No. 1 Kansas survived another big early season test and outlasted Michigan State 77-69 in Atlanta in the first of a Champions Classic doubleheader. The 3-0 Jayhawks never quite pulled away in convincing fashion but nonetheless controlled the game throughout before building a comfortable margin and burying the Spartans late.

Bill Self and the Kansas Jayhawks defeated Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans on Tuesday by a score of 77-69, a game that saw former Michigan and current Jayhawks big man Hunter Dickinson go off for 28 points and 12 rebounds.

Hunter Dickinson scored 28 points and Bill Self became the winningest coach in Kansas history as the No. 1 Jayhawks pulled away from Michigan State for a 77-69 victory in the Champions Classic.

Bill Self brushed off becoming the winningest coach in Kansas basketball history, even as he surpassed the guy whose name is on the arena

Bill Self brushed off becoming the winningest coach in Kansas basketball history, even as he surpassed the guy whose name is on the arena. “It means I’m old,” the 61-year-old Self said with a