NCAA Tournament March Madness

#19 Kansas

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Projected seed: 4

Kansas’s résumé pairs signature neutral-site wins over Tennessee, Syracuse and Notre Dame with a statement home victory over Arizona, showing it can beat quality opponents on big stages. Strong conference performances and road wins at Kansas State and NC State demonstrate depth and the ability to close out hostile environments. That said, damaging setbacks at North Carolina and UCF plus a surprising home loss to Cincinnati blunt the résumé and keep the Jayhawks from being viewed as truly elite. With upcoming chances that include a neutral-site test against Houston, road trips to Arizona and Arizona State and a home date with Kansas State, there are clear opportunities to climb or to see that seed slot slip, so the committee is likely to place Kansas where its mixture of marquee wins and concerning losses suggests.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3WI Green Bay213W94-51
11/7@North Carolina30L87-74
11/11TAM C. Christi191W77-46
11/15Princeton259W76-57
11/18(N)Duke2L78-66
11/24(N)Notre Dame87W71-61
11/25(N)Syracuse78W71-60
11/26(N)Tennessee14W81-76
12/2Connecticut11L61-56
12/7Missouri52W80-60
12/13@NC State25W77-76
12/16Towson179W73-49
12/22Davidson112W90-61
1/3@UCF49L81-75
1/6TCU50W104-100
1/10@West Virginia59L86-75
1/13Iowa St8W84-63
1/16Baylor48W80-62
1/20@Colorado69W75-69
1/24@Kansas St97W86-62
1/31BYU21W90-82
2/2@Texas Tech16W64-61
2/7Utah109W71-59
2/9Arizona3W82-78
2/14@Iowa St8L74-56
2/18@Oklahoma St73W81-69
2/21Cincinnati46L84-68
2/23Houston644%
2/28@Arizona317%
3/3@Arizona St6371%
3/7Kansas St9792%