DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Top-ranked Kansas was the best team in arguably the best league in America.
The Jayhawks (30-4), winners of the Big 12’s regular season and tournament titles, open NCAA Tournament play Thursday against Austin Peay (18-17) as the No. 1 seed in the South Region.
But after second-round losses in each of its last two tournaments as a No. 2 seed, Kansas is more focused on the first weekend than the Final Four. They face a Governors team that made a school-record 16 3-pointers to beat UT-Martin in the Ohio Valley Conference tourney to clinch its first NCAA bid in eight years.