In most cases, when a top-5 team struggles to defeat a mid-major conference opponent it usually means one of three things: One, the top-5 team played really poorly, two, the mid-major team played far better than their norm, or three, a combination of one and two.
And when that top-five team happens to be Kansas, fans on Twitter are ready to give up all hope on the season and Bill Self starts to toe the line on labeling his team with the “S word.”
But in tonight’s 12 point victory over East Tennessee State (ETSU), the narrative surrounding the no.