LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Bill Self walked into Allen Fieldhouse to greet a new bunch of Jayhawks this summer and something was missing.

Oh, right. Another year on the banner that touts Big 12 titles at Kansas.

The Jayhawks failed to win the conference title last season for the first time in 15 years, with Texas Tech and Kansas State ending to their record-setting streak by sharing in the league laurels. Iowa State completed the underwhelming season — at least by Kansas' standards — by waxing the Jayhawks in the championship game of the Big 12 tournament.

With the league's double round-robin sched...