Jayhawks speak to ‘excited’ Self in the past, after win

KANSAS CITY, Mo.– Kansas coach Costs Self spoke with his group remotely during breakfast Friday, while the Hall of Famer continued his recovery from an emergency medical procedure previously this week, and told the Jayhawks that he was proud of their quarterfinal performance in the Huge 12 tournament.Their semifinal showing may have been even better.Jalen Wilson had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Gradey Dick made a couple of crucial baskets during a second-half run to assist Kansas restore control, and the third-ranked Jayhawks cruised past Iowa State 71-58 on Friday night to move within one more win of protecting their tournament title.Editor’s Picks”It was great to talk with him, hear his voice,”Wilson said of Self, who went to a health center Wednesday night and is out for the competition.”He was incredibly happy with how we did last game and I make certain he’ll be proud of us this game.” Dick completed with 15 points for the top-seeded Jayhawks( 27-6), who fell back early in the 2nd half prior to the protecting champs rallied to reach Saturday night’s title game against No. 7 Texas or No. 22 TCU.Longtime assistant Norm Roberts, acting as the acting coach, said Self was “doing a lot much better.”It’s still unknown whether he will be available when the Jayhawks begin the defense of their NCAA champion next week.”We talked to him today, previously this morning, discussing the game plan– how we wanted to secure, what we wanted to do– and he was excellent with that,”Roberts said.”He spoke with us right after the game and was so ecstatic about the way the

people played. He stated, ‘Hey, we actually protected today.’He was really happy for our people.”The Jayhawks were never ever threatened down the stretch as they clinched their spot in the title game.”Our people were fired up to play, thrilled to play today,” Roberts stated, “and we really did an excellent job defensively of kind of taking them out of what they wanted to perform in a great deal of ways.”