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Marcus Garrett sings, Self talks rotation, starters at cancer benefit

Kansas’ basketball players were told to share a fun fact about themselves during introductions at the eighth-annual Ladies Night Out benefit for cancer research Wednesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

“I’m from Dallas, Texas (and) I like to sing,” freshman combo guard Marcus Garrett told 450 attendees while quickly trying to pass the microphone to fellow newcomer Charlie Moore.

“Wait, wait,” KU coach Bill Self said, asking Garrett to perform, “Just a couple bars of ‘This is Me,’ ” in an impromptu fieldhouse crooning session.

Garrett obliged (after some convincing from his teammates) to enthusiastic applause. Self, KU’s 15th-year coach, cracked: “That sounded more like talking than singing.