NCAA Tournament March Madness

#16 Kansas

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Projected seed: 4

Kansas’ résumé features eye-catching neutral-site victories over Tennessee, Syracuse and Notre Dame and a tough road win at NC State that prove it can win in hostile settings, but those peaks are offset by a road loss at North Carolina and neutral setbacks to Duke and Connecticut that expose bouts of inconsistency. Dominant wins over lower-tier opponents show the team can blow teams out at home, and its overall identity is defined by stout defense that keeps it competitive against elite opponents. The remainder of the league slate offers clear chances to add marquee results at home against the likes of BYU, Baylor and Houston while a stretch of difficult road tests at Arizona, Iowa State and Kansas State will decide whether the Jayhawks can convert potential into headline wins; taken together, the mix of signature victories, damaging blemishes and a brutal conference gauntlet explains why they sit where they do on the bubble between the upper echelon and the next group.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3WI Green Bay281W94-51
11/7@North Carolina21L87-74
11/11TAM C. Christi223W77-46
11/15Princeton264W76-57
11/18(N)Duke6L78-66
11/24(N)Notre Dame66W71-61
11/25(N)Syracuse78W71-60
11/26(N)Tennessee15W81-76
12/2Connecticut7L61-56
12/7Missouri63W80-60
12/13@NC State27W77-76
12/16Towson134W73-49
12/22Davidson126W90-61
1/3@UCF4560%
1/6TCU5685%
1/10@West Virginia6770%
1/13Iowa St341%
1/16Baylor2971%
1/18@Colorado7071%
1/20@Colorado7071%
1/24@Kansas St5868%
1/31BYU1154%
2/2@Texas Tech2648%
2/7Utah12394%
2/9Arizona239%
2/14@Iowa St321%
2/18@Oklahoma St6169%
2/21Cincinnati7287%
2/23Houston1053%
2/28@Arizona220%
3/3@Arizona St7773%
3/7Kansas St5885%