Not the other way around.

“Someone in the stands had a sign that said, ‘It’s not football season anymore,’ which is true,” KU center Eric Chenowith said after the Jayhawks’ 92-66 men’s basketball victory over K-State on Saturday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse.

“They are a football school. We are a basketball school. It’s basketball season so we’ve got to take care of business.”

It was business as usual for the Jayhawks (17-1, 6-0), who recorded their 20th straight victory against the Wildcats (8-9, 2-4).

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The Wildcats have won eight straight over KU in football.

“It’s always great to get a victory against them,” KU senior Kenny Gregory said after recording his 10th win over KSU against no losses.

“I do think they are much improved. Even though we beat them handily, they kept fighting back. In the past we’d get up on them and they might quit playing. They showed a lot of fight today.”

Most of the fight came from Phineas Atchison, who came off the bench to score a game-high 28 points on 10-of-19 shooting, including three threes in six attempts.

KU had more balanced play, especially the first half when the Jayhawks hit 18 of 29 shots for 62.1 percent and built a 53-36 halftime advantage.

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KU coach Roy Williams’ mentor, Dean Smith, was one of 16,300 fans who stood and applauded a picture-perfect first half that included four threes by Jeff Boschee and three by Kirk Hinrich.

“We were swinging the ball, playing unselfishly, getting good looks and knocking them down,” Hinrich said. “The second half (when KSU cut a 19-point deficit to 11), we were taking quick shots and not making the easy play every time.”

Hinrich he finished with 18 points, six assists and four steals was the subject of Williams’ ire the first half. Hinrich, who thought Williams wanted a time out, called time out at 7:54, after Atchison’s three cut what had been a 15-point KU lead (25-10) to 31-23.

“I can hear the commentators say, ‘That’s a surprise coach called a time out right before a TV time out.’ It’s a surprise to me, too,” Williams said, noting Hinrich thought Williams’ flashing a fist meant “time out.” Williams touches his shoulders or puts both hands in a ‘T’ formation when he wants a stoppage.

“I was so ticked off it was a record on my ticked off scale because it was a stupid time out. It’s frickin’ playground. That’s not Kansas basketball.”

“It was miscommunication on my part,” Hinrich said. “He said 22 (defense). I thought he said, ‘Time out.”’

Whatever … the Jayhawks played well after Williams’ scolding.

First Boschee hit a three to make it 34-23 at 7:48.

Then after a TV time out at 7:31, Boschee hit another three in a 12-2 spurt that gave the Jayhawks a 43-25 lead.

“I told them, ‘Let’s quit letting them take wide-open threes,” Williams said.

The Jayhawks, who hit just 40 percent of their second-half shots, led 66-54 with 9:51 left. A 21-7 KU run then blew the game open. KSU hit two field goals in the final 9:50 as KU won going away.

“I told coach (Jim) Wooldridge before the game, ‘I like your club a great deal,’ and I still feel that way after the game,” Williams said. “The first half we were so sharp and made so many shots, it’d be hard for anyone to keep up with us.

“The second half, Kenny Gregory on the offensive boards … without Kenny’s offensive rebounds, I don’t know what the outcome would be.”

Gregory had five offensive boards and 12 of KU’s 39 points in the second half.

“The first half we were making so many shots there were no offensive boards to be had,” said Gregory, who finished with eight offensive rebounds.

“Sometimes the best way to score and help the team is to get in there for rebounds. I tried to get in there in the second half.”

There were some odd stat disparities in both halves. Nick Collison hit four of four shots and scored 13 points the first half. He was one of seven the second half and finished with 15 points and six rebounds.

“The first half we were very sharp offensively. The second half we were not as smooth,” Collison said.

Boschee made four threes the first half with no misses.

He missed five without a make the second half, finishing with 12 points and five assists.

All five KU starters finished in double-figure scoring as the Jayhawk starters outscored KSU’s 75-24. Atchison he came off the bench the first half and started the second outscored KSU’s opening-game starters, 28-24.

“We talked about trying to cut his percentage,” Williams said of Atchison who made two of seven shots the second half. “He had a heck of a ballgame and gave them a huge lift. We sort of just got through the last 20 minutes and feel good about winning the game.”

The Jayhawks travel to Missouri on Monday night for an 8:05 p.m. tip.