Kansas basketball’s win against Iowa State has renewed the energy around the team’s season early in Big 12 Conference play. Here are some takeaways.

Baylor plays the Kansas Jayhawks after Tounde Yessoufou scored 23 points in the Bears' 94-79 win over the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

The Jayhawks needed to show Kansas fans how they can truly play, and that is exactly what they did against Iowa State.

The Kansas men’s basketball team entered Tuesday night 4-0 under head coach Bill Self at Allen Fieldhouse against AP No. 2 teams, but then the Jayhawks had been ranked pretty highly themselves in each of those victories — No.

The Kansas women’s basketball team’s struggles to open conference play continued, as the Jayhawks dropped their fifth Big 12 contest of the season with a 85-76 loss to the Oklahoma State Cowgirls at Allen Fieldhouse on Wednesday evening.

Kansas basketball set an Allen Fieldhouse record with a dominant 21-point blowout win over undefeated No. 2 Iowa State Tuesday night.

The Kansas Jayhawks defeated the No. 2 Iowa State Cyclones 84-63 on Tuesday night in front of a jam-packed, loud Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas. It was a historical win for the Jayhawks.

Game summary of the Kansas Jayhawks vs. Iowa State Cyclones NCAAM game, final score 84-63, from January 13, 2026 on ESPN.