No. 9 Kansas Falls to Oklahoma for Third Straight Loss

Kansas has now lost three in a row for the first time since the 2012-13 season.

Despite Kansas's Marcus Garrett tallying a double-double (21 points and 12 rebounds), Oklahoma rallied to upset the No. 9 Jayhawks, 75–68. 

Kansas has now lost three consecutive games for the first time since the 2012-13 season. It's Bill Self's fifth three-game losing streak in his past 25 years as a head coach. It happened once before while he was at Tulsa, once at Illinois, and twice at Kansas.

Kansas loses at Oklahoma. The Jayhawks drop a third straight game.

This is a rarity.

Bill Self has a three-game losing streak for only the fifth time in his past 25 years as a head coach.

Previous three-game skids:

'97-98 (Tulsa)
'01-02 (Illinois)
'04-05 (KU)
'12-13 (KU)

— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) January 23, 2021

The Sooners started slow but kept pace with the Jayhawks thanks to De’Vion Harmon, who led the team with 22 points.

The last time a Bill Self-coached team lost four games in a row was the 1994-95 season. He was 32 years old at Oral Roberts. It was his second season as a head coach.

— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) January 23, 2021

Oklahoma led by one point going into the half, as Kansas had mostly contained veteran Sooners guard Austin Reaves, who was averaging 15.2 points, 5.3 assists and 5.3 rebounds per game before Saturday.

Both teams seemed to come alive in the second half, especially down the stretch. The Jayhawks were trailing by seven when Dajaun Harris stole the ball and hit a three-pointer from the left wing to pull his team within four with 4:23 left to play.

Ochai Agbaji closed it to a one possession game thanks to his free throws with just over three minutes to go.

However, Reaves came alive in the final minutes of the game, hitting crucial layups and free throws. These late buckets helped the Sooners extended their lead to seven, which proved to be insurmountable for Kansas.