Kansas has its first big Monday game of the year tonight when it travels to Ames to take on the team Bill Self picked to win the league. It’s been a bit of an up and down year for the Cyclones, who beat a good Miami team in the nonconference but overall are just 4-5 against the KenPom top 100. They did beat Oklahoma State by 10 on the road, however, so you know they are capable of knocking off the Jayhawks.
In the past, we would spend 90 percent of this preview on the Cyclones offense, but Steve Prohm is trying to bring some defense to Ames.