Kansas basketball and its promising start to the 2024-25 season encountered a major obstacle this week with back-to-back road losses to unranked Creighton and Missouri. While both defeats stung, the Border Showdown defeat carried extra weight given the deep-rooted rivalry with Mizzou. It marked a painful setback for the Jayhawks, who entered the season as the No. 1 team in the country.
After racing out to a 7-0 start with impressive wins over powerhouse programs like Duke and North Carolina, expectations were sky-high in Lawrence. However, for the second straight season, the team appears to be underperforming after coming into the year ranked atop the nation.
Despite the disappointing week, there’s hope that the Jayhawks can rebound and live up to their preseason potential. In the meantime, the college basketball world has been buzzing with reactions to the rivalry game. Check out the best reactions from fans across the country below.
Best social media reactions to Kansas vs. Mizzou basketball loss
Kansas is going to have a lot of the same issues as last season if Bill Self plays three non-shooters together 90% of the time
— Andrew Joseph (@AndyJ0seph) December 8, 2024
Kansas basketball after supposedly fixing everything from the worst season in the Bill Self era pic.twitter.com/RIXk06b8aM
— #1 Barstool KU (@BarstoolKU) December 8, 2024
Ok so Kansas is just garbage, got it
— Sidelines - Creighton (@SSN_Jays) December 8, 2024
Kansas might be the worst preseason #1 team in College Basketball history.
— Jonathon Warriner (@Bracketologist3) December 8, 2024
Remember when Kansas was a proper program? What happened?
— Nick Schwerdt (@nick_schwerdt) December 8, 2024
You get beat it’s one thing.
— Jayhawk Apothecary (@JayhawkApoth) December 8, 2024
You get by Missouri it’s another thing.
You get blown the fuck out by Missouri and it’s a whole other ball game.
Donors aren’t going to give Kansas millions for players to sit on the bench with these results I’m telling you now.
Hunter Dickinson woke up feeling ✨danegerous ✨ today
— Noa Chen (@NoaChen888) December 8, 2024
4 personal fouls 😤😤😤
7 turnovers 🔥🔥🔥
1 faked injury 💪💪💪
1 loss 🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵 pic.twitter.com/AYG26y0rk7