NCAA Tournament March Madness

#18 Kansas

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Projected seed: 10 (last four in)

Kansas's resume is built on eye-catching neutral-site triumphs over Tennessee, Syracuse and Notre Dame that show the Jayhawks can beat quality opponents away from Allen Fieldhouse, but it is tempered by a road defeat at North Carolina and a bad home setback to Connecticut that expose inconsistency. A neutral loss to Duke and a rout of Green Bay paint a split-picture of performance on big stages versus against lesser foes. The remaining slate, which features road tests at NC State, Arizona and Iowa State along with high-profile home dates against Baylor and BYU, offers clear chances to either reinforce the resume or add damaging results. That balance of signature wins, ugly losses and a difficult set of upcoming games explains the team’s current standing and why this part of the season will determine its NCAA tournament fate.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3WI Green Bay272W94-51
11/7@North Carolina26L87-74
11/11TAM C. Christi248W77-46
11/15Princeton255W76-57
11/18(N)Duke4L78-66
11/24(N)Notre Dame63W71-61
11/25(N)Syracuse65W71-60
11/26(N)Tennessee15W81-76
12/2Connecticut7L61-56
12/7Missouri3769%
12/13@NC State3447%
12/16Towson13193%
12/22Davidson13293%
1/3@UCF5859%
1/6TCU5277%
1/10@West Virginia6962%
1/13Iowa St541%
1/16Baylor2966%
1/18@Colorado6861%
1/20@Colorado6861%
1/24@Kansas St7665%
1/31BYU1047%
2/2@Texas Tech3044%
2/7Utah12092%
2/9Arizona946%
2/14@Iowa St521%
2/18@Oklahoma St5056%
2/21Cincinnati7482%
2/23Houston846%
2/28@Arizona926%
3/3@Arizona St8268%
3/7Kansas St7683%