The Jayhawks this week had been in danger of being unranked in the Associated Press poll for the first time since the 2020-21 season. KU, which has lost four of its last seven games and has seen its record fall to 17-8, last was left out of the top 25 on Feb. 8, 2021.

Hunter Dickinson scored 12 points in Saturday night's loss at Utah, but that was enough to put him in a rare club. Dickinson recorded his 1,000th point in a Kansas uniform, making him just the 14th player in college basketball history to score 1,000 points at two different schools.

Utah finally has its first Quad 1 win of the year — and it’s a memorable one. The Runnin’ Utes beat No. 17 Kansas 74-67 Saturday night in the blue blood program’s first visit to the Huntsman Center, outplaying the Jayhawks down the stretch to earn their first win over a top 25 program since Dec.