With David McCormack and, to a lesser extent, Tristan Enaruna out for Thursday’s Big 12 quarterfinal match with Oklahoma, there were a lot of questions as to how good Kansas would look, having to adjust their lineup and offensive style of playing, missing a big man who had been the focal point of the offense over last month. In the first half, Kansas made quite the statement that they could overcome McCormack’s absence by grabbing an early lead and building from there.
After playing relatively even for the first five minutes, the Jayhawks started to click. A pair of 7-0 runs for KU helped earn them a double digit lead by the 6:14 mark, up 22-12.