KU coach Self takes ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

By Gary Bedore     Aug 21, 2014

Kansas University football coach Charlie Weis, volleyball coach Ray Bechard, track coach Stanley Redwine and now men’s basketball coach Bill Self have successfully completed the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

Self on Wednesday accepted the challenge of the daughters of his friend, Lawrence attorney Evan Ice, plus Weis and many others who have dared him, and had a bucket of ice water dumped on his head by assistants Jerrance Howard and Norm Roberts on Wednesday morning in front of Allen Fieldhouse.

“I’m Bill Self. I accept the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge from my good friend, Evan Ice, and I challenge the 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawk basketball team when they get back in school here this Sunday,” Self said in passing the challenge to his Jayhawk players.

“Give it to me, boys. Go easy, though,” he said with a laugh prior to his assistants drenching him.

“That was cold,” Self exclaimed after the soaking.

Players on the KU volleyball and football teams and associate AD Jim Marchiony have also completed the challenge and perhaps other coaches/staff members/players at KU whose videos have yet to surface on youtube.com.

The second Team EvanIceDay Walk to defeat ALS will be on Sept. 27 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. For more information one can go to the Team EvanIceDay Walk to Defeat ALS page online.

Orlando tickets: Tickets for the 2014 Orlando Classic will go on sale Friday, tourney officials announced on Wednesday. KU will open the tourney with a game against Rhode Island on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. KU will also play Friday the 28th and Sunday the 30th.

Fans can purchase tickets to all five sessions (12 games) for $150 each. Single-session tickets will be sold during tournament week, and will be based on availability. If single-session tickets become available, the cost will be $60 per two-game session on Thursday and Friday, and $75 for all four games Sunday.

Tickets are available via the Kansas ticket office at www.KUAthletics.com/tickets (1-800-34HAWKS) or at ticketmaster.com or on location at the fieldhouse in Florida. All seats are general admission. Memphis won the 2013 Orlando Classic.

Dorsey update: Tyler Dorsey, a 6-4 senior combo guard from Maranatha High in Pasadena, California, who has said he’ll be visiting KU for the Oct. 10 Late Night in the Phog, and Oregon on Sept. 5-7, has set up some additional recruiting campus visits. The No. 18-rated player in the Class of 2015 by Rivals.com will visit Colorado Sept. 19-21 and Arizona State Oct. 17-19, Zagsblog.com reports. He also is considering Cal, Georgetown, Louisville, St. John’s, UConn and UNLV.

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