“The fact is, I would like to get those guys all under 30,” Self said of iron men Dajuan Harris, KJ Adams and Hunter Dickinson. “I think we’ll be a better team if we can get them all under 30, and that allows for more guys to be contributors and actually play a role in the success that’s going on.”

Kansas basketball will enter the 2024-25 season as the Big 12 Conference favorite. Here’s more on how the Jayhawks stack up in the league this year.

The Jayhawks were picked ahead of Houston, Iowa State, Baylor and league-newcomer Arizona in a vote that was released Thursday for the conference’s 16 coaches. Cincinnati, Texas Tech, Kansas State, BYU and TCU rounded out the top 10, followed by UCF, Arizona State, West Virginia, Oklahoma State, Colorado and Utah.