Men's Basketball

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Audio excerpts from comments made following the April 21 press conference announcing Bill Self as KU's eighth men's basketball coach (MP3 files):

Interim AD Drue Jennings

On Charlie Villanueva: "He's not signed a letter of intent ..." audio play (11 seconds, 112 k)

On recruiting Villanueva: "... That's the coach's call." audio play (9 seconds, 92 k)

On the search: "We've been on a pretty aggressive timetable..." audio play (40 seconds, 396 k)

On communication during the search: "We covered a lot more ground by virtue of telephone..." audio play (38 seconds, 376 k)

On keeping the search discreet: "It's not us so much that it benefits as it is the privacy of the individuals we're visiting ..." audio play (48 seconds, 480 k)


Keith Langford

On the choice of a coach: "We've been together so much that no matter who they brought in ..." audio play (20 seconds, 208 k)

On Self's type of basketball: "I wasn't worried about playing slow at all. ..." audio play (16 seconds, 160 k)

On being recruited by Self: "I was already familiar with what type of person he was ..." audio play (22 seconds, 220 k)

On the players' reaction to Self: "When he came in, everyone relaxed... " audio play (30 seconds, 300 k)

On his mother's feelings on Self: "She wanted Coach Self to be the coach. ..." audio play (23 seconds, 232 k)

On how the situation has changed the players: "As a team, this has brought us that much closer. ..." audio play (32 seconds, 316 k)


Wayne Simien

On the past few days: "We're just ready to move on..." audio play (13 seconds, 136 k)

On what he's heard about Self from teammates: "... I've heard nothing but good things about him." audio play (13 seconds, 132 k)

On his feelings on Self: "His enthusiasm, I was really impressed by that ..." audio play (14 seconds, 140 k)

On the Illinois players: "...they're in the same situation that we were in last week ..." audio play (28 seconds, 280 k)

On the team's response to the situation: "The thing to away from it is how close we came together ..." audio play (28 seconds, 280 k)

On the players meeting following Williams' departure: "We just wanted to make sure that we were all staying. ..." audio play (27 seconds, 272 k)

On whether anyone wanted to leave: "I'm not really sure how close it was ..." audio play (17 seconds, 176 k)


Aaron Miles

On his feelings about Williams leaving: "Sometimes you've gotta do what's best for your family..." audio play (1 minute, 13 seconds, 724 k)

On dealing with the change: "It was hard, at first..." audio play (25 seconds, 248 k)


Associate Head Coach Norm Roberts

On waiting for Self's decision: "In this business you don't always get to pick and choose your situations..." audio play (30 seconds, 300 k)

On his brother's time at Kansas: "He made the team as a walk-on ..." audio play (1 minute, 47 seconds, 1 mb)

On his experiences at Kansas: "... the thing that made it great is it was pure basketball ..." audio play (50 seconds, 496 k)

On Self's relationship with players: "Kids know that he cares more about them than on basketball court ..." audio play (33 seconds, 332 k)

On his excitement about being here: "Everybody knows how great Kansas is. ..." audio play (32 seconds, 316 k)

On comparing Kansas to New York: "In New York City, everybody loved basketball. But here, it's religon ..." audio play (55 seconds, 544 k)

On his relationship with Self: "... I just felt comfortable with him ..." audio play (1 minute, 5 seconds, 644 k)

On recruiting: "... We're going to recruit good kids, we're going to recruit families ..." audio play (26 seconds, 264 k)

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