The Jayhawks, now a pedestrian 21-12, were going to hold that underdog designation a) only if they won Thursday in the Big 12 quarterfinals against Wildcats and b) because they had backed into their current plight to begin with.

Kansas men's basketball beat the Wildcats on Senior Day, and Jayhawks coach Bill Self said his team would need a better overall effort to do it again.

Kansas basketball’s players had to come to terms Thursday with a Big 12 Conference tournament loss against Arizona. Here’s what some of them said.