NCAA Tournament March Madness

#21 Kansas

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Projected seed: 5

Kansas’s placement makes sense because its résumé pairs unmistakable signature wins with damaging setbacks that expose inconsistency. The Jayhawks have taken down top opponents on neutral courts and at home, including big victories over Tennessee, Syracuse and Notre Dame and a marquee home win over Arizona, and they collected important road wins at NC State, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State that show they can win away from home. Those highs are tempered by ugly losses in difficult environments — defeats at North Carolina, at Arizona and at Arizona State — and a lopsided neutral loss to Houston that raises questions about how the team performs under pressure. Given that balance, the committee views Kansas as a team with clear upside but real vulnerabilities, and the most direct way to change its standing is to deliver steady results in the stretch run starting with conference tournament play.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3WI Green Bay210W94-51
11/7@North Carolina29L87-74
11/11TAM C. Christi174W77-46
11/15Princeton252W76-57
11/18(N)Duke1L78-66
11/24(N)Notre Dame89W71-61
11/25(N)Syracuse83W71-60
11/26(N)Tennessee16W81-76
12/2Connecticut11L61-56
12/7Missouri52W80-60
12/13@NC State34W77-76
12/16Towson157W73-49
12/22Davidson114W90-61
1/3@UCF54L81-75
1/6TCU43W104-100
1/10@West Virginia59L86-75
1/13Iowa St6W84-63
1/16Baylor49W80-62
1/20@Colorado70W75-69
1/24@Kansas St101W86-62
1/31BYU23W90-82
2/2@Texas Tech20W64-61
2/7Utah126W71-59
2/9Arizona2W82-78
2/14@Iowa St6L74-56
2/18@Oklahoma St66W81-69
2/21Cincinnati44L84-68
2/23Houston5W69-56
2/28@Arizona2L84-61
3/3@Arizona St67L70-60
3/7Kansas St101W104-85
3/12(N)TCU43W78-73
3/13(N)Houston5L69-47