Kansas coach Bill Self "seriously considered" taking the Oklahoma State job this past offseason, according to the Tulsa World's Berry Tramel. Self is an Oklahoma native who played for the Cowboys in the 1980s and later worked as an assistant there before holding his first two head coaching positions in the state at Oral Roberts and Tulsa.

In an alternate universe, Bill Self could have left Kansas for a Big 12 Conference rival just two years after winning a national championship. The Tulsa World reported Friday that Oklahoma State, Self's alma mater,