After Kansas beat Houston on Monday to bring itself into what eventually became a four-way tie for second place in the league standings, KU guard Melvin Council Jr. said the Jayhawks were focused on securing a double bye in the Big 12 tournament — that is, finishing as one of the league’s top four teams so they can begin playing on the third day of the event, March 12. They are not fully out of contention for a share of the league title, but KU and its fellow 11-4 teams, Houston, Iowa State and Texas Tech, are a full two games behind Arizona with three games left to play. “If it doesn’t fall our way on Saturday, even though mathematically things are still possible, I...
