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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Jayhawks prepare for Hoyas, Maui Invitational
28th Annual EA Sports Maui Invitational Championship Round
MAX ROTHMAN
MAX RUTHMAN
mrothman@kansan.com
Nov. 21-23, 2011 — Lahaina Civic Center — Lahaina, Hawaii All games Hawaiian time. (Central time in parentheses.) Game times subject to change. Home team is bottom half of bracket. Chaminade is always the home team.
LAHAINA, Hawaii - With a lei draped around his neck and Pacific waves whooshing in the background, coach Bill Self shrugged off Tuesday's loss against Kentucky. The pace and pressure of New York City is far away now.
"You can't make a big deal out of one thing." Self said.
"If we had a local, it'd be Conner," Self said, referring to senior guard Conner Teahan.
The offense relies on steady doses of passing and movement away from the ball. By using back-door cuts and consistent motion, scorers take advantage of defenses that are too slow to adjust.
Monday's matchup with Georgetown won't cast light on the entire season, but it will serve as a barometer of how the team handled Tuesday's defeat and how the Jayhawks adjust to the atypical lifestyle of the island.
"If you look at what we do relative to most teams out here, you see bits and pieces and a lot of similarities," Thompson III said.
The team arrived in Maui on Friday and has prepared for Georgetown and the Princeton-style offense of coach John Thompson III.
"Who wouldn't want to come here?" Self said.
"It's a time to get better," Self said, "and find out who you really are."
Amid the stillness of the island, the Maui Invitational begins today and features eight schools of varying prestige. Along with Kansas, other schools such as Duke, UCLA and Georgetown — the team's first opponent — carry storied histories and year-to-year expectations. Memphis, Michigan and Tennessee, schools of lesser basketball traditions but enough talent to surprise, will also play in the tournament hosted by Chaminade.
Edited by Jayson Jenks
Thompson doesn't see what all the fuss is about. He said that all teams have to guard and shoot, and there's not much more to his team's style of play. Self is aware of the unique details of Georgetown's offense and joked with his group about the inevitable.
"Which one is going to be the first to give up a backdoor layup?" he said.
The team has practiced three times on the island and has started adapting to the mellow lifestyle that swallows the land. Self said that because the area is quiet by 11 p.m., his team is getting plenty of rest. However, sharing locker rooms with other teams and warming up for just 15 minutes before each game is unlike the routine back home.
Breaking away from routine could ready Kansas for the inconsistencies of March, so Self welcomes the changes. He said the players weren't exactly running for the water right off the plane, although that could be a product of the country and city backgrounds that speckle the roster.
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