San Antonio — Malik Newman doesn’t hold any ill will for his midseason benching.
“I deserved it,” Newman said. “If you was watching us play, I definitely wasn’t providing enough for the team.”
Since being benched and having a “man-to-man” conversation with coach Bill Self in the middle of Big 12 play, Newman’s play has picked up dramatically.
Newman has scored in double-figures in seven straight games and he’s scored 20 or more points in five of them.
“It was a process, it was just me finding myself and doing a lot of soul searching,” Newman said. “Never doubted myself, I mean just trying to find the person that I knew I was. Trying to find out where he was.”
