It was nice to see the 2-3 zone

I thought that was rather bizarre, too, Corpus. They never really adjusted to the KU zone in the first half, and in my mind was pivotal in turning the tide and keeping the game in our hands until our 3-point shooting fully warmed up.

I would've put the big ogre (Osetkowski) at the high post and fed Bamba with his height all night. Odd that they never adjusted, but it certainly worked to our favor.

I'll say one other thing, and that is that this flexibility and adaptability on Self's part is becoming a defining part of who he his now. A few years ago he was rigidly locked into certain things (e.g., the hi-lo offense and 100% M2M defense). I think the brutal Stanford tourney loss (when we tried to play hi-lo all day without a big to execute it) and our lackluster M2M defense (at times) over the past few years helped Self to realize he HAD to open up and adjust. So we became one of the best 3-point-bombing teams in the land overnight (with multiple gunners, not just one, a la McLemore), we installed the weave option into the offense, we began to learn to swing the ball quickly and frequently, and Self occasionally resorted to zone, box/one, triangle 2, and even full-court press defenses (see: West Virginia win we pulled out of a hat last year at Allen) on occasion, and as needed.

I think Self has really grown, and has learned to build the attack around his component pieces, as opposed to always trying to force-feed the pieces into his old, go-to preferred mode of attack. And that's the sign of a true elite winner, a HOF coach, and someone who hopefully is going to get a couple if not a few more crowns added to his mantle before it's all said and done.