🏀 Kansas Embarrassed on the Road

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What to know: Going into the 2024-2025 Men’s College Basketball season, the Kansas Jayhawks were the undisputed No. 1 team in the country. They had more first-place votes than every other school combined in the first AP Top 25 poll. They returned their stars Hunter Dickinson, KJ Adams, Dajuan Harris Jr., AJ Storr, and even brought in a transfer portal STUD in Zeke Mayo to be one of their main scorers this season.

Seems like the perfect recipe for a successful season, right? Right?

Unfortunately for everyone who likes to Rock Chalk Jayhawk, it’s been a little bit of a trainwreck. Especially as of late. Kansas has lost 3 out of their last 4, all of which were against unranked Big 12 opponents. They sit in 6th place in the Big 12 with a record of 8-7. But last night on the road in Provo, Utah, against BYU, things hit an all-time low of the Bill Self era.

Kansas was historic in their loss. Here are some records they reached in their 91-57 loss:

— Worst loss in program history as a ranked team vs an unranked opponent

— BYU is the only team in the last 7 seasons to lead Kansas by more than 35

— Kansas’ second Big 12 loss by 30+ in the Bill Self era

— Equals the largest margin of loss of the Bill Self era

For note, Bill Self has been the head coach at Kansas since 2003, making this his 22nd season. Self entered the season thinking the team was going to break records, just not these kinds of records.

Where does Kansas go next? Well, they have the chance to respond. They play three more games against ranked opponents to end the season: home against Texas Tech, on the road in Houston, and home against Arizona. If Kansas wants to make a statement, they have the opportunity. They just need to go out and prove it.

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