With renewed confidence, No. 23 Kansas set to face Colorado

No. 23 Kansas took out its frustrations on Oklahoma State on Saturday, and now turns its focus toward a visit to Colorado on Monday at Boulder, Colo.Kansas (18-9, 9-7 Big 12) had lost two straight before rolling past the Cowboys 96-64 in a victory that came right after it lost to BYU by 34 points. The Jayhawks’ ability to regroup ended a two-game skid.”We needed some confidence boost, and we got it from a lot of people,” Jayhawks coach Bill Self said. “We should feel better about ourselves. We need to be more of a confident group going to Boulder and hopefully (Saturday) helped with that.”They will try to make it two victories over Colorado (11-16, 2-14), which occupies the basement in the Big 12 but has a little momentum. The Buffaloes have won two of their last three games after dropping their first 13 in the conference and played Kansas tough in Lawrence on Feb. 11 before losing 71-59.The earlier game was competitive throughout and gave some of the Colorado players confidence heading into Monday’s matchup.”I had one of their players in the (handshake) line tell me, ‘We will see you in two weeks,'” Self said, adding he took the comment as confidence, not arrogance. “That’s how you want your players to be.”Kansas got 19 points from leading scorer Hunter Dickinson in that game, and he is averaging 16.3 points this season, one of two players on the team scoring in double figures. Guard Zeke Mayo (14.7) is second and Dajuan Harris Jr. is third on the team at 9.7 per game.Dickinson also leads the team in rebounding at 9.7 per game.

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