Kansas junior basketball forward David McCormack, who had been in COVID-19 quarantine in Lawrence, Kansas, for more than a week, joined his teammates in Indianapolis on Friday morning, KU coach Bill Self confirmed to The Kansas City Star.
Four months before Kansas guard Mario Chalmers' jumper sent the Jayhawks to overtime and eventual national championship game win over Memphis, he was tasked with a lighter duty: a new-look EWU team.
Kansas coach Bill Self knew the question was coming after the Jayhawks became the only team in the country that has lined up against No. 1 Gonzaga and No. 2 Baylor.Self dished out heavy praise for both undefeated teams, but declined to pick when asked who would win a head-to-head matchup. He did say the teams are in a class by themselves.
There was a shakeup in the top 10 of the AP rankings but not at the top as Gonzaga and Baylor remained on track for a showdown of the top two teams Saturday. No. 1 Gonzaga padded its one-point lead over the Bears in the preseason poll to 56 points in the first regular-season rankings released Monday.