A college basketball game between rivals Kansas and Kansas State ended in a bench-clearing brawl Tuesday night.
"Obviously, there was a role that was played by our players," Kansas coach Bill Self said, according to video from a postgame press conference shown by ESPN. He said he would have to watch video of the brawl to know the extent of his team's role.
"But I know that we were in the wrong. I'm not saying that both parties weren't in the wrong, but I know that we were in the wrong," Self said. Self, who called the fight an"embarrassment," said he was shaking the opposing coach's hand when the brawl erupted and did not see what happened until people rushed onto the court.Silvio De Sousa of the University of Kansas Jayhawks and James Love III of the Kansas State University Wildcats exchange blows during a brawl after the teams' game at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas, on Tuesday.
No. 3 Kansas improved to 15-3 overall and 5-1 in the Big 12 Conference. Kansas State fell to 8-10 . The teams will meet again at the end of February.
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