Kansas University coach Bill Self said he counted 22 “wasted possessions” in the Tech game.

“Possessions where we had no chance to get anything,” Self lamented. “We have to exercise more patience, rebound better.”

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Storming the court: More than 1,000 Texas Tech students stormed the court after Saturday’s game, nearly trampling KU’s Sherron Collins in the process.

“The storming-the-court deal is getting real old,” said Self, who estimates fans have stormed the court in about 50 percent of the team’s losses on the road the last four years.

“I’m all into people having a good time. Enthusiasm is great for college basketball. I’m not knocking storming the court. I just wish security was such if you storm, you can’t get close to the players. I wish there was a way to keep them from coming in areas they can come in contact with players.”

He fears a serious incident if storming the court continues to happen.

“College campuses have been very fortunate not to have more incidents that occurred,” he said. “What is going to happen is one student will unintentionally ‘chicken wing’ a guy (player) and the next thing you know somebody is going to be on the floor. That’s all it takes. You will have a player or coach feel threatened because a guy is running at him and he (player or coach) will ‘chicken wing’ a guy. It will not be an intentional deal. We saw it happen at Missouri in football against Nebraska.”

That’s the game in which a NU player clobbered a Missouri fan on the field after a Tiger victory in Columbia, Mo.

“Whenever you put players’ safety in question … frustration does set in after a tough loss,” Self said, suggesting schools make sure fans are unable to storm the court from behind the visitor’s bench.

Of Saturday’s specific incident, Self said: “Tech’s security did a good job once it happened, but I don’t know if they were prepared to handle 2,000 people on the court in a matter of minutes. I think Sherron shot in front of our bench and Julian (Wright) was on the other side of the court. But our players were not in danger.

“The way your players should handle it is exactly the way we did. Emotionless, let’s get out of here as quickly as possible. Our players should beeline to the locker room as quickly as possible with security’s assistance and that’s what happened. Texas Tech did nothing wrong.”

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No KU-MU hoops in KC: Self said it’s unlikely KU and Missouri would move one of their basketball games per season off campus into the new Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.

On Monday it was announced the two schools would play football at Arrowhead Stadium instead of on campus each of the next two seasons.

“Football is a Saturday and more of an event,” Self said. “I don’t think you could do it in basketball because if you do it, one team would have an advantage over another because you play twice in basketball.”

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Bumps, bruises: Darnell Jackson’s back, which has given him problems off and on since his freshman season, has flared in recent weeks. He played just four minutes in Saturday’s loss at Tech. He took two shots – one was rejected.

“Darnell has a bad back now. He can’t do much,” Self said, noting Jackson is not expected to miss any games.