Perhaps Kansas’ basketball players lost interest in playing a third exhibition game — one more than usual — this unusually long preseason.
Or maybe the Jayhawks simply had some flaws exposed in a closer than expected 86-57 victory over Fort Hays State on Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse.
“I didn’t think we were very good — no energy, flat the first half. Defensively we were bad. I thought they outscrapped us,” KU coach Bill Self said, willing to offer several reasons for a close call — KU led by just five points at halftime — against the NCAA Division II Tigers.