LAWRENCE — The overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament did nothing to dispute its front-runner status through the opening weekend, despite upsets galore that rendered so many brackets nothing more than confetti.
More important, Kansas lived up to its own expectations after failing to do that the last two years.
Seeded second on both occasions, the Jayhawks failed to get past their second game. They were done in by a plucky bunch from Stanford playing far better than its seeding in 2014, then by injuries and a matchup with a fired-up Wichita State team last year that sent them shuffling into the offseason.