On an afternoon in early February, Bill Self stood outside the Kansas locker room and began to explain the easiest way to coach Frank Mason, his stoic and stone-faced starting point guard. There are players that respond to positive reinforcement, players that require constant communication, and players that thrive in silence, left alone to self-correct. Then there is a Mason, the 5-foot-11 sophomore who requires a more abrasive type of communication. “He’s ridiculously stubborn,” Self says. To properly motivate Mason, Self says, he simply must tell him that he cannot do something.Read more on NewsOK.com

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