Kansas was going to drop from the highest spot within the Related Press Prime 25 ballot no matter what occurred at Mizzou on Sunday. However what occurred at Mizzou on Sunday will ship the Jayhawks tumbling even additional when issues replace later Monday.
Closing rating: Missouri 76, Kansas 67.
So KU went from 7-0 on the season with wins over Duke, Michigan State and North Carolina to 7-2 on the season with losses to unranked Creighton and unranked Missouri in a five-day span, making the Jayhawks simply the fifth No. 1 crew within the historical past of the AP ballot to lose twice in the identical basketball week to unranked opponents — and the primary in additional than 20 years.
“We have not been any good in any respect the final 5 days,” stated Kansas coach Invoice Self. “So I do not know that we’re near discovering an identification but as a result of … who’re we? Are we a talented crew? Are we an athletic crew? Are we an execution crew? What do we actually hold our hat on?”
These days, not a lot.
Here is one approach to illustrate that time: if you happen to isolate nothing however the five-day span from final Wednesday by way of Sunday, the Jayhawks ranked one hundred and sixty fifth nationally in that stretch, in line with BartTorvik.com, with an adjusted offensive-efficiency ranking rating 266th within the sport. That ought to by no means occur to a crew with a Naismith Memorial Corridor of Fame coach (Self), a national-championship successful level guard (Dajuan Harris), one other guard who was the main scorer for a top-20 crew final season originating from the Huge Ten (AJ Storr), and an All-American large (Hunter Dickinson). However, out of nowhere, it simply occurred to Kansas, which is why the Jayhawks are right down to No. 10 in Monday morning’s up to date CBS Sports activities Prime 25 And 1 day by day faculty basketball rankings.
Tennessee stays No. 1 within the Prime 25 And 1 for the fifth consecutive day and will transfer to No. 1 within the AP ballot later Monday. If that occurs, it would characterize the Vols’ first look at No. 1 within the AP ballot since January 2019, when Grant Williams and Admiral Schofield led Tennessee to a 23-1 begin that includes a four-week keep atop the ballot.