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You were one of the most improved players in the country, going from your junior and senior seasons at Kansas. What do you attribute that to? Darnell Jackson: Basically, just everything I’ve been through. I wanted to quit, but Coach Self and my teammates held on to me and pushed me so hard; they wanted to make sure that I didn’t make the wrong decision, leaving Kansas. And just having that support helped me a lot. It was hard, not having the support coming from home. I turned everything from a negative to a positive and told myself that I was going to go out and work extremely hard. Being a four-year player in college today is rare. What are the advantages of it? Jackson: It shows you how hard you have to work both on and off the court. And you just learn more in four years. Coach Manning played in the NBA, so getting... [read full story]