Kansas State is an interesting matchup for Kansas in that in some ways the Wildcats are exactly the type of team Kansas would love to play all the time, but in a lot of ways they represent a difficult matchup for the Jayhawks.
We’ll start with the easier matchup to peg: the defense. Simply put, the Wildcats aren’t very good defensively. They rank 6th in the league, allowing 1.09 points per possession in conference play. Like Kansas (in some ways) their defensive number would be even worse except for some 3-point luck, with opponents shooting just 31.6 from deep against K State.