LAWRENCE — Kansas basketball is about to embark on a 2024-25 season in which it starts as the No. 1 team in the nation.
The Jayhawks are once again led by head coach Bill Self, who’s already won a pair of national titles with the program during his more-than-two-decade-long tenure in Lawrence. They have a trio of veteran returning starters in graduate center Hunter Dickinson, graduate guard Dajuan Harris Jr. and senior forward KJ Adams Jr. In addition to the players they’ve returned from last season’s squad, they’ve added a significant amount of talent both through the transfer portal and high school ranks.
Kansas has to navigate a new-look Big 12 Conference this season. To enjoy the postseason success it’s looking for, it very well could have to knock off two-time-defending champion UConn and other contenders. It’s shaping up to be another enthralling edition of a college basketball season.
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Here are a few bold predictions for Kansas basketball this season:
Kansas adds 3rd national championship of Bill Self’s tenure
Kansas has had national championship contenders the past couple of years, following its latest national championship in 2022. But the Jayhawks have, for a multitude of reasons, failed to get out of the first weekend of the NCAA tournament in back-to-back seasons. That should change this season, as Self and company make another run to the Final Four.
Considering Kansas is entering the season as the No. 1 team in the nation, it might not seem all that bold to predict the Jayhawks are going to win a national championship. But so much has to go right for a team to be able to reach that point. Think about how many teams had the chance to do what Self’s team did in 2022, or in 2008, before coming up short.
Kansas basketball head coach Bill Self, right, shakes hands with Washburn head coach Brett Ballard, left, after a game inside Allen Fieldhouse on Oct. 29,…
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Author : The Topeka Capital-Journal
Publish date : 2024-11-01 08:04:00
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