2021–22 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The Jayhawks experienced massive roster turnover in the offseason having lost eight players to transfers, graduation, and entering the draft, but are adding a recruiting class ranked in the top 15 of every major recruiting website, and 4 transfers. They will have more new players on their roster than returning players. Despite the turnover, the Jayhawks enter the season with high expectations. Joe Lunardi of ESPN projected them as a 1 seed in his initial 2022 NCAA Tournament bracketology.[1] If the Jayhawks win four more games than Kentucky does during the season, they will become the all-time winningest program in college basketball history.[2] The Jayhawks renewed their rivalry with Missouri on December 11. The Jayhawks defeated Missouri 102–65.[3]

On April 2, 2021, Kansas signed Self to a lifetime contract. The contract will automatically add an extra year to every year he coaches until he retires or dies.[4]

On October 14, 2021 when the Big 12 Preseason Media Poll was published, Kansas was projected to finish first in conference standings, which is the 19th time in 26 seasons of the Big 12's existence that the Jayhawks have been selected as the preseason favorite. They received 8 first-place votes and 80 total points.[5]

The Associated Press (AP) released their preseason poll on October 18, 2021. The Jayhawks were ranked 3rd in the preseason poll. It was the 10th consecutive, 16th under Bill Self, and 24th time since the 1992-93 season KU was ranked 7th or higher in the preseason AP poll. It was also the 16th consecutive season KU was ranked in the preseason poll. It also marks KU being ranked in the preseason poll 31 of the previous 32 seasons.[6]

Due to