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Men's Bracketology: 2025 NCAA Tournament
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. ?? It is one of the most remarkable stretches in college basketball history.
Kansas under Bill Self has never -- N-E-V-E-R -- been worse than a 4-seed in the NCAA tournament. And in 20 consecutive trips to the tourney, that has only happened four times.
Half of KU's appearances have been as a 1-seed, not including the COVID-cancelled 2020 event. Which is why it's especially shocking to find the Jayhawks all the way down as the 7-seed in the Midwest.
To be fair, Kansas is a true six on our seed list (No. 22 overall), but was bumped down to avoid an early-round conference conflict. Nonetheless, this is a startling development for a program that has defined regular season consistency.
Self never lost more than six Big 12 games in a season before last year (10-8 ). He's sitting on seven league losses this season, so far. Remember, this was everyone's preseason No. 1 team.
It's probably just a blip in a two-decade run of dominance. If it isn't, all we can do is tip our hats to the passing of greatness.
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