Self could not be reached for comment.
Under Self, Tulsa went 32-5 last season and reached the regional finals of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. In his three seasons there the Golden Hurricane were 74-27.
In other college news:
* Star college football recruit Jason Respert, 18, pleaded no contest to trespassing and simple battery, without admitting he fondled a woman in her apartment during a recruiting trip to the University of Florida.
* Louisiana Tech's T.J. Soto hit nine home runs in the final round to win the inaugural home run derby at the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.
* Kansas State and former basketball coach Tom Asbury have reached an undisclosed settlement on his contract, which had two years to run when he was forced out at the end of last season.
* An NCAA governing body has endorsed a proposal that would allow prospective student-athletes to accept educational expenses from individuals or entities that make such payments directly to their school. Agents, professional sports teams or organizations and college scouts would be excluded from making payments.
* A judge released former Kentucky basketball recruit Michael Southall, 18, from jail, about 14 hours early, saying his loss of a scholarship has added more punishment for his drug conviction.
GOLF
* Dennis Paulson shot a 6-under-par 65 to take a one-stroke first-round lead in the Buick Classic Harrison, N.Y.
* South Korean rookie Jeong Jang shot a 2-under-par 70 to share the Rochester (N.Y.) International first round lead with Australia's Wendy Doolan.
PHILLY FILE
* Troy Bennett, a highly touted senior linebacker from Paulsboro (N.J.) High School, has committed to Temple.
* Top-seeded Monica Tranel-Michini posted the fastest time in women's single sculls in the U.S. Rowing Olympic Team Trials in Camden. Tranel-Michini finished in 7 minutes, 42.56 seconds to beat Christine Elkins by more than 6 seconds and advance to today's semifinals.
SPORT STOPS
* Nova Peris-Kneebone, the first Aborigine to win an Olympic gold medal (field hockey), started the Olympic flame in Uluru, Australia, on its cross-continent journey, ending at the cauldron at Stadium Australia on Sept. 15 to start the Sydney Olympics.
