Kansas Basketball: Jayhawks are lost away from Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas basketball fell once again on Tuesday night, this time at the hands of the unranked Texas Longhorns. KU lost by a score of 73-63 and continue to struggle on the road.
The Kansas Jayhawks got off to a 10-0 start this season and fans were ecstatic for what the rest of the season would entail. The offense looked sharp (for the most part) and it appeared that once again, KU would win the Big 12 and cruise into the NCAA Tournament.
Since that 10-0 start, however, this Kansas basketball team has gone 6-5 with all of those losses coming on the road, away from Allen Fieldhouse. As a whole, KU is 1-5 in away games with their one victory taking place at Baylor.
While some of those road losses have come against good teams (Iowa State and Kentucky), a few have not. The most recent debacle was on Tuesday night against the unranked Texas Longhorns, who before the game sat at 11-9 and 3-4 in conference play. In other words, Texas is not very good this year, and they just whooped up on Kansas.
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The Jayhawks were lousy in Austin, shooting 43.1% from the floor and going six of 18 on three-point shots. KU had just 27 rebounds and only ten assists in their loss to the Longhorns. They also turned the ball over 13 times.
Were it not for a great game from freshman Ochai Abjaji and his 24 points, the Jayhawks would have never even been in the game. It was a frustrating game to watch for sure.
The game before this ugly loss was on the road against the top ten ranked Kentucky Wildcats. The Jayhawks struggled offensively, posting a 36.5 shooting percentage.
We all know Allen Fieldhouse is special, but the Kansas Jayhawks look like a totally different team on the road this season. KU’s one win away from Lawrence came against a good Baylor team, but that was early in the campaign when they still had Udoka Azubuike in the lineup.
Azubuike’s absence has been very noticeable and teams are able to limit an already weak KU offense. Mitch Lightfoot is fine in a backup role, but he’s nowhere near close to the player that Doke is.
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The Kansas basketball returns home for one game this weekend for a match-up against the 16th ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders. After that, however, a big game looms large. It’ll be a road game just 90 minutes from Lawrence against their in-state rival Kansas State Wildcats.
If there’s any year for K-State to take down the Jayhawks, it’s this year. They’re completely vulnerable on the road and it’s not crazy to think that their consecutive Big 12 streak is in jeopardy.