Kansas player shares racist, threatening messages received after tough game; Bill Self issues statement

this Kansas Jayhawks“The disappointing season continued to lose 78-73 to Texas Tech on Saturday, but Zeke Mayo took a bigger blow on the court.

Mayo Struggle in the gameplayed a 1-1 game from the floor, which included a 0-5 clip of three-pointers.

After the game, Mayo blamed X for the loss.

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Kansas Jayhawks defender Zeke Mayo (Chris Jones-Imagn image)

“I deserve 100% to be criticized in the world. My performance is very pitiful today and it’s been a while now. I’m working every day, but I can’t stay perfect all the time. I’m sorry for our fans and teammates, I’m going to continue to be better,” He posted – His narrative was disable.

But with the screenshot of the message, the abominable news, which includes a message called “trash can n —–“. Another user told him to “take suicide” while another hoped to die.

The incident was enough to send head coach Bill Self a lengthy statement in which he reiterated that he was “proud” for his team.

Kansas Jayhawks defender Zeke Mayo (Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn image)

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“Today’s game was a very good college basketball game. We played a very good team and got beaten,” Self wrote. “Some of us have extraordinary personal games that we may not play to the standards they set for ourselves. But everyone on our team, including the coach, myself, has a better chance of impacting the game than anyone else.”

Self added: “I’m proud of it with these guys every day. Any criticism of the team should be directed at me. I’m the head coach.”

He completed his statement: “This is the most important period of the season, this is the time when we need to be better, but we still need to focus on basketball, not the absolutely zero merit thing that is said outside of basketball.”