KANSAS HEAD COACH BILL SELF
On the win tonight: “I thought the game kinda went as what we thought. I didn’t think we played bad in the first half when we were only up eight, made some bad plays down the stretch in the first half and our defense wasn’t great by any stretch but it was good enough. We shot the ball well and only turned it over six times in the second half against a team that pressures that much, that’s pretty efficient.”
On how the team played: “Yeah Och was great, I mean he’s really playing at a high level, CB had a much better game tonight especially in the second half, David his numbers aren’t going to jump off the charts because it’s only six points but you know that’s a hard game for him to play because he had to guard a guard the whole time so we went with KJ some in the first half but I thought David played extremely well and his attitude was just great. Dajuan and Remy were probably the two I thought that labored the most tonight. I didn’t think they had as good floor games as what they had on Tuesday but still did some good things and of course, Bobby and Jo were solid off the bench.
On Jalen Coleman-Land: “Yeah I asked our staff kind of what happened and they said well he didn’t run in transition so he threw it over his head so he didn’t hustle. Then he hustled his butt off and saved the play and made the three if I’m not mistaken in the corner, they may have counted it a two I can’t remember. But he really made three threes because one of them I think was just a toe on the line so it’s good to see him shoot the ball like that and get some confidence.”
On their 49th consecutive home opener win: “You know I really don’t know where you came up with that stat but that’s kind of a strange stat. Most home openers, I hate to say this, are sometimes not your toughest competition so but it’s always good to start off with a good win at home.”
On the win tonight: “I thought the game kinda went as what we thought. I didn’t think we played bad in the first half when we were only up eight, made some bad plays down the stretch in the first half and our defense wasn’t great by any stretch but it was good enough. We shot the ball well and only turned it over six times in the second half against a team that pressures that much, that’s pretty efficient.”
On how the team played: “Yeah Och was great, I mean he’s really playing at a high level, CB had a much better game tonight especially in the second half, David his numbers aren’t going to jump off the charts because it’s only six points but you know that’s a hard game for him to play because he had to guard a guard the whole time so we went with KJ some in the first half but I thought David played extremely well and his attitude was just great. Dajuan and Remy were probably the two I thought that labored the most tonight. I didn’t think they had as good floor games as what they had on Tuesday but still did some good things and of course, Bobby and Jo were solid off the bench.
On Jalen Coleman-Land: “Yeah I asked our staff kind of what happened and they said well he didn’t run in transition so he threw it over his head so he didn’t hustle. Then he hustled his butt off and saved the play and made the three if I’m not mistaken in the corner, they may have counted it a two I can’t remember. But he really made three threes because one of them I think was just a toe on the line so it’s good to see him shoot the ball like that and get some confidence.”
On their 49th consecutive home opener win: “You know I really don’t know where you came up with that stat but that’s kind of a strange stat. Most home openers, I hate to say this, are sometimes not your toughest competition so but it’s always good to start off with a good win at home.”
