Here is the Cliff’s Notes version from Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self’s comments at his press conference today.

Full audio has been posted.

• Ben McLemore has been very consistent. He’s been more aggressive too. He hasn’t hit a “freshman wall” yet, but it’s still early to be hitting a wall. It’s not even to the conference season yet. He’s been more than KU expected from a consistency standpoint.

• Temple’s win over Syracuse was a great win on a neutral court. It will get KU’s guys’ attention. From a selfish standpoint, this game gives KU a better strength of schedule. Temple attacked Syracuse’s zone well. It flooded the high post against the Orange. Temple played very well that game.

• Self has learned you can’t compare scores or say, “Let’s attack Temple the way Canisius did.” Coaches change and alter their teams and adjust week to week. Self focuses on how his team can attack an opponent.

• Self says the one true road game it had against Ohio State was great for the team because it played with the lead and played from behind and didn’t panic in certain situations. That gives Self the best feel for his team even though it was only one game

• Self has never told a kid that he thinks he has to red-shirt. He tells a player where they are in the rotation. He then tells them what guys they’d have to beat out to play the minutes they think they deserve. Red-shirts also help guarantee graduation. Self thinks if you’re not an elite player, a red-shirt can definitely be a positive.

• Elijah Johnson is still growing into a leadership role. Self thinks he’s done well. You can have a great leader that’s a big guy. But if you ask coaches, they will always want their point guards to be their leaders. They’re the quarterbacks of the team. If a guy cares, he’ll force himself out of his comfort zone and become vocal. He’s a bright kid. Johnson has become an extension of Self with his message to teammtes.

• Most of Self’s talks with his players come in groups. He doesn’t meet with guys individually very often to go over their games. He wants everyone to know how the other players can improve. It’s not done to embarrass; it’s done partly so other guys can help police each other and help each other improve.

• There have been times where Jamari Traylor and Perry Ellis have been the best bigs in practice. There also have been times that Jeff Withey and Kevin Young have been best. Withey is going to play. Self sees this as a competition of three guys for two spots. Self has been impressed with Young, who coaches the other two young guys up, even knowing that might cut into his own playing time.

• Self thinks replay is fine in college basketball. He’d rather get the calls right. In the Arizona-Colorado game Thursday night, Arizona didn’t have a high-definition monitor on the scorer’s table. There was an official that was in the national title game last year, so he’s a great official. Self doesn’t want to say it’s unfortunate, because he doesn’t have a dog in the fight. If the officials don’t have the best look at courtside, though, that’s something that probably needs to be corrected. That would have been a tough overtime for any team to play. Self doesn’t know if KU has HD TVs at courtside at Allen Fieldhouse for its officials. That’s something he hopes to look into.

• Self hasn’t seen Tulsa or SMU play this year. Self can tell you that Larry Brown isn’t concerned about beating Danny Manning, and Danny isn’t concerned about beating Larry. Both are concerned about their teams. Self says it’ll be pretty cool to see those guys go at it.