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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Inbounding the basketball near the Missouri bench during a 1985 game at Gallagher-Iba Arena, an Oklahoma State guard by the name of Bill Self heard ever-fiery Mizzou coach Norm Stewart cussing him out for a perceived infraction. “The dirtiest SOB in the league,” Self remembered Stewart calling him — though he added with a laugh that Stewart didn’t understand the transgression “was probably from my lack of athleticism and not being able to get out of the way.” Whatever the case, Self in his office on Thursday tapped his heart repeatedly as he called that a “badge of honor” co…

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