LAWRENCE
Not long after Kansas’ 102-74 demolition of Baylor on Saturday afternoon, Bill Self sat inside Allen Fieldhouse and yearned to play journalist for a moment. He was already looking forward to Monday night and a potentially historic matchup with Oklahoma. He was already gazing ahead to a KU season where the ceiling keeps being raised.
On the first day of the Big 12 season, the second-ranked Jayhawks delivered a systematic takedown of a top-25 team, throttling No. 23 Baylor from the start, toying with the Bears for a stretch, then burying them in the final minutes.