Jayhawk fans have a certain sense of entitlement. They expect to win the Big XII and they expect to be National Title contenders. It doesn’t matter that the Jayhawks perennially lose talent to the draft – Bill Self reloads while other teams rebuild.
Jayhawk fans aren’t alone in this perspective. Despite losing the National Player of the Year Frank Mason and the number four pick in the draft Josh Jackson, national publicists rank KU in the top five next to teams like Arizona and Duke that return a bulk of their roster.