NCAA Tournament March Madness

#12 Kansas

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Projected seed: 3

Kansas’s résumé is built around marquee neutral wins over Tennessee and victories at NC State and Kansas State plus statement home wins over Iowa State and BYU that show the offense can go off in shootouts, while its stingy defense has kept it competitive even when the offense faltered. The profile is marred by damaging setbacks away at North Carolina, by the loss to Connecticut and by road slips at UCF and West Virginia and a neutral-site defeat to Duke, so those blemishes limit upside. With high-profile games remaining against Arizona both at home and on the road and a home test against Houston along with more winnable dates like Utah and Kansas State, Kansas has clear chances to add signature wins or at least protect its résumé, which is why its standing reflects a strong collection of quality victories tempered by a handful of significant losses and a remaining schedule that can still move the needle.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3WI Green Bay241W94-51
11/7@North Carolina29L87-74
11/11TAM C. Christi201W77-46
11/15Princeton228W76-57
11/18(N)Duke3L78-66
11/24(N)Notre Dame83W71-61
11/25(N)Syracuse69W71-60
11/26(N)Tennessee18W81-76
12/2Connecticut10L61-56
12/7Missouri58W80-60
12/13@NC State23W77-76
12/16Towson158W73-49
12/22Davidson107W90-61
1/3@UCF45L81-75
1/6TCU53W104-100
1/10@West Virginia68L86-75
1/13Iowa St4W84-63
1/16Baylor51W80-62
1/20@Colorado72W75-69
1/24@Kansas St91W86-62
1/31BYU15W90-82
2/2@Texas Tech22W64-61
2/7Utah11696%
2/9Arizona241%
2/14@Iowa St427%
2/18@Oklahoma St5774%
2/21Cincinnati6289%
2/23Houston653%
2/28@Arizona221%
3/3@Arizona St7779%
3/7Kansas St9194%