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Growing pains have helped KU basketball before. Why that’s less certain for 2019-20

Kansas Jayhawks basketball coach Bill Self looked ahead to next season and explained KU's breakdowns in an 89-75 loss to Auburn in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on March 23, 2019 in Salt Lake City. By

It’s only natural to ask the question now: What did 37 of us miss?

The Kansas basketball team, which was ranked preseason No. 1 in the Associated Press poll with 37 first-place votes — mine included — did not live up to those lofty expectations. The Jayhawks finished 17th in the final AP poll, failed to win a Big 12 regular-season championship for the first time in 15 years and also bowed out to a hot Auburn team in the NCAA Tournament’s round of 32.