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Kansas’ Bill Self says transfer Dwight Coleby is just what the Jayhawks needed

LAWRENCE, Kan.

In the days after Bill Self learned that Ole Miss big man Dwight Coleby was transferring, the Kansas head coach began a reconnaissance mission.

He had a base knowledge of Coleby, the Bahamas native who had spent two seasons at Mississippi, but he desired to know more. Self coveted a transfer big man to get a head start on his next recruiting class in 2016, but was Coleby the right fit? There was tape to watch, research to be done, and a decision to make.

In the ensuing days — which included Coleby taking an official visit to Kansas over the weekend — Self came away convinced that Coleby, a 6-foot-9, 240-pound forward, was the right fit for the Kansas frontcourt.