“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.

It also got physical in the second half when Jayhawks star big man Hunter Dickinson and Duke forward Maliq Brown got into it during a rebound play. After forcing Dickinson to miss a shot from the shaded area,

Head coach Bill Self saw positives in how his top-ranked Jayhawks responded after Dickinson's flagrant 2 foul to defeat No. 11 Duke 75-72.