six minutes remaining successful the half. Peterson, coming disconnected a screen, got tangled on the baseline with Arizona State defender Bryce Ford, and officials called a foul connected Peterson arsenic helium tried to thrust past Ford.

Kansas caput manager Bill Self walks disconnected the tribunal aft being ejected during the archetypal fractional of an NCAA hoops crippled against Arizona State successful Tempe, Ariz., connected March 3, 2026. (Rick Scuteri/AP)

After the game, Self admitted that the archetypal method was merited but felt that the 2nd was a stretch. 

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"They threw maine retired earlier they adjacent said anything. That was astir apt not a large call, but I came retired of the container and helium gave maine a (technical), which is fine, but by nary agelong did I bash thing to merit a 2nd (technical), but that’s those guys for you," helium said, via The Athletic. 

"He told maine to get backmost into the box, and I didn’t get backmost successful determination speedy enough, truthful that’s connected me."

Kansas Jayhawks caput manager Bill Self reacts aft being ejected from the crippled against the Arizona State Sun Devils successful the archetypal fractional astatine Desert Financial Arena successful Tempe, Arizona, connected March 3, 2026. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)

Kansas was trailing by the clip Self got ejected, but that borderline grew to 20 points by the extremity of the archetypal half. Arizona State would implicit the upset 70-60 down Moe Odum’s 23 points. For Self, portion the officiating didn’t help, it wasn’t to blasted for the Jayhawks’ loss.

"I’m disappointed successful myself that I wasn’t retired determination with the guys to decorativeness the game, but that was a beauteous temperamental unit tonight, but that didn’t outgo us," Self continued, via The Athletic. "What outgo america was that we weren’t acceptable to play, and we’re not bully enough. Our players are not talented capable not to beryllium acceptable and beryllium energized."

Kansas caput manager Bill Self reacts aft being ejected during the archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage hoops crippled against Arizona State successful Tempe, Ariz., connected March 3, 2026. (Rick Scuteri/AP)

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ASU fans stormed the tribunal aft the game, marking what could beryllium Sun Devils caput manager Bobby Hurley’s last location crippled arsenic helium is successful the last twelvemonth of his contract.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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