How does a major college basketball coach like Roy Williams celebrate a big-time victory like Tuesday’s at No. 6-rated Oklahoma State?
Well … he hops on a bus at 10:45 p.m. with his happy players and assistant coaches, gets dropped off in Wichita, then flies to California to watch 6-foot-6 San Jose City College guard Jamal Hill score 21 points in a losing cause on Wednesday night in Monterey, Calif.
He then flies back to KC International and drives to Lawrence on Thursday, in time for a 3 p.m. media session and 4 p.m. basketball practice in preparation for Saturday’s noon battle against Oklahoma at Allen Fieldhouse.
“It sort of takes away the enjoyment (of a big win),” Williams said with a smile. “It’s part of the job. Some people have to work for a living. I didn’t eat very well. That’s the only (negative) thing. The only thing we had to eat after the game was pizza and I don’t eat pizza. Two Snickers bars … that was it.”
Williams has been embarking on recruiting trips mostly for high school juniors on virtually all off days since Christmas.
“I stayed in Los Angeles and saw a high school game the night after the UCLA game,” Williams said. “The announcer before the game said, ‘I want to remind everybody that today UCLA beat the No. 1 team in the country, Kansas.’ They sort of got me there,” Williams said with a laugh.
“This is not the most (travel he’s done during season). One year we won a game here. I drove to the airport and flew to somewhere in Utah, got there at 3 in the morning, slept two hours, then drove up into Idaho, saw a game, then drove back to Utah and caught a flight back.”
NBA talk persists?: KU junior forward Drew Gooden leads the Big 12 in scoring (20.5 ppg) and rebounding (11.9).
So coach … is he ready?
“Ready for what?” Williams said.
The NBA.
“We’ll talk about it at the end of the season. It’s an agreement he and I made,” Williams said. “I’ll tell him that at the end of the season and I’ll tell you then, too. That should be the farthest thing from his mind, everybody else’s mind except agents that crawl out from rocks.”
Boschee to be honored: Jeff Boschee will be recognized before Saturday’s game for becoming the most prolific three-point shooter in KU history.
He hit two threes Tuesday at OSU and now has 271 threes, two more than Billy Thomas.
“We’ll try to do something similar to when Drew scored his 1,000th point,” Williams said. “This will hopefully be a little more impressive and more important to the Kansas people because when Drew got his 1,000th and was recognized, they cheered and it was nice. (But) what was he the 43rd or 44th (in KU history) to score 1,000? I think when you are No. 1 in any category you’re pretty doggone good.”
Nerves: Wayne Simien has a confession to make. The freshman power forward was mighty nervous Tuesday when he left the bench six minutes into the game. He suffered a quick turnover, shot an airball, then scored off a stickback when a rebound hit his arm and plopped through the hoop.
He settled down and scored seven points the final half, finishing with nine points and five boards.
“I am not gonna lie. I did get the jitters a little bit,” Simien said. “I got the quick turnover and after that was trying not to mess up. That didn’t work. I shot two airballs and missed a box out. Coach got on me pretty bad when I came out. I went in the locker room and realized I had another half to play. Coach and the guys picked me up and I finally settled down.”
No respect: Oklahoma State was considered one of the nation’s elite teams before the KU game. The Jayhawks won by 18 points, now the talk show circuit has deemed the Pokes grossly overrated.
“Someone was telling me when the guys drove 15 hours on the bus back from North Dakota that someone on the radio was saying Oklahoma State had the best team in the Big 12. Now you hear they shouldn’t be ranked that high. It kind of contradicts what they were saying before,” Boschee said.
Of the bus ride back from Stillwater he said: “I’m not a big fan of flying so I preferred that (to flying). but it does get tiring and pretty boring when it’s hard to sleep.”
How does a major college basketball coach like Roy Williams celebrate a big-time victory like Tuesday’s at No. 6-rated Oklahoma State?
Well … he hops on a bus at 10:45 p.m. with his happy players and assistant coaches, gets dropped off in Wichita, then flies to California to watch 6-foot-6 San Jose City College guard Jamal Hill score 21 points in a losing cause on Wednesday night in Monterey, Calif.
He then flies back to KC International and drives to Lawrence on Thursday, in time for a 3 p.m. media session and 4 p.m. basketball practice in preparation for Saturday’s noon battle against Oklahoma at Allen Fieldhouse.
“It sort of takes away the enjoyment (of a big win),” Williams said with a smile. “It’s part of the job. Some people have to work for a living. I didn’t eat very well. That’s the only (negative) thing. The only thing we had to eat after the game was pizza and I don’t eat pizza. Two Snickers bars … that was it.”
Williams has been embarking on recruiting trips mostly for high school juniors on virtually all off days since Christmas.
“I stayed in Los Angeles and saw a high school game the night after the UCLA game,” Williams said. “The announcer before the game said, ‘I want to remind everybody that today UCLA beat the No. 1 team in the country, Kansas.’ They sort of got me there,” Williams said with a laugh.
