Here is the Cliff’s Notes version of Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self’s comments at his press conference today.
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• **Elijah Johnson has played well.** He’s shot it well. He’s confident with his stroke. He doesn’t have a ton of assists, but he doesn’t turn it over. He’s playing consistently right now. He’s earned a spot in the rotation.
• **KU will most likely have a nine-man rotation, but that doesn’t mean a tenth or 11th player couldn’t sneak in there.** What’s best for this team with foul problems is that KU plays four bigs and five guards.
• **There’s a chance Mario Little will rejoin the team.** Self wants what’s best for the team more than anything, but he wants what is best for Little as well. Self has gotten information on Little’s incident, but he knows he needs to make a decision soon.
• **Self said his team pressed pretty well against UMKC.** Self thinks his team makes the extra pass about as good as any team he’s seen.
• **Self says KU might be shooting better from the outside than he thought.** And Brady Morningstar and Tyrel Reed haven’t shot that well from the outside. Self is pleased with KU’s outside shooting.
• **KU needs to have a good scout team for Michigan week,** as the Wolverines play a variation of the Princeton offense. The Wolverines play the 1-3-1 zone as well. KU has to do a better job of attacking it than it did last year.
• **Self will tell his guys that they have a chance to do what last year’s team didn’t do:** Go undefeated in nonconference play.
• **Michigan is a better team that it was last year.** The Wolverines shoot the three well. KU did a good job defensively against them last year.
• **Thomas Robinson was in good spirits on Thursday.** He has a great attitude. He could have been back for the last game, but as a man of the house, he chose to stay with his family.
• **Self doesn’t know if his players have done as good of a job adjusting to Josh Selby as Selby has done adjusting to the other guys.** He only took six shots the other night. Self joked that in high school, that would have been a bad first quarter for him. Selby has bought in.
• **Selby hasn’t been a major factor on Tyshawn Taylor’s play.** Taylor just hadn’t been in tune before the UMKC game. Self thinks the two like playing with each other.
• **Selby is better defensively than he was a few weeks ago.** A pillar could have gotten some baskets on him a few weeks ago, and it doesn’t move. He’s getting better. He has more confidence on offense than defense, but that will come. Selby wants to learn.
