Brady Manek

The Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team face a familiar opponent in Brady Manek. He played for Oklahoma four seasons before transferring to North ...

“And I went up to Armando and said, ‘Congratulations. Are you having fun?’ And the first thing he said, ‘I love playing for Coach Davis.’ That’s the first thing he said to me. He was going to be a senior,” Self recalled of the junior from Richmond, Virginia. “I got to know him a little bit. We’re going to try to guard both sides of that and make them shoot contested twos and try to put a body on them most of the game.” “To get them to play at this level, that game last night (UNC’s 81-77 win over Duke) was a big-time high-level game. He had 16 points and 11 rebounds in a 70-63 loss to the Jayhawks in Allen Fieldhouse, also during his sophomore year. He can play the 5, too, so you have to prepare for him playing the 4 and 5.” Manek’s lowest-scoring game against KU was two points in a 104-74 loss to the Jayhawks at Allen his freshman year. We’ve got to make sure if we don’t have an opportunity to block a shot, then commit yourself to making sure he doesn’t get a rebound. Asked about trying to slow both Manek and Bacot, KU junior forward Jalen Wilson said, “Bacot’s one of the best rebounders in the country, so we have to box him out every single play and always get a body on him. “I coached ‘Mando on the USA Team, when he was coming out of high school. “He and Caleb (Love, 6-4 sophomore, 16.0 ppg) have arguably been the two best players in the tournament,” Seld said. “We can’t allow him to get going early and give him confidence.