Shortly after the Kansas Jayhawks won the Men’s Division I NCAA Basketball Tournament, coach Bill Self was getting bombarded by job offers from colleges like Oklahoma State. Well, today Self announced he has no intention of leaving Kansas and he’s not sure why anybody thought he’d leave in the first place.

“I don’t know what the big deal is, to be honest,” Self said at a news conference earlier today. “These last three weeks, four weeks, have been an absolute whirlwind. I don’t know if a guy deserves to have as much fun as I’ve had.”

Although the oddsmakers favored the Memphis Tigers to win the national title, it was the Kansas Jayhawks who dug down deep to rally from a nine-point deficit late in the second half to defeat Memphis 75-68 in overtime. This was the first NCAA title win for former Illinois coach Bill Self, who left the Illini job five years ago to take the head coaching position at Kansas.

The Memphis Tigers are 2.5-point favorites at press time to beat the Kansas Jayhawks Monday night. The free market has spoken.

People recognize talent, and the most talented team on the floor of the Alamadome is the Memphis Tigers. The combination of point guard Derrick Rose (14.8 points, 4.6 assists, 4.5 rebounds per game) and Chris Douglas-Roberts (18 points, .413 from behind the arc) is pure quality. Both have elevated their games during the Tournament, with Rose playing his way into a possible No. 1 overall spot at the NBA Draft.

People also recognize experience. This is the third trip to the Elite Eight for coach John Calipari’s team, finally reaching the finals Saturday against the UCLA Bruins. The players are motivated to improve on those performances and win the title; as many outstanding freshmen as there have been this year, a player like Rose only comes by once in a while.

History has been made at the NCAA men’s basketball Tournament. All four No. 1 seeds are in the Final Four.

This year’s top seeds happen to be four outstanding basketball teams. But their perilous journey to get here explains why this has never been done before. In the Elite Eight round, Kansas (-9.5) held off the plucky No. 10 Davidson Wildcats 59-57. After earlier scares for UCLA and Memphis, that leaves the North Carolina Tar Heels as the only team taking a 4-0 ATS record into the Final Four.

North Carolina has shown no mercy during March Madness. Their 83-73 win over the very strong Louisville Cardinals (-5.5) wasn’t without its rough patches, as the Cards erased a 12-point halftime deficit to tie the score. This time, though, the Tar Heels stood firm and pulled away at the end. Last year’s loss to Georgetown must have inspired them – or perhaps it was the fans in Raleigh and Charlotte.

We knew Davidson was good. But to beat Georgetown as a 4.5-point puppy? That was the highlight of the men’s college basketball Tournament’s second round – at least from a basketball betting standpoint. The Wildcats were 17-10 ATS during the regular season, and are rolling into the Sweet 16 at 4-1 ATS in tourney action.

From a fan standpoint, the too-early elimination of the Duke Blue Devils for the second year in a row will be cause for celebration in many parts. Duke was bounced by underappreciated West Virginia (+4) after barely squeezing by Belmont (+20) in the first round.

The carnage nearly spread from Duke to fellow top-tier programs Memphis, UCLA, Texas and Tennessee, but all four clawed their way into the Sweet 16. Stanford and Marquette went toe-to-toe before the Cardinal (-2.5) escaped by a single point in overtime. And the Tar Heels? 108-77 over Arkansas (-9.5). Perhaps Indiana saw this coming and pulled the cord in the first round.