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    Good luck getting him out of there. "The true five that stays and doesn't go pro, that's rare ... I think everyone was hoping last year he'd probably go pro. He's a hell of a player. My dad (Bob Knight) even told me last year after he (broadcast) one of the games, he thought (Aldrich) was the best big guy in the country. So it isn't just me. One guy asked me who the most valuable player was in the league, and I thought he was. He brings the whole package." Self admitted at Thursday's Big 12 media days at the Sprint Center that he wasn't sure what the 6-foot-11 Aldrich would bring to the Jayhawks last season. Full Article at Kansas.com
    The true five that stays and doesn't go pro, that's rare ... I think everyone was hoping last year he'd probably go pro. He's a hell of a player. My dad (Bob Knight) even told me last year after he (broadcast) one of the games, he thought (Aldrich) was the best big guy in the country. So it isn't just me. One guy asked me who the most valuable player was in the league, and I thought he was. He brings the whole package.
    – Pat Knight SOURCE: Kansas.com 1 month ago
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ALDRICH GIVES KU BASKETBALL A BIG ADVANTAGE
  1. Most guys feel like they've got to be something else ... and he doesn't feel that way at all.
    Bill Self – Bill Self SOURCE: Kansas.com 1 month ago
  2. I'd say it's unique ... The game's getting smaller. At this time, all fives want to be fours, all fours want to be threes, all threes want to be twos.
    Bill Self – Bill Self SOURCE: Kansas.com 1 month ago
  3. I had no idea Cole would be what he's become ... I knew Sherron (Collins) was a good player. We went into last season thinking we had one good player, and Cole emerged to be outstanding.
    Bill Self – Bill Self SOURCE: Kansas.com 1 month ago
  4. Most big guys wanna be skinny, and most skinny guys wanna be big. It's kind of like that.
    SOURCE: Kansas.com 1 month ago
  5. It's kind of exciting playing against someone your size ... You're going to get away with a lot of banging and bruising, and you can use your brute force.
    SOURCE: Kansas.com 1 month ago
  6. There aren't too many true centers ... A lot of guys are kind of what you'd almost call hybrid. I know I take great pride in just being a true big guy.
    SOURCE: Kansas.com 1 month ago
  7. He could be the best true big man Kansas has had since Wilt (Chamberlain) ... You start and think about the true big man. Danny (Manning) wasn't a center, and Raef (LaFrentz) wasn't a center. But you really look at it, that's a pretty big statement for 50-plus years that he could be the best true big gu...
    SOURCE: Kansas.com 1 month ago
  8. We're very rare ... We gotta stick together.
    SOURCE: Kansas.com 1 month ago

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