Coach Bill Self is sticking by forward Silvio De Sousa following his actions in the Kansas-Kansas State brawl on Tuesday night.
"I can be mad at him or say things to him in a private setting that the media won't be privy to, but if my son or daughter makes a bad emotional decision in the heat of the moment, I don't stop loving them. He's ours and I'm proud that he is," Self said, per Kansas' director of broadcasting, Brian Hanni.
Self added that he never considered kicking De Sousa off the team after the fight and will "continue to do what's best for the team.