Kansas and its legion of fans will not be descending upon the Sprint Center this week.
At least not to watch the Jayhawks play basketball.
KU’s bid to play a NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 contest Friday against the winner of Sunday’s North Carolina-Washington game in Kansas City’s downtown arena ended on Saturday. No. 5 seed Auburn slugged the No. 4 seed Jayhawks 89-75 in a second-round Midwest Regional game at Vivint Smart Home Arena.
It tied for KU’s fourth-worst NCAA Tournament loss by margin in 155 games for the Jayhawks, the biggest being an 18-point defeat to Indiana in the 1940 NCAA title game.