FEATURE
Q&A with BRADY MORNINGSTAR
The junior guard shares his insights about this year's team and talks about Coach Bill Self's 400th career victory
Senior guard Sheron Collin high-fives Brady Mormoringa during the Jayhawks victory at Texas last week. Morningstar says Collins is trying to push the team as the Jayhawks prepare for the stretch run of their season.
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By Clark Goble
cgoble@kansan.com
Brady Morningstar is a junior guard from Lawrence who was averaging 5.4 points and 3.3 assists per game heading into Monday night's contest at Texas A&M. Here's what he had to say last week about this year's team.
CG: What happened on the free throw?
BM: Oh, man. My hands were wet.
Right when I was pressing the ball to release it, it slipped out of my hands.
The rest is history.
CG: Did you start falling over the line?
Is that why you went ahead and shot it?
CG: Do you remember what you said afterward?
BM: Yeah. (laughs). I don't think I can repeat it.
BM: I was just confused. I didn't know if they were going to count my initial slip as a shot, so I took my chances and tried to catch it and shoot it in the air.
CG: Did you think it was a rebound?
BM: I should have gotten a rebound and a steal.
CG: What would it mean for you guys to get Coach Self's 400th victory?
BM: It'd mean a lot for him, his staff, his family, his kids. That's a big accomplishment. He's won everywhere he's been.
CG: How big is the rest between Big Monday games?
BM: A bunch. Practicing every day and playing against them, you learn a lot.
CG: Do you ever regret your decision to redshirt in 2008?
CG: How much did you learn from your redshirt year?
BM: No. I'm glad I did it.Wouldn't have it any other way.
**BM:** It's the last chance he has, so he's trying to leave the best way he can leave. That's by winning. He's letting everyone know, 'Hey, let's do it this year'.
BM: I think we're rested, but we're ready to get back out on the court and get better.
CG: Can you guys hang your hat on the fact that there is still room to improve?
BM: I don't think we've had a game where everyone has played well on the same night.
CG: Is Sherron pushing you guys to feel what he's feeling in these last few games of the regular season?
Morningstar drives past a Michigan defender during a game in Allen Fieldhouse earlier this season. Kansas defeated the Wolverines 75-64.
THE WAVE FEBRUARY 17,2010
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN