Dueling reports surfaced Friday describing the possible level of interest from Bill Self in being the Oklahoma State basketball coach last year.

Kansas coach Bill Self "seriously considered" taking the Oklahoma State job this past offseason, according to the Tulsa World's Berry Tramel. Self is an Oklahoma native who played for the Cowboys in the 1980s and later worked as an assistant there before holding his first two head coaching positions in the state at Oral Roberts and Tulsa.

Did Bill Self look seriously at leaving for his alma mater, Oklahoma State, last off-season? Here’s what he said Friday after a Tulsa World report.