“That was fun. That was a toughness win,” Self, KU’s 22nd-year coach, said after the Jayhawks claimed their second marquee victim from Tobacco Road this season. KU improved to 6-0 by overcoming a flagrant 2 ejection that sent senior preseason All-American Hunter Dickinson to the locker room courtesy of an ejection with 10 1/2 minutes to play.

Self, KU’s 61-year-old, 22nd-year head coach, received a hearty ovation as an 800-victory graphic flashed on the center scoreboard following the No. 1-ranked Jayhawks’ 84-66 win over UNCW in KU’s sold-out tradition rich building.