TULSA, Okla. — A similar amount of emotion earned Lagerald Vick a technical, but Landen Lucas wasn’t about to contain himself.
Saddled to the bench with four fouls, the fifth-year senior had just seen Dwight Coleby, his replacement, come up with a huge steal that led to a bucket in transition and forced a Michigan State timeout.
Lucas ran off the bench with a big smile on his face, emphatically nodding and barking “good job” over and over as he greeted him at center court. By the end of the stoppage, Lucas had delivered one more statement to the Bahamian big man, who came up big down the stretch for top-seeded Kansas in the 90-70 win on Sunday night at BOK Center.