Instead of opening the regular season at home against a mid-major opponent as has been the case the first 13 years of the Bill Self era, Kansas’ basketball team has embarked on something radically different in 2016-17.
The No. 3-ranked Jayhawks, who flew commercially out of KC International on Tuesday morning, will cover about 10,000 air miles in eight days — first taking on No. 11 Indiana approximately 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Stan Sheriff Center on the University of Hawaii campus, then moving on to New York for Tuesday’s 8:30 p.m., Champions Classic contest against No. 1 Duke in Madison Square Garden.