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Why Bill Self is the most underachieving college basketball coach

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What does the word underachieve mean? Underachieving id defined as "one that fails to attain a predicted level of achievement or does not do as well as expected". This word is the perfect description for Bill Self and the Kansas basketball program since winning their last National Championship in 2008. Kansas has been so dominant in Big 12 Conference, on the recruiting trail, and have never been lower than a 4 seed in the NCAA tournament. For them to only have two Final Four berths in the last 11 years is quite simply a failure. Self is a great developer of talent and not just any coach can win a National Championship, but as one of the blue bloods of the sport this drought is unexpected and is best described as underachieving for several reasons.  Control of the Big 12:  From 2003, when Self took over as head coach until 2018 Kansas won the Big 12 Conference outright or had a share of the regular season conference crown. While Kansas has had many challengers in the Big 12 th