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They are the sixth Big 12 school featured in the poll, which lines up with where most national outlets expect them to finish.

On Monday, and placed Kansas at No. 5 in the conference. KU sits behind Houston, Texas Tech, BYU, and Arizona.

Parrish picked freshman Darryn Peterson as his CBS Sports Big 12 Preseason Freshman of the Year, .

“Kansas has finished outside of the top four in the Big 12 in each of the past two seasons — and hasn’t made the Sweet 16 since 2022. So it’ll be interesting to see if Self can get things back this season to where they used to just always be pretty much no matter what.”

KU will be led by an unproven freshman in Peterson, unlike recent years with veterans like Hunter Dickinson, Dajuan Harris, and KJ Adams running the show.

The Jayhawks will get their first unofficial test this Friday with a scrimmage against Louisville at the KFC Yum! Center.