Kansas basketball coach Bill Self can see why senior point guard Devonté Graham referred to sophomore Malik Newman as “Mr. March” after the Jayhawks’ 85-81 Elite Eight victory over Duke on Sunday in Omaha, Neb.
“Here of late, Devonté has got a sidekick or you could even say Malik has got a sidekick in Devonté because he has been our best player without question this past month,” Self said on Monday’s Final Four coaches teleconference.
Newman, a 6-3 sophomore combo guard from Jackson, Miss., was voted as the most outstanding player of the NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional — Graham also made the all-tourney team — after scoring a career-high 32 points against Duke, including all 13 of the Jayhawks’ points in overtime.