Declaration of Kansas basketball coach, Bill Auto-Releases after the loss against Texas Tech

Lawrence – The 78-73 defeat of Kansas Basketball on Saturday at home against n ° 10 Texas Tech attracted a lot of attention and for several reasons.

For my part, Jayhawks fell at 19-10 in total and 10-8 against the Big 12 conference this season. As a team that has entered the season as a pre-season team n ° 1 in the country and the favorite of the Big 12 title is very far from expectations.

For another, following the loss against Texas Tech, a main guardian of Kansas Zeke Mayo revealed in a post on x – The social media platform formerly known as Twitter – Several vile messages he had received. Mayo shared screenshots of messages that used the racist language, aimed at his personal health and safety, or both. In the aftermath of the sharing of this position, Mayo received extensive support on social networks

Later Saturday evening, Ku coach Bill Self published a statement through his team’s X account. The declaration has referred to the loss against Texas Tech and that any criticism should be directed to it.

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“The match today was a very good university basketball match,” said self in his statement. “We played a very good team and we were beaten. We had individuals who had exceptional individual games, and we may not have played the norm they established for themselves. But, everyone in our team, the coaches understood, myself, more than anyone, had the possibility of having an impact on the game. A game here or there, which could have made the difference in the game during 40 minutes. Texas Tech has made more games than us. »»

In my opinion: “We have contributed. We tried. We failed and I am proud of their efforts and I am also proud of their preparation to be ready for the game. We did not have the global year that we had hoped for ourselves, nor the year that many other people expected, but it was not by the lack of benevolence. I can do a lot of things better. We could all do a lot of things better. But I will ride with these guys every day and be proud of them. Any team criticism should be directed against me. I am the head coach.

Self added: “I can’t wait to see how we bounce against a great Houston team on Monday. Then, after this match, I can’t wait to see how we react to a great Arizona team on Saturday. This is the most important period of the season, and this is the moment when we have to be better, but we must also focus on basketball and not things outside basketball that have absolutely no merit. “”

While Self mentions, after the Texas Tech game, Kansas still has a pair of games in the regular season. These are a road match on Monday at Houston n ° 4 and a next weekend match at home against No. 21 Arizona. Whatever the way in which the Jayhawks season has been held to date, the two will be considered high-level clashes on a national scale and which could do a lot to help create a momentum for the post-season game.

The Big 12 tournament will follow and the NCAA tournament after that. Last season, the Jayhawks lost their only Big 12 tournament match, then left the NCAA tournament in the round of 16. If the team cannot bounce back as speaks, Kansas will be in danger of a similar experience in the playoffs.

Jordan Guskey covers the University of Kansas Athletics at Topeka Capital-Journal. He is the sports editor of the Year of the National Sports Media Association for the State of Kansas for 2022. Contact him at jmguskey@gannett.com or on Twitter at @jordanguskey.

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