The Kansas Jayhawks‘ disappointing season continued on Saturday with a 78-73 loss to No. 10 Texas Tech, however Zeke Mayo took a more durable hit off the courtroom.
Mayo struggled within the contest, going 1-for-7 from the ground, together with an 0-for-5 clip from three-point land.
After the sport, Mayo took the X to take the blame for the loss.
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Kansas Jayhawks guard Zeke Mayo (Chris Jones-Imagn Photographs)
“I 100% deserve all the criticism in the world. My performance was beyond pitiful today, and has been for a while now. I work my a– off everyday to be great, but I can’t be perfect all the time. I’m sorry to our fans and my teammates, I will continue to get better,” he posted – his account as his been deactivated.
Nevertheless, with that message got here screenshots of hateful messages, together with one which referred to as him a “trash can n—–.” One other consumer advised him to “kill yourself,” whereas one other wished loss of life.
The incident was sufficient for head coach Invoice Self to subject a prolonged assertion during which he reiterated he was “proud” of his crew.
Kansas Jayhawks guard Zeke Mayo (Jay Biggerstaff-Imagn Photographs)
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“The game today was a very good college basketball game. We played a very good team and we got beat,” Self wrote. “We had some individuals have exceptional individual games, and we had some maybe not play up to the standard they’ve set for themselves. But, everyone on our team, coaches included, myself, more than anyone, had opportunities to impact the game.”
Self added, “I’ll roll with these guys every day and be proud of it. Any criticism about the team should be directed at me. I’m the head coach.”
He completed his assertion, “This is the most important time of the season, and this is the time where we need to be better, but we also need to be focused on basketball and not things being said outside of basketball that have absolutely zero merit.”
Kansas Jayhawks guard Zeke Mayo (Denny Medley-Imagn Photographs)
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The Jayhawks (19-10, 10-8) are in sixth place within the Massive 12, so their at-large bid is actually up within the air for the March Insanity event.
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