When I first got to Kansas, we had no big men that could score. I told one of our big guys the only time he could shoot the ball was if he got an offensive rebound and was facing just one guy. If he was in a crowd, he couldn’t even shoot it then.

"They told me not to do anything physically. But because of that, I have probably done more thought and preparation for this season than any season before. Usually, I'm recruiting like crazy until two days before practice starts, and then we shut down recruiting for the first two weeks of practice. Since I couldn't do that, I've been doing lots of thinking and planning. I've been looking at old practice plans. I've been doing more of that type of thing than I've ever done before a season started."