Senior Night Speeches: Frank Mason, Landen Lucas and Tyler Self

By Matt Tait     Feb 28, 2017

Frank Mason III
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> “I’m really sad that I don’t have a
> chance to play here any more but I’ll
> definitely get back in town a lot. If
> I had the chance to play four more
> years here, I swear I would.”

Landen Lucas
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> “This is not really the last goodbye
> because we want to come back here with
> a national championship to celebrate.”

Tyler Self
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> “Dad, you gave me the opportunity of a
> lifetime. I got to live out a dream
> and I’m so grateful for it…. It was an unbelievable experience. It was something coming in to it, that we thought we should have figured out, that we would have a player-coach relationship on the court and a father-son relationship off it, just to make sure that my teammates respected and me deserving to be there. The
> thing that I respect the most about
> you is that every player that comes
> here leaves a better person.”

Bill Self kicks off the Senior Night festivities
——-

> “Devonte, wouldn’t it be special to
> come back next year and do a senior
> speech? And Josh, I can’t imagine you
> could have more fun anywhere than to
> come back here for three more years.”

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.