There were times this season when I argued that there might not be much difference between Kansas getting a 1 or a 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
That, as things turned out, was incorrect.
KU's path to its first Final Four since 2012 released Sunday looks big and bad and scary at first glance. There are three members of the Champions Classic — including Duke and Michigan State — in KU's Midwest Region, and only one will be able to advance to San Antonio.
So yeah. That sticks out right away.