堪薩斯隊教練在賽後分享了他的沮喪之情。
堪薩斯州 放棄了大型12大會的第一場室內運動 辛辛那提，84-68，週六下午。曼哈頓人在上半場都加快了步伐；直到下半場7點35分，雙方都沒有領先超過4個方面。下半場各隊都在苦苦掙扎，辛辛那提隊以11-0的巔峰領先，以16分領先。
弗洛里·比登加 10投8中，得到18分，12個籃板和3次順利，領先松鷹隊。 Bidunga和KU的前場防守很吃力 穆斯塔法·蒂亞姆他以職業最高的28分、8個籃板和2個三分球領先所有得分手。熊貓隊在籃板（40比29）和三分等兩方面都統治了KU，其中辛辛那提隊31投12分，而KU 18投4分。
賽後， 比爾·塞爾夫 會見記者，重點關注這項運動。以下是KU教練承認的每一件小事…
關於KU的國防…
“We were just awful today defensively, and then they were great. They played great. Their bigs dominated, and their guards, we didn’t pressure them. They got where they wanted to. It was a combination of defensive rebounding, their guards basically getting where they wanted to go, but their bigs, they destroyed us.”
關於將 Bidunga 定位為 巴巴·米勒 以下情況 穆斯塔法·蒂亞姆……
“Baba was kicking everybody to start the game. It didn’t make any difference who we put on Thiam or Miller. Flory can’t guard them both. Somebody else is going to have to guard the other guy. We didn’t do it. We didn’t do that very well at all. The first half, Miller just played. I mean, we gave no resistance whatsoever, and he just shot over us at four feet. Then we try trapping a little bit and doing some different things. The bottom line is, they’re good players. They’re averaging 24 and a half a game or whatever, and we gave up 46 [from 3].”
在 辛辛那提 在玻璃上擊敗KU 40-29…
“I’d say they were more aggressive. They were more physical, and we played soft.”
關於運動前自我是否感到“可恥的能量”，愛 小梅爾文議會 參加…
“There wasn’t bad energy, but I don’t think that we were as enthusiastic. I don’t think we were as energetic. I don’t think what he said is necessarily the right phrase, but certainly I can feel it too. I could feel that it was a lot like the Utah game, to be honest with you.”
關於 KU 重視對手，據 Bidunga 承認 KU “不欣賞”辛辛那提…
“I’m not going to buy that s—. Respecting opponents more? Maybe coming out with the same energy that you have against Arizona and other people would be equal respect. We didn’t do that today. But don’t make something out of nothing, because no team is on point and at a 10 every game of the season, regardless if you’re playing home or away. I’m not buying that. We respected the opponent, but the bottom line is, we didn’t bring it as a unit from an energy standpoint, like you got to when they’re good. I mean, we played at NCAA Tournament team today. There’s no doubt about that. They’ve had their moments this season where they’ve been inconsistent and not as good, but they were great today.”
關於布萊森·蒂勒的效率…
“I didn’t think that our bigs. Flory, got some rebounds, but I didn’t think our bigs played very big today.”
關於達林·彼得森的效率和上場時間…
“I didn’t think anybody played well today. I’d certainly include all our players with that. We can chop it up however much we want to, but the defensive intensity from everybody was lacking. And sometimes we look at guys to see how effective they are based on their offensive numbers. And I didn’t think that we did anything to cause any type of rhythm adjustments, or anything like that that ever made them feel uncomfortable.”
關於辛辛那提的防守……
“It was great. Their length, they protect the rim. Those shots that Melvin makes a lot of times, it’s a little different shooting over 7-foot-2 and 6-foot-11. I thought they did a good job, for the most part, keeping the ball out of the paint. They did good job on Darryn and obviously, our ball and body movement and things like that wasn’t very good. I thought they did a really good job of switching. They didn’t switch defenses, but they gave a different look out of timeouts. Even though it was still man to man, they made it look like it was a zone. We didn’t handle that very well, even though we said, ‘Just run what we tell you.’ We were surprised that they were in zone, but they were only in zone for one pass. We could have done a much better job out of timeouts too.”
關於週一休士頓比賽的消息…
“We’ll meet tomorrow at two, and go over. Things happen, and we got to stay together. I think that we will, without question, they’re great kids. But we weren’t competitive today. And the message is, ‘If you can’t make other people play poorly, no matter where you’re playing, it could be a long afternoon or evening,’ and that’s exactly what happened. We didn’t do anything to get them out of rhythm.”
關於塞爾夫今晚是否將有更多精英球員前往休斯敦…
“Yeah. Houston’s numbers are even better in Cincinnati’s, and Cincinnati’s defensive numbers are really, really good.”
關於彼得森參加32分鐘的比賽是否確定…
“If we’re going to grab a positive out of this today, yeah, let’s go with that. I actually thought that, that, for the most part, he moved pretty well. But to me, playing is did we pressure? I think he was out there, and I think that was great, but that’s still not what I’m looking for from an entire team. When you’re playing well, everything is connected. And we weren’t connected today, as far as doing what we can do. Rebounders didn’t rebound. How many balls were in our hands, two hands, and they come away with it? How many times did that happen? Five? And they come away points after we have the ball? It just wasn’t a very tough team today, like we’re capable being. So we’ll get that, hopefully, mindset corrected real soon.”
在 辛辛那提 一反常態地投進十二個三分，而大個子投進四個…
“[Sencire Harris] was shooting 17%, he rips the one in the corner. Then the two bigs, I could be wrong, they’ve made eight on the season combined? Then they end up making whatever it is, and then they end up making two each. They just did a good job, and they were set shot 3s for the most part. But they did a good job. When we did play, the scout report, they made us pay. Which is what teams should do offensively, and they definitely did that against us.”
關於KU在下半場的進攻休閒…
“We didn’t play. We didn’t play well on either end, but certainly offensively. You got to be able to keep up, and we couldn’t keep up. Good teams, you’re not going to score fast, you’re not going to score on the first side. We don’t have that type of team. We didn’t screen, and we didn’t do a lot of things the way that I would hope that we would do it, that I got to do a better job of getting us to do. We’ve shown that we can do it at times, but we certainly didn’t do it against a team that demands it be done because they’re so sound defensively.”
