NCAA Final Four coach visits TCHS

TIFTON ? In late March, Kansas University Head Basketball Coach Bill Self had his team in New Orleans for the 2012 NCAA Final Four.

Wanting to get his team back to that stage, Self found himself in Tifton six months later as he visited Tift County High School Thursday.

In town for an at-home visit with Blue Devil basketball player Brannen Greene and his family, Self visited the school to watch the Devils play pick-up games and work out. He watched the team, along with Tift Head Coach Eric Holland.

While he could not comment on any particular player due to NCAA rules, Self did bring up the Tift County High Arena.

?It is very nice,? said Self. ?This is a great facility.?

It was his first visit to South Georgia in a number of years.

?How far away is Albany?,? he asked. When told it was close to Tifton, he added, ?I recruited a kid there several years ago that ended up going on to Auburn. I don?t remember his name.?

Self went on to add that Tift was ?a big-time school,? and that he had gone to?places a lot more rural than Tifton,? during his recruiting.

?We will go anywhere in the country to look at a player, if they are interested in attending Kansas,? Self said.

And that includes Tifton, ?This area of the country has always been one of the more fertile spots for talent.?

From the high school, Self went on to visit Greene and his family.

Source: http://tiftongazette.com/sports/x72185381/NCAA-Final-Four-coach-visits-TCHS

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