With a hand in his face, Kansas guard Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk (10) puts in the final bucket to give the Jayhawks a 90-88 win over Kansas State on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017 at Allen Fieldhouse.

Nearly two full days removed from the actual incident itself, Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk’s game-winning layup — and the extra steps that led to it — continued to be a hot topic on Thursday.

So much so that Kansas basketball coach Bill Self twice was asked for his thoughts on the no-call after seeing the replay in the hours after Tuesday’s 90-88 KU victory.

“I watched the game, so I saw the play and it looked like he took extra steps,” Self said during Thursday morning’s Big 12 Conference teleconference. “There’s no question about that. So I don’t disagree with anybody, from a K-State perspective, being upset with that. The game could’ve easily gone overtime.”

Self went on to emphasize that, as much as that one missed call on the game’s final possession seemed to decide the outcome, there always are several similar scenarios course during the course of any game that do not get as much attention.

“I do know that there’s a lot of calls throughout a game,” Self said. “A lot. And everything is magnified in the last several possessions because there’s no time to make up those mistakes, if they are mistakes, as a player or as an official. But that’s part of the basketball game.”

Top defenders

With the defensive play of his current team leaving more than a little to be desired during recent weeks, Self was asked Thursday to name some of the best defenders he has coached at Kansas.

Without hesitation, Self started with a starter on the national runner-up team in 2012.

“Travis Releford was unreal,” Self began. “I thought Aaron Miles was terrific, as well. We’ve had a ton. I think Tyshawn Taylor was one of the best defenders we’ve ever had here, without question. (Jeff) Withey, Cole (Alrdich); those guys obviously did some good things. But we’ve had some teams that were really, really good that had some (individually) bad defenders. Thomas (Robinson) wouldn’t get close to his man in the first half because he was scared he was going to foul (and) if he fouled he may have to come out. So, in his mindset, he was always nervous about that, but we needed him in the game offensively because we didn’t have a lot of fire power.”

Mason honored

Kansas point guard Frank Mason III on Thursday was named one of 30 male finalists in college basketball for this year’s Senior CLASS Award.

To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.

In being up for the award, for which will 10 finalists will be announced in February, Mason joins former Jayhawk honorees Wayne Simien (2005 winner), Perry Ellis, Nick Collison, Kirk Hinrich and Tyrel Reed.