Kansas makes its first of two scheduled excursions to the Sprint Center this year and it is the home team despite being farther away from Kansas City than the team it is playing. Like Milwaukee, UMKC is bad. Like Milwaukee, UMKC is bad in ways that will specifically benefit Kansas.
The Kangaroos have not defeated a team ranked inside the top 200 in KenPom, and their offense and defense share being the culprit. Offensively, UMKC ranks 250th nationally in effective field goal percentage, 240th in turnover percentage, and 295th in offensive rebounding. They don’t shoot a lot of threes, they shoot them poorly, and they can’t really score inside.