College Basketball Power 10: Time To Give Gonzaga Some Love
By Jeremy Karll
3. Kansas (14-1)
Kansas has now won 14 games in a row and looks poised to win another Big 12 championship. They did almost suffer their second loss of the season against Kansas State, though.
Svi Mykhailiuk drove the length of the floor for the game as time expired but he took four steps before shooting it. The refs didn’t see it and it led to Svi Mykhailiuk making the last second layup. Kansas ended up winning 90-88 instead of going to overtime.
It still counts as a win, though, and Kansas followed it up with a huge 85-68 win at home against Texas Tech later in the week.
Tech entered the game fresh off a win over top 10 West Virginia but Kansas tore them apart on both ends of the floor to show why they’re on of the favorites in the Big 12 this year.
The biggest improvement for Kansas over the last two games is the play of star freshman Josh Jackson. After scoring just four points against TCU, he averaged 19.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists, two blocks and 1.5 steals per game last week.
The Jayhawks have upperclassmen leading their team, but they’ll become near unstoppable if Jackson is an efficient scorer.
Kansas travels to Oklahoma and Iowa State with Oklahoma State coming to Lawerence, Kansas, in between.