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 ..."
On recruiting Villanueva: "... That's the coach's call."
On the search: "We've been on a pretty aggressive timetable..."
On communication during the search: "We covered a lot more ground by virtue of telephone..."
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 ..."
Keith Langford On the choice of a coach: "We've been together so much that no matter who they brought in ..."
On Self's type of basketball: "I wasn't worried about playing slow at all. ..."
On being recruited by Self: "I was already familiar with what type of person he was ..."
On the players' reaction to Self: "When he came in, everyone relaxed... "
On his mother's feelings on Self: "She wanted Coach Self to be the coach. ..."
On how the situation has changed the players: "As a team, this has brought us that much closer. ..."
Wayne Simien On the past few days: "We're just ready to move on..."
On what he's heard about Self from teammates: "... I've heard nothing but good things about him."
On his feelings on Self: "His enthusiasm, I was really impressed by that ..."
On the Illinois players: "...they're in the same situation that we were in last week ..."
On the team's response to the situation: "The thing to away from it is how close we came together ..."
On the players meeting following Williams' departure: "We just wanted to make sure that we were all staying. ..."
On whether anyone wanted to leave: "I'm not really sure how close it was ..."
Aaron Miles On his feelings about Williams leaving: "Sometimes you've gotta do what's best for your family..."
On dealing with the change: "It was hard, at first..."
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..."
On his brother's time at Kansas: "He made the team as a walk-on ..."
On his experiences at Kansas: "... the thing that made it great is it was pure basketball ..."
On Self's relationship with players: "Kids know that he cares more about them than on basketball court ..."
On his excitement about being here: "Everybody knows how great Kansas is. ..."
On comparing Kansas to New York: "In New York City, everybody loved basketball. But here, it's religon ..."
On his relationship with Self: "... I just felt comfortable with him ..."
On recruiting: "... We're going to recruit good kids, we're going to recruit families ..."
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