One game back in the Big 12 standings with six to play is not where 13-time defending league champion Kansas wants to be at this point of the college basketball season.
“We’ve put ourselves in a situation where we probably have as tough as schedule left as anybody in the league, so if we’re going to do this, we’ve got to do it the hard way, but it’ll mean more when it gets done if we’re able to do it,” KU coach Bill Self said Monday.
He was speaking in advance of second-place KU’s (19-6, 8-4) game against last-place Iowa State (13-11, 4-8), set for a 6 p.