The Kansas men’s basketball team — on paper — is going to play its second-easiest opponent of the season on Monday.
Easy, right? Get the sharpie out and mark down a win?
Not exactly ... at least not with the non-conference schedule that KU has compiled.
“It’s ridiculous,” KU coach Bill Self said.
Let’s start with just looking at Monday. KU takes on Vermont, which is 128th in Ken Pomeroy’s advanced rankings. The Catamounts have won at least 20 games in each of the last seven seasons under coach John Becker and are preseason picked to win the America East conference.