It would be easy to get carried away with optimism for the Jawhawks’ season. Last year was such a revelation. The last time they won as many as 6 games in a season was in 2008. So are we to believe they are returning to the heady days of 2007? Are they going to regress to the mean of KU’s lousy recent past? Are they going to tread water?
It would be easy to look at the schedule this season and compare current SP+ rankings and believe it is going to be tough to repeat last season’s success.