Ochai Agbaji’s eighth backpedal took him across midcourt, and Bill Self was ready for him.
“Come on, Och!” the Kansas coach screamed a few feet away. “That’s terrible!”
Out of a media timeout, KU tried to surprise West Virginia with a full-court press, and the strategy worked for a couple seconds.
It wasn’t successful, though, because West Virginia’s Lamont West was physical with Agbaji, easily freeing himself to sprint forward to receive the inbounds pass.
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This first-half sequence ended up as a minor footnote in KU’s 88-74 victory over West Virginia in Friday’s semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament.