University of Kansas

My favorite Bill Self play: Start with ‘crappy’ screen, end with 10 years of KU dunks

Kansas City Star reporter Jesse Newell has a favorite Kansas basketball play, though it didn’t work as well for the Jayhawks last season.

In this video, Newell, one of The Star’s beat writers covering KU, explains why this set has been effective for a decade, what led to KU’s issues with it in 2019-20 and the reason it should become a weapon once again next season.

This story was originally published July 13, 2020 at 10:41 AM with the headline "My favorite Bill Self play: Start with ‘crappy’ screen, end with 10 years of KU dunks."

Jesse Newell
The Kansas City Star
Jesse Newell covered the Chiefs for The Star until August 2025. He won an EPPY for best sports blog and previously was named top beat writer in his circulation by AP’s Sports Editors. His interest in sports analytics comes from his math teacher father, who handed out rulers to Trick-or-Treaters each year.
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