LAWRENCE — Landen Lucas would love to forget about Kansas’ 72-40 defeat to Kentucky in the Champions Classic a year ago.
It’s just not that easy.
“It was by far the worst loss that I’ve been a part of here at Kansas,” the KU forward said. “That rarely happens.”
The game was a mismatch from the start. KU made 8 of 41 2-point shots. Kentucky had 11 blocks.
It was so lopsided that Bill Self entered the postgame press conference and started to open a water bottle before joking, “I was hoping that was vodka.