Kansas head coach Bill Self On the win ...
“They had us off-balance and we couldn’t guard their second big the way we play and tried to do it differently and it didn’t work. We’re lucky to win, we outscored them by 18 at the free-throw line so that was very fortunate. They outrebounded us, our offense led to their points in the first half, in the second half they just shot the ball so well. They’re a good team, Kyle’s got a terrific squad and they were ready to play. They played about like what we did tonight in their last game and got beat and he had them fired up and ready to go. I was happy for them as far as how hard and how well they played and happy to get a win but certainly not anything to go home excited about.”
On the turnovers ...
“It’s about the same ratio if I’m not mistaken on points off turnovers. Isn’t number 14 a good player though? He can use his body, he can seal, he scored with either hand in there tight. I thought he played great. Number four is a terrific guard. Latrell does what Latrell does, make long threes. I really thought that they were prepared, and really more prepared than us and we were forced to win, and I think the crowd helped us. We missed three dunks and then CB charges on that last deal. When are we going to start playing time, score, and momentum a little bit? Ochai, I want him to dunk it. Nobody likes dunks more than me but actually dunk it in a close game in the second half without trying to put it off your neck. We’ll learn from that. Remy makes a big three, celebrates, and we don’t get back and they end up getting a layup. There’s so many things that we can do to become a sounder, better team. I thought we looked like a not a very good team tonight from a discipline standpoint the line up to start the second half.”
On Dajuan Harris’ performance…
“Dajuan has been sick all week. He practiced a little bit yesterday and he felt like crap the first half. I don’t think he wanted to play much in the second half or at least start but we had to play him to win. He made a couple of great passes, the play he made to CB over the top was a great pass. He made his free throws. He did a lot of good things. The way they play you can’t run offense. You have to drive it and we’re much better driving the ball when he’s in the game.”
On the upcoming game vs. Colorado….
“They have a good team. Last time we went out there they made a half-court shot and beat us at the buzzer. They stormed the court and everything so we need to certainly be better than we were then. I’m excited for it. It’ll be a hard game but it was another game that we needed. We needed a game like that today even though it wasn’t pretty, but we need to have a game we can play well but you still have to figure out a way to win. There were some good things, believe it or not today, but we got to be better playing Colorado on Tuesday.”
“They had us off-balance and we couldn’t guard their second big the way we play and tried to do it differently and it didn’t work. We’re lucky to win, we outscored them by 18 at the free-throw line so that was very fortunate. They outrebounded us, our offense led to their points in the first half, in the second half they just shot the ball so well. They’re a good team, Kyle’s got a terrific squad and they were ready to play. They played about like what we did tonight in their last game and got beat and he had them fired up and ready to go. I was happy for them as far as how hard and how well they played and happy to get a win but certainly not anything to go home excited about.”
On the turnovers ...
“It’s about the same ratio if I’m not mistaken on points off turnovers. Isn’t number 14 a good player though? He can use his body, he can seal, he scored with either hand in there tight. I thought he played great. Number four is a terrific guard. Latrell does what Latrell does, make long threes. I really thought that they were prepared, and really more prepared than us and we were forced to win, and I think the crowd helped us. We missed three dunks and then CB charges on that last deal. When are we going to start playing time, score, and momentum a little bit? Ochai, I want him to dunk it. Nobody likes dunks more than me but actually dunk it in a close game in the second half without trying to put it off your neck. We’ll learn from that. Remy makes a big three, celebrates, and we don’t get back and they end up getting a layup. There’s so many things that we can do to become a sounder, better team. I thought we looked like a not a very good team tonight from a discipline standpoint the line up to start the second half.”
On Dajuan Harris’ performance…
“Dajuan has been sick all week. He practiced a little bit yesterday and he felt like crap the first half. I don’t think he wanted to play much in the second half or at least start but we had to play him to win. He made a couple of great passes, the play he made to CB over the top was a great pass. He made his free throws. He did a lot of good things. The way they play you can’t run offense. You have to drive it and we’re much better driving the ball when he’s in the game.”
On the upcoming game vs. Colorado….
“They have a good team. Last time we went out there they made a half-court shot and beat us at the buzzer. They stormed the court and everything so we need to certainly be better than we were then. I’m excited for it. It’ll be a hard game but it was another game that we needed. We needed a game like that today even though it wasn’t pretty, but we need to have a game we can play well but you still have to figure out a way to win. There were some good things, believe it or not today, but we got to be better playing Colorado on Tuesday.”
