LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Kansas coach Bill Self
wants the profanity-laced chants that come from the student section at
Allen Fieldhouse to stop.
Self, the former coach at Oral Roberts and Tulsa, was upset with what he
heard from the crowd during the No. 3 Jayhawks' 73-61 win Monday night
against Big 12 rival Missouri.
"Nobody enjoys a great home court more than me and no one appreciates
students being involved in the game more than me," Self said. "But I do
think that if you get into vulgarity, it takes away from how special
this place is."
Self said Kansas students should be able to come up with some other way
to support their team.
"I'll plead to the students now. Any type of profanity should not be
chanted," he said. "Our students are very clever. They should come up
with something creative and clever."
Some Kansas players brushed off their fellow students' potty-mouthed
antics.
"Some people think it's just part of the game," senior guard Michael Lee
said. "It can be perceived as classless, but when it's Missouri and
Kansas, I guess that brings out the best and worst of people."
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