Kansas Jayhawks' NCAA Tournament Journey Begins

0:00On March 15th, the Kansas J-Hawks landed a number-four seed in the East region of the NCAA tournament. They will open against number-13 California Baptist in San Diego on Friday, March 20th. A win there sends them to face the winner of number-5 St. John's and number-12 Northern Iowa. That tough region also features number-1 Duke, number-2, Yukon, and number-3 Michigan Kansas already tangled with Duke and Yukon this season, dropping a 78-66 decision to the Blue Devils in New York and falling, 61-56 at home to the Huskies. Both games came without star freshman Darren Peterson. The J-Hawks wrapped the regular season with a four-and-four mark over their final eight big-12 games, including wins over top ten foes, Arizona. And Houston, plus, losses to unranked Cincinnati and Arizona State. They advanced past TCU in the conference tournament quarterfinals before a 22-point defeat to Houston. Tip off details and television coverage for the first round should drop Sunday evening,

1:04setting the stage for Kansas to shake off the late skid, and chase a deep tournament run.