The Kansas Jayhawks‘The disappointing season took place on Saturday with a loss of 78-73 for no. 10 Texas Tech, but Zeke Mayo took a harder hit off the field.
Mayo struggled in the game1-out-7 go off the floor, including a 0-out-5 clip of three-point country.
After the game, Mayo took the X to blame for the loss.
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Kansas Jayhawks guard Zeke Mayo (Chris Jones imagn images)
“I earn 100% all the criticism of the world. My performance was more than pathetic today and has been for a while. I work my A-every day to be great, but I can’t always be perfect. I’m sorry for our fans and teammates, I will get better,” ” He placed – his report as his deactivated.
With that message, however, screenshots came from hateful messages, including one who called him a “waste can n —–“. Another user told him to “kill yourself”, while another wanted death.
The incident was sufficient for head coach Bill Self to issue a long statement in which he repeated that he was “proud” on his team.
Kansas Jayhawks guard Zeke Mayo (Jay BiggerStaff imagn images)
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“The game today was a very good basketball game in the university. We played a very good team and we were defeated,” Self wrote. “We had a number of people exceptional individual games, and we might not have played some of the standard they put for themselves. But everyone in our team, including coaches, more than anyone else, had opportunities to influence the game.”
I myself added: “I will roll with these boys every day and be proud of it. Every criticism of the team must be focused at me. I am the head coach.”
He ended his explanation: “This is the most important time of the season, and this is the moment we should be better, but we must also be focused on basketball and not things that are said outside of basketball that have absolutely zero earn.”
Kansas Jayhawks guard Zeke Mayo (Denny Medley-Imagement Images)
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The Jayhawks (19-10, 10-8) are in sixth place in BIG 12, so their bid in general is certainly in the air for the March madness tournament.
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