
I think that (a) winning a National Championship and (b) crushing Roy Williams in the process does call for a new contract at Kansas.
And that happened for Bill Self, who signed a new 10-year deal to stay in Kansas through 2008. The deal is reportedly worth $30 million.
"This will take me to 55 if both parties want to continue, which hopefully will happen," Self said in a phone interview with The Associated Press while playing golf at Pine Valley in New Jersey. "I like to think I'll still want to keep coaching when I get to 55. But if we continue to do our job, this will get us close."
If you remember, Self was being heavily pursued by Oklahoma State during the Final Four -- a job Self turned down. Remember that last year, Florida's Billy Donovan won the title and actually left the Gators for the NBA's Orlando Magic before eventually coming back to Gainsville and signing a new deal.
Self and Kansas agreed to the deal in April, though it wasn't completed. This contract is retroactive to April 1.
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