Kansa basketball came into the second half of a road trip to the desert looking to get back on track after a blowout loss to Arizona in Tucson set the Jayhawks back a bit. During Tuesday night's tilt against Arizona State, Kansas got off to a terrible start, falling into an early double-digit hole.
Things went from bad to worse with just over six minutes to go in the first half when star guard Darryn Peterson was called for an offensive foul. Bill Self strongly disagreed with the call and went at the officials, earning a pair of technical fouls and an early trip to the showers.
Bill Self just got ejected, double technicals called after Darryn Peterson drew an offensive foul.
Hurley was talking to the refs earlier, now Self’s the one heading for the locker room before halftime.@DevilsDigest pic.twitter.com/24IP8IQi6N
— George Lund (@GLundMedia) March 4, 2026
Peterson was attempting to come off of a screen and get Kansas into its offense, but his path was impeded by the defender. Peterson eventually pushed off in retaliation and was called for the foul.
Former Brooklyn Nets head coach and current assistant coach Jacque Vaughn is serving as the acting head coach for the Jayhawks with Self in the locker room.
Things didn't get much better for Kansas when Self left the game, as the Sun Devils' lead extended from 10 up to 20 early in the second half. Two consecutive losses would both sink Kansas' projected NCAA Tournament seed and sap all of its momentum heading into the final game of the regular season.
This is just the second ejection of Self's career at Kansas, so this is a pretty rare occurrence. However, he will be hoping that the Jayhawks can weather the storm and get back in the game without him.
Even if Kansas were to lose this game, it would still likely be well within top-four seed range in the upcoming NCAA Tournament. It will close out the regular season with a game against Kansas State on Saturday before heading to Kansas City for the Big 12 Tournament.
