Something internally is/was going on with Kansas. There is no other plausible explanation.
I'm still baffled by that loss.
It has to be the biggest upset in the history of the Big 12.... possibly even the Big 8.
That TCU team was/is putting together a bad season of historical proportions.
Consider that they are currently ranked #268 in KenPom's rankings. Outside of the almost equally horrible Texas Tech (#254), the next closest Big 12 team is Texas -- at #95!
Some of the teams immediately surrounding TCU and Tech in the KenPom ratings: Marist, Maine, SE Missouri State, Texas State, Texas San Antonio, North Dakota and Southern Utah.
These are all teams that have losing records in conferences such as the Big Sky, Summit, MEAC, etc.
There are rumors in the KC are that Self was caught having an affair. A friend is tied in to the KU program pretty tightly told me early last week that rumors flying among donors, and now it seems like there's some public speculation to it. By no means am I saying I know this to be true, and I've kept quiet for now, but there seems to be some smoke here, FWIW.
Even if that's true, the players still should show up and win a game like that. Kansas isn't as good as they have been in the past, but they are still real talented.I read similar things on Phog.net immediately after the TCU debacle.