The statue of Phog Allen, dubbed the “father of basketball ... Across from the rules, there’s a 100-plus foot wall with quotes from Kansas players and coaches, including a pair of former ...

First, let me preface my opinions by saying Bill Self has had a historic run as basketball coach at the University of Kansas and should have a statue next to Phog Allen in front of Allen Fieldhouse.

KU’s Phog Allen, the father of court coaching, had been campaigning for the higher buckets for about 20 years. “Let’s do it,” he had commented, time and again. Allen got the notion in the ...