Kansas’ 3-6 road record had everything to do with the Jayhawks’ failure to win a 15th straight Big 12 regular-season title this season.
“That is the reason it happened,” KU forward Mitch Lightfoot said of the end of KU basketball’s 14-year run atop the league standings. “We have to address that. Throughout all our careers here we are going to have to win on the road, going to have to win in opposing environments. We’ve got to figure that out.”
The Jayhawks, who are an impressive 92-44 in conference road games in Bill Self’s 16 seasons at KU, can worry about returning to form in enemy gyms next winter.