Miles notes

Kansas University senior Aaron Miles finished his career eighth on the NCAA’s all-time assist chart.

Miles, who had 216 assists against 92 turnovers this past season, finished with 954 assists. Those ahead of him: Bobby Hurley (1,076), Chris Corchiani (1,038), Ed Cota (1,030), Keith Jennings (983), Steve Blake (972), Sherman Douglas (960) and Tony Miller (956).

Miles has the most assists of any player in Big 12 Conference history and Big Eight history.

He finished first in KU history in assists and second in steals (254).

Langford notes

Senior Keith Langford finished his career as the school’s No. 6 all-time scorer with 1,812 points.

Langford averaged 14.4 points and 4.0 rebounds a game, compared to 15.5 points and 5.0 rebounds a game his junior year.

Lee notes

Senior Michael Lee averaged 4.8 points and 2.0 boards a game. He went out as a scoring machine, tallying 14 in the Big 12 semifinals against Oklahoma State and 18 against Bucknell in the NCAAs.

Team stats

As a team, KU outscored opponents 75.0 points a game to 65.2. Last year, Bill Self’s first at KU, the Jayhawks averaged 75.8 points a a game and allowed 67.2.

This year’s scoring mark was lowest since the 1998-99 team averaged 72.1. The defensive effort was the school’s best since the 1998-99 team allowed 64.5 ppg.

KU hit 47.6 percent of its shots, compared to last year’s 46.5 percent mark. KU’s foes hit 38.7 percent of their shots, compared to 39.1 a year ago.

KU hit 69.5 percent of its free throws compared to 70.7 a year ago.

Seniors

The future appears bright for KU’s four seniors, all on target to graduate in May.

Wayne Simien, by most accounts, appears to be a certain first-round pick in the NBA draft after showing improved outside shooting and consistent rebounding his final season. Miles and Langford, considered possible second-round picks, have hopes of doing individual workouts for NBA teams. If they are not drafted, they still could attend NBA camps as free agents and/or play overseas.

Lee plans to try to play for pay in Europe if he doesn’t get any NBA looks. If no offers materialize, he could play football one year at KU, though he has said that possibility has lessened.

“It’s the start of a new chapter in my life,” Langford said. “I’m ready for the new chapter to start.”

“I’ve worked hard, and hopefully that will work out,” Simien said of the NBA.

Williams saddened

North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams tried to watch film Friday night, but he was aware of Kansas, his former team, being in a tight game with No. 14 seed Bucknell.

He eventually watched the third-seeded Jayhawks fall when Simien’s 14-foot turnaround bounced off the rim.

“To see him miss that shot and his shoulders slump? It was hard to watch it,” Williams told the Durham Herald-Sun. “I did feel so badly for those kids that for about the next hour I wasn’t very good at anything. Those are strong, strong kids. They’ll bounce back. They’ve had a fantastic run. I think they’ll all be successful in life and remember their college experience even though Friday night was difficult for them.”

Sean May, while admitting he would root for all the good teams to lose, also felt for the Jayhawks.

“We know those guys,” May said. “It’s difficult to think about it, that Wayne Simien will never play another college game. You kind of do pull for the underdog, but there’s mixed feelings about it. It is tough to see those guys go out like that.”