“This is not the most (travel he’s done during season). One year we won a game here. I drove to the airport and flew to somewhere in Utah, got there at 3 in the morning, slept two hours, then drove up into Idaho, saw a game, then drove back to Utah and caught a flight back.”
NBA talk persists?: KU junior forward Drew Gooden leads the Big 12 in scoring (20.5 ppg) and rebounding (11.9).
So coach … is he ready?
“Ready for what?” Williams said.
The NBA.
“We’ll talk about it at the end of the season. It’s an agreement he and I made,” Williams said. “I’ll tell him that at the end of the season and I’ll tell you then, too. That should be the farthest thing from his mind, everybody else’s mind except agents that crawl out from rocks.”
Boschee to be honored: Jeff Boschee will be recognized before Saturday’s game for becoming the most prolific three-point shooter in KU history.
He hit two threes Tuesday at OSU and now has 271 threes, two more than Billy Thomas.
“We’ll try to do something similar to when Drew scored his 1,000th point,” Williams said. “This will hopefully be a little more impressive and more important to the Kansas people because when Drew got his 1,000th and was recognized, they cheered and it was nice. (But) what was he the 43rd or 44th (in KU history) to score 1,000? I think when you are No. 1 in any category you’re pretty doggone good.”
Nerves: Wayne Simien has a confession to make. The freshman power forward was mighty nervous Tuesday when he left the bench six minutes into the game. He suffered a quick turnover, shot an airball, then scored off a stickback when a rebound hit his arm and plopped through the hoop.
He settled down and scored seven points the final half, finishing with nine points and five boards.
“I am not gonna lie. I did get the jitters a little bit,” Simien said. “I got the quick turnover and after that was trying not to mess up. That didn’t work. I shot two airballs and missed a box out. Coach got on me pretty bad when I came out. I went in the locker room and realized I had another half to play. Coach and the guys picked me up and I finally settled down.”
No respect: Oklahoma State was considered one of the nation’s elite teams before the KU game. The Jayhawks won by 18 points, now the talk show circuit has deemed the Pokes grossly overrated.
“Someone was telling me when the guys drove 15 hours on the bus back from North Dakota that someone on the radio was saying Oklahoma State had the best team in the Big 12. Now you hear they shouldn’t be ranked that high. It kind of contradicts what they were saying before,” Boschee said.
Of the bus ride back from Stillwater he said: “I’m not a big fan of flying so I preferred that (to flying). but it does get tiring and pretty boring when it’s hard to sleep.”
How does a major college basketball coach like Roy Williams celebrate a big-time victory like Tuesday’s at No. 6-rated Oklahoma State?
Well … he hops on a bus at 10:45 p.m. with his happy players and assistant coaches, gets dropped off in Wichita, then flies to California to watch 6-foot-6 San Jose City College guard Jamal Hill score 21 points in a losing cause on Wednesday night in Monterey, Calif.
He then flies back to KC International and drives to Lawrence on Thursday, in time for a 3 p.m. media session and 4 p.m. basketball practice in preparation for Saturday’s noon battle against Oklahoma at Allen Fieldhouse.
“It sort of takes away the enjoyment (of a big win),” Williams said with a smile. “It’s part of the job. Some people have to work for a living. I didn’t eat very well. That’s the only (negative) thing. The only thing we had to eat after the game was pizza and I don’t eat pizza. Two Snickers bars … that was it.”
Williams has been embarking on recruiting trips mostly for high school juniors on virtually all off days since Christmas.
“I stayed in Los Angeles and saw a high school game the night after the UCLA game,” Williams said. “The announcer before the game said, ‘I want to remind everybody that today UCLA beat the No. 1 team in the country, Kansas.’ They sort of got me there,” Williams said with a laugh.
“This is not the most (travel he’s done during season). One year we won a game here. I drove to the airport and flew to somewhere in Utah, got there at 3 in the morning, slept two hours, then drove up into Idaho, saw a game, then drove back to Utah and caught a flight back.”
NBA talk persists?: KU junior forward Drew Gooden leads the Big 12 in scoring (20.5 ppg) and rebounding (11.9).
So coach … is he ready?
“Ready for what?” Williams said.
The NBA.
“We’ll talk about it at the end of the season. It’s an agreement he and I made,” Williams said. “I’ll tell him that at the end of the season and I’ll tell you then, too. That should be the farthest thing from his mind, everybody else’s mind except agents that crawl out from rocks.”
Boschee to be honored: Jeff Boschee will be recognized before Saturday’s game for becoming the most prolific three-point shooter in KU history.
He hit two threes Tuesday at OSU and now has 271 threes, two more than Billy Thomas.
“We’ll try to do something similar to when Drew scored his 1,000th point,” Williams said. “This will hopefully be a little more impressive and more important to the Kansas people because when Drew got his 1,000th and was recognized, they cheered and it was nice. (But) what was he the 43rd or 44th (in KU history) to score 1,000? I think when you are No. 1 in any category you’re pretty doggone good.”
