REPORT:Kansas Jayhawks are set to part ways with the $40 Million mega star….
An anonymous coaches poll conducted by Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander of CBS Sports pegs Kansas as the top men’s college basketball team for the 2024-25 season.
The question (Who will be the best team this season?) is part of CBS Sports’ 2024 Candid Coaches series, which includes answers from more than 100 Division I coaches.
Kansas received 35.6 percent of the votes, followed by Alabama (27.9 percent), Houston (13.5 percent), Duke (9.6 percent) and UConn (7.7 percent). Arizona, Baylor, Gonzaga and North Carolina also received votes.
Kansas was ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press preseason poll last season, but the Jayhawks sputtered down the stretch and lost 89-68 to Gonzaga in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
Lance Leipold has taken the Kansas football program to unprecedented heights since taking over at the helm in 2021. He led the Jayhawks to their first bowl win and season above .500 in 15 years last year, and things are only trending up as he continues to assemble strong recruiting and transfer classes.
While fans might be sold on the 2024 Jayhawks, not everyone else is fully bought in. 247 Sports analyst Carter Bahns believes that KU still has questions to answer and believes it is a wildcard that could have many different outcomes. He listed Kansas as one of the 10 most unpredictable college football teams heading into the upcoming campaign.
