This package deal proved fruitful for Bill Self.

Ronnie Chalmers, better-known as the proud papa of Big Shot Mario Chalmers, has resigned as the director of basketball operations.

I'm not saying Chalmers wasn't qualified to be the operations guy at Kansas and I am not questioning whether or not he did a quality job in his tenure in Lawrence. He was a former high school basketball coach.

However, let's make one thing clear: He was hired to help get a commitment from Mario Chalmers.

It worked to perfection since it brought a national title to Kansas this past season and Chalmers wound up making the biggest shot of the entire season - the last-second trifecta that forced overtime and ended up beating Memphis in a thrilling contest.

There have been plenty of other package deals in the past - Danny and Ed Manning (a former truck driver) at Kansas, DaJuan and Milt Wagner to Memphis, even Kansas State assistant Dalonte Hill and Michael Beasley.

Don't be surprised if one more package deal comes together in the next few months or so. Baylor coach Scott Drew hired the AAU coach of the top-rated player in the country, John Wall, last week.

Sure, Baylor assistant Matthew Driscoll coached Wall's AAU coach at D-One, Dwon Clifton, for a couple years at Clemson. But that's not the reason Clifton was brought on as the Director of Player Development.

Clifton was hired to lure Wall, who has Baylor atop or near his list of favorites.