Bill Self was in attendance to watch John Wall, the nation's top undecided recruit, play in the Tournament of Champions.

Wall, a 6-foot-4 senior point guard from Raleigh, N.C., pushed his team to a T of C championship, either scoring or assisting on his team's final 25 points and finishing with 41 points and 10 rebounds.

Self greeted Wall following the game, according to an account by Allen Vaughn of the News-Leader.

Self: "Johnny, great win man. You really played well."

Wall: "Thanks."

Self: "I'm not supposed to be talking to you, and you know that, but I just wanted to tell you that was a great win."

Then Self vanished.

I called Missouri State NCAA compliance officer Kyle Yates, curious of Self's behavior. Yates insisted what Self did was wrong, but not unique, as I suspected.

"(He) definitely shouldn't have done that, but it's not uncommon," Yates said. "If he would have sat him down and had a conversation, that would have been a big deal."