KANSAS CITY, MO — Bill Self and Dana Altman first matched wits more than two decades ago, when Self was trying to turn around tiny Oral Roberts in Tulsa, Okla., and Altman was attempting the same in his first season at Creighton in Omaha. The young coaches combined to win only 17 games that season. My, how far they have come. Both eventually succeeded in their rebuilding jobs, to the point they kept getting bigger and more glamorous offers elsewhere.