On paper, it looked as if this season would be the weakest schedule in several years that the Kansas basketball team would face, but it didn’t play out that way.
The Jayhawks (29-7) have gone 10-1 against schools that join them in the Sweet 16 field. They have won more games against schools still in the hunt for the national title than any other two schools combined.
Every Sweet 16 school with the exception of Loyola of Chicago has played at least one game against another school that survived the first weekend of the tournament.
Kansas State (0-7) has fared the poorest. A look at how Sweet 16 schools have done against others still in the field.:
| Sweet 16 school | Record vs. Sweet 16 |
Winning Pct. |
Wins | Losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | 3-0 | 1.000 | FSU, Clemson, SU | |
| Villanova | 1-0 | 1.000 | Gonzaga | |
| Kansas | 10-1 | .909 | UK, SU, KSU (3), WVU (3), TAMU, TT |
TT |
| Purdue | 2-1 | .667 | Michigan (2) | Michigan |
| Texas Tech | 5-3 | .625 | Nev., KU, KSU (2), WVU |
KU, WVU (2) |
| Florida State | 2-2 | .500 | SU, Clemson | Duke, Clemson |
| Kentucky | 2-2 | .500 | TAMU, WVU, | KU, TAMU |
| Texas A&M | 2-2 | .500 | WVU, UK | UK, KU |
| West Virginia | 4-6 | .400 | KSU (2), TT (2) | TAMU, TT, KU (3), UK |
| Michigan | 1-2 | .333 | Purdue | Purdue (2) |
| Clemson | 1-3 | .250 | FSU | FSU, Duke, SU |
| Syracuse | 1-3 | .250 | Clemson | KU, FSU, Duke |
| Loyola-Chicago | 0-0 | .000 | ||
| Gonzaga | 0-1 | .000 | Villanova | |
| Nevada | 0-1 | .000 | TT | |
| Kansas State | 0-7 | .000 | KU (3), WVU (2), TT (2) |
