The Kansas basketball exhibition games in Puerto Rico sparked reasons for both optimism and pessimism.
The Kansas Jayhawks came out of the Puerto Rico trip with two wins and a loss. Two out of three ain’t bad, especially when a group of college players are competing against a pair of NBA stars.
No team ever has its “end product” at the beginning of the year, let alone three months before it starts. It was a terrific experience for KU basketball head coach Bill Self’s group to bond together and focus on what they need to work on.
Although a few games in August won’t foretell how the 2023-24 season will go, it gives fans a sense of what to expect. We saw both positive and negative signs from the Jayhawks.