KU doesn’t have much time to prep for first matchup with WVU

By Gary Bedore     Feb 14, 2015

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Kansas guard Wayne Selden Jr. (1) soars in to the bucket as he is fouled by Baylor guard Kenny Chery (1) during the second half, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015 at Allen Fieldhouse.

Kansas University, which improved to 10-2 in league play with a 74-64 home win over Baylor on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse, will meet 7-5 West Virginia at 8 p.m., Monday, in Morgantown, West Virginia.

West Virginia fell to Iowa State, 79-59, on Saturday in Ames, Iowa.

The Mountaineers are known for their active ful-lcourt press.

KANSAS 74, BAYLOR 64

Box score

“We spent a whole day working against West Virginia about 11 days ago. We played Iowa State on Monday. Wednesday was basically an opportunity to go against seven or eight guys (against five) the entire practice. Thursday/Friday was Oklahoma State prep. Obviously, I did a great job on that,” KU coach Bill Self cracked, noting the Jayhawks lost at OSU.

“We’ll have a 30-minute practice to work against West Virginia and play Monday. If we played West Virginia the second time with one day prep we’d be better off. The first time will be short prep. Frank (Mason III), Devonté (Graham), Wayne (Selden Jr.), Kelly (Oubre Jr.) and Brannen (Greene) will need to be really good. If we make any adjustments it will be tweaks as opposed to changes and hope our guys go in with the mindset to attack their pressure to score as opposed to just survive, because if you do that, then they’ll smell blood,” Self added.


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