Nerves: Wayne Simien has a confession to make. The freshman power forward was mighty nervous Tuesday when he left the bench six minutes into the game. He suffered a quick turnover, shot an airball, then scored off a stickback when a rebound hit his arm and plopped through the hoop.
He settled down and scored seven points the final half, finishing with nine points and five boards.
“I am not gonna lie. I did get the jitters a little bit,” Simien said. “I got the quick turnover and after that was trying not to mess up. That didn’t work. I shot two airballs and missed a box out. Coach got on me pretty bad when I came out. I went in the locker room and realized I had another half to play. Coach and the guys picked me up and I finally settled down.”
No respect: Oklahoma State was considered one of the nation’s elite teams before the KU game. The Jayhawks won by 18 points, now the talk show circuit has deemed the Pokes grossly overrated.
“Someone was telling me when the guys drove 15 hours on the bus back from North Dakota that someone on the radio was saying Oklahoma State had the best team in the Big 12. Now you hear they shouldn’t be ranked that high. It kind of contradicts what they were saying before,” Boschee said.
Of the bus ride back from Stillwater he said: “I’m not a big fan of flying so I preferred that (to flying). but it does get tiring and pretty boring when it’s hard to sleep.”
How does a major college basketball coach like Roy Williams celebrate a big-time victory like Tuesday’s at No. 6-rated Oklahoma State?
Well … he hops on a bus at 10:45 p.m. with his happy players and assistant coaches, gets dropped off in Wichita, then flies to California to watch 6-foot-6 San Jose City College guard Jamal Hill score 21 points in a losing cause on Wednesday night in Monterey, Calif.
He then flies back to KC International and drives to Lawrence on Thursday, in time for a 3 p.m. media session and 4 p.m. basketball practice in preparation for Saturday’s noon battle against Oklahoma at Allen Fieldhouse.
“It sort of takes away the enjoyment (of a big win),” Williams said with a smile. “It’s part of the job. Some people have to work for a living. I didn’t eat very well. That’s the only (negative) thing. The only thing we had to eat after the game was pizza and I don’t eat pizza. Two Snickers bars … that was it.”
Williams has been embarking on recruiting trips mostly for high school juniors on virtually all off days since Christmas.
“I stayed in Los Angeles and saw a high school game the night after the UCLA game,” Williams said. “The announcer before the game said, ‘I want to remind everybody that today UCLA beat the No. 1 team in the country, Kansas.’ They sort of got me there,” Williams said with a laugh.
“This is not the most (travel he’s done during season). One year we won a game here. I drove to the airport and flew to somewhere in Utah, got there at 3 in the morning, slept two hours, then drove up into Idaho, saw a game, then drove back to Utah and caught a flight back.”
NBA talk persists?: KU junior forward Drew Gooden leads the Big 12 in scoring (20.5 ppg) and rebounding (11.9).
So coach … is he ready?
“Ready for what?” Williams said.
The NBA.
“We’ll talk about it at the end of the season. It’s an agreement he and I made,” Williams said. “I’ll tell him that at the end of the season and I’ll tell you then, too. That should be the farthest thing from his mind, everybody else’s mind except agents that crawl out from rocks.”
Boschee to be honored: Jeff Boschee will be recognized before Saturday’s game for becoming the most prolific three-point shooter in KU history.
He hit two threes Tuesday at OSU and now has 271 threes, two more than Billy Thomas.
“We’ll try to do something similar to when Drew scored his 1,000th point,” Williams said. “This will hopefully be a little more impressive and more important to the Kansas people because when Drew got his 1,000th and was recognized, they cheered and it was nice. (But) what was he the 43rd or 44th (in KU history) to score 1,000? I think when you are No. 1 in any category you’re pretty doggone good.”
Nerves: Wayne Simien has a confession to make. The freshman power forward was mighty nervous Tuesday when he left the bench six minutes into the game. He suffered a quick turnover, shot an airball, then scored off a stickback when a rebound hit his arm and plopped through the hoop.
He settled down and scored seven points the final half, finishing with nine points and five boards.
“I am not gonna lie. I did get the jitters a little bit,” Simien said. “I got the quick turnover and after that was trying not to mess up. That didn’t work. I shot two airballs and missed a box out. Coach got on me pretty bad when I came out. I went in the locker room and realized I had another half to play. Coach and the guys picked me up and I finally settled down.”
No respect: Oklahoma State was considered one of the nation’s elite teams before the KU game. The Jayhawks won by 18 points, now the talk show circuit has deemed the Pokes grossly overrated.
“Someone was telling me when the guys drove 15 hours on the bus back from North Dakota that someone on the radio was saying Oklahoma State had the best team in the Big 12. Now you hear they shouldn’t be ranked that high. It kind of contradicts what they were saying before,” Boschee said.
Of the bus ride back from Stillwater he said: “I’m not a big fan of flying so I preferred that (to flying). but it does get tiring and pretty boring when it’s hard to sleep.”
