Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball coach Bill Self was hospitalized on Monday and did not travel with the team for its game Tuesday night against Colorado. Self, who has won two national championships with the Jayhawks, was hospitalized as a precautionary measure. He received IV fluids after feeling “under the weather,” ESPN noted. Kansas men's basketball coach Bill Self was hospitalized Monday out of caution and did not travel with the team to Colorado, the school announced. https://t.co/yPPC3vYPH5 — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 20, 2026 ESPN shared further: The school’s statement Monday night said Self was feeling better. It was not immediately clear if he would attempt to travel for the game or if an assistant would run the bench for the 19th-ranked Jayhawks. Self, 63, has had multiple health scares in recent years. In 2023, he missed the Big 12 and NCAA tournaments after being hospitalized because of chest tightness and balance concerns. He underwent a heart catheterization and had two stents placed for the treatment of blocked arteries. In July, Self was admitted to a hospital after feeling unwell and experiencing “some concerning symptoms,” per the school. He underwent a procedure to have two stents inserted and was released two days later. Self, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017, has been the coach at Kansas since 2003, winning two national championships and reaching four Final Fours. He led the Jayhawks to an NCAA-record 14 consecutive Big 12 regular-season championships from 2004 to 2018. “I’m feeling much better and I want to thank the well-wishers and the great team at LMH Health,” Self said in a statement, according to The New York Times. “I’ll be sitting out tonight’s game, and as I’ve said before, we have an elite coaching staff at KU, and I know our players are in good hands in Boulder,” he added. The Jayhawks defeated the Buffaloes 75-69, winning its third consecutive game. Night Shift W #RockChalk x @meritrustcu pic.twitter.com/SQXztCQUj2 — Kansas Men’s Basketball (@KUHoops) January 21, 2026 More from The New York Times: Self and KU agreed to a new “lifetime” contract in 2023, putting him on a five-year rolling term and making him the highest-paid coach in college basketball. Now in his 23rd season at Kansas, Self is tied for the second-longest-tenured coach at the power-conference level behind only Michigan State’s Tom Izzo. His 637 wins at the most in KU history, and Kansas has never missed the NCAA Tournament under his watch. Kansas (13-5) climbed to No. 19 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll Monday after consecutive wins over Iowa State and Baylor. After Colorado, the Jayhawks will travel to in-state rival Kansas State on Saturday before they host No. 13 BYU one week later at Allen Fieldhouse.