The bad news was that even in that stretch where the defense clearly picked up, the Jayhawks were only able to score 11 points in that 7:37. That allowed Kansas to tie the game at

The Jayhawks this week had been in danger of being unranked in the Associated Press poll for the first time since the 2020-21 season. KU, which has lost four of its last seven games and has seen its record fall to 17-8, last was left out of the top 25 on Feb. 8, 2021.