Kansas Basketball: Auburn loss showed Jayhawks struggles throughout season

This is a Kansas Basketball team that has been inconsistent throughout the season and those issues were magnified in their season-ending loss to Auburn.

The Kansas Jayhawks didn’t come to play in this game, plain and simple. They made a few mistakes early on and Auburn capitalized on every single one. Sure Auburn was shooting the ball at an insane level, but Kansas certainly didn’t do their part in defending them and limiting their looks.

Some of these issues have been stuff the Jayhawks have struggled with all season long. This season hasn’t gone as expected with many key players such as Udoka Azubuike and Silvio De Sousa not available, but they’ve had time to adjust and they haven’t been able to do so.

Auburn was able to get whatever they wanted on the offensive end of the floor for the majority of the game. Their team as a whole played well, but it was mainly the Bryce Brown show. He was on another level especially early on as he finished with 25 points on 9-13 shooting including his 7-11 from three-point range.

Kansas scored the first bucket of the game on a David McCormack layup and that would be their only lead of the game which lasted for only 17 seconds. It was a frustrating game for the Jayhawks, but one that we shouldn’t have expected them to win. Here’s how some of the struggles throughout the season that were magnified in their season-ending loss against Auburn.