Kansas takes on Syracuse in Miami, which gives them both an opportunity to not have to go to Syracuse, but also lets them go against maybe the most famous defense in basketball, Syracuse’s fabled zone.
This year’s zone can be boiled down to a couple of numbers: Cuse opponents are shooting just 37.1 percent on twos this season (which ranks 3rd at the time of this preview) but they are allowing opponents to take 46 percent of their field goal attempts from three. It’s probably not terribly surprising this is the case, given that Syracuse has always tempted teams to take long threes over the top of the zone, but it’s hard to say any three is a bad three for this Kansas team right now.