Three games for each team remain in the Big 12 basketball season and this is the time Kansas is usually counting down the days to a championship, firmly in control of its title path.
That’s not the case this season, even with the Jayhawks’ victory over first-place Kansas State on Monday night.
That outcome plus Big 12 action later in the week tightened the race, with the Wildcats and Texas Tech tied for first after the Red Raiders’ victory over Oklahoma State on Wednesday night. They have 11-4 records. Kansas stands in third place, one game behind at 10-5, tied with Baylor.