After only one official exhibition game, an easy win over Emporia State last week, the Jayhawks are ready to start their season in earnest Tuesday night, playing their annual Champions Classic game to kick off the regular season. This year, the Jayhawks play Michigan State in the revolving-opponent style yearly series.
The Spartans are coming off their worst season of the KenPom era, ranking 64th in Pomeroy’s metric, and barely squeaking into the NCAA Tournament as an 11 seed. Once in the tournament, they would give future Final Four contender UCLA all they could handle, but ultimately lost in overtime.