Correction: Billy E. Self, Jr.

I discussed this with a friend last night after the Kansas game: Bill Self's full name. What is it? The picture from the last post came tagged "Billy E. Self." I thought it was a way of being cute, since Bill looked like a giddy schoolboy after that Davidson win.

But no, my friend told me, that is his real middle initial. Further, Bill's given first name isn't "William," it is "Billy," like any good Oklahoman or Texan male. A Google search didn't turn up any answers, but a search of the 2006 Douglas County, Kan., property valuations, for the term "Billy Self," sure did.

Search Results

City	Address	Owner	Last year	Current year
LAWRENCE	--- N Fall Creek Rd	Self Billy E Jr	$1,160,710	$1,018,400

I'm pretty sure there aren't a lot of other Bill Selfs owning million-dollar homes in Lawrence, Kan. We also speculated on what the "E." stands for. It can't be Dale, Wade, or Bubba, for obvious reasons. It could be just the letter E. Definitely not Edmund. The consensus pick is Earl, a good, God-fearing NASCAR name.

Here's To You, Billy E. Self, Jr.