Kansas' Bill Self laments botched fouling strategy, defense late in last-second loss to St. John's: 'I wish he could have just let him hold it'
As his team botched its chance to potentially bleed the clock dry and prevent St. John’s from even attempting a game-tying shot at the end of regulation, Kansas coach Bill Self struggled to hide his frustration. He yelled at freshman Kohl Rosario for fouling after less than one second rather than letting more time go by.
At the start of that sequence, the score was tied with just over 13 seconds left in regulation and Kansas had four fouls to give before St. John’s would enter the bonus. The Jayhawks used the first of those two fouls so quickly that barely two seconds ran off the clock.
By the time Kansas used the last of those four fouls, St. John’s still had 3. 9 seconds to engineer a game-winning play.
Dylan Darling made the Jayhawks pay, converting a driving layup as the final horn sounded to secure a 67-65 victory that sent the Johnnies to their first Sweet 16 since 1999 and ended Kansas’ season shy of the NCAA tournament’s second weekend for the fourth straight year. DYLAN DARLING GAME WINNER OMG 🚨 ST. JOHN'S ADVANCES TO THE SWEET 16 🤯 pic.
twitter. com/cgtCSgKHe5 — NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) March 22, 2026 “When Kohl fouled the first time, he fouled in one second,” Self said. “I wish he could have just let him hold it and foul five seconds into it, so now you’ve got a situation where maybe there’s not 3.