Each year for the past several years, Athlon has put out a piece where opposing coaches from conference foes assess each team (except their own, hopefully). In order to get honest assessments, Athlon promises anonymity.
Regarding Kansas, the past couple of years actually haven’t been too bad, in comparison only to the most recent edition. In 2016, we read phrases like “nobody caught my eye as a potentially good player in the future” and “there’s not much to evaluate.” (Dorance Armstrong says hello.)
In 2017, we read comments like “their talent level is getting better,” they “have a good location and good facilities,” and “they’re recruiting well for what they have to work with reputation-wise.