Josh Selby has struggled to play within KU's defined system, but many believe he's a lottery talent.

“It really doesn’t matter how he wants to play,” Self said. “It matters how we need him to play. Fortunately for him, the way we need him to play is the way he has envisioned it in his brain. Be aggressive. Go make plays. We need that from him.

“When you take Tyshawn out of the game against K-State, we had no playmakers on the perimeter. That took away a big part of our offense, having guys that can beat guys off the bounce and get to the paint to force help. If you can’t do that, you can’t get the ball inside. We need Josh to be the player that we know he can be.”

Saturday’s game was a positive sign, as Selby racked up five assists, two of which came on lobs in the lane to Markieff Morris for alley-oop dunks.