Kansas' Elite Eight loss illuminates underachievement in the NCAA tournamen
Scott Gleason USA Today Sports
Kansas' underachievement in the NCAA tournament over the past decade — because that's exactly what it has been — should not go unnoticed. The Jayhawks were the top overall seed in this tournament and had won 17 games in a row as the favorite to win the national championship. And yet, they're not going to Houston.
Consider these two stats:
► In the last eight years, the Jayhawks have been a No. 1, No. 2, No. 2, No. 1, No. 2, No. 1, No. 1 and No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament. And they turned those great regular season résumés into only one Final Four run.
► Kansas' loss to Villanova was Bill Self's ninth NCAA tournament loss as the better seed, tied with Mike Krzyzewski for the most since 2004, Self's first season at Kansas.
Senior Perry Ellis graduates, and some of the other players from this talented squad will test NBA waters. Self no doubt will have another impressive recruiting class coming in, and Kansas will likely be a preseason top 10 team.
But until this program starts excelling in March, its elite status will always have a blemish.
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