Kansas Drops from No. 3 Seed to No. 4 Seed in Joe Lunardi’s Latest Bracketology
Bill Self and the Kansas Jayhawks have had a rough go of things during the 2023-24 season. After losing their final game of the season in blowout fashion to Houston, the Jayhawks dropped to a four-seed in the latest bracketology update.
Kansas’ eight conference losses are the most conference losses under any Bill Self-led team and the most since the 1988-89 season under Larry Brown.
Bill Self’s squad finished sixth in the Big 12 Conference this season with an overall record of 22-9 and a conference record of 10-8. While Kansas was able to record a nearly perfect record at Allen Fieldhouse (15-1), the team’s road schedule hurt them badly. Kansas finished 3-7 on the road this season with losses to Houston, Baylor, Texas Tech, Kansas State, Iowa State, West Virginia, and UCF.
On top of the drop from the three-seed to the four-seed in the bracketology update, Kansas received bad news regarding one of their star players during the loss at Houston. Senior center Hunter Dickinson dislocated his shoulder against the Cougars and will get an MRI to determine his status in the future. The injury to Dickinson complicates things heading into the Big 12 Tournament, with the team already dealing with an injury to senior guard Kevin McCullar.
Kansas head coach Bill Self spoke after the Houston game on the status of his stars, saying, “[Dickinson] dislocated his shoulder, popped back in, but he’ll have an MRI to see the diagnosis and try to get a game plan moving forward for him. Kevin, he hasn’t done anything since [the Kansas State game on Tuesday]. Today, he felt better and thought he’d try (to play). I wish we wouldn’t have played [McCullar].”
Self finished his thoughts by saying, “It’s a pretty big level of concern when your two best players are probably questionable moving forward.”
The Jayhawks are scheduled to take the court on Wednesday, March 13th, and while both starters for Kansas have been labeled as questionable for the Big 12 Tournament, the Jayhawks’ seeding could still be subject to change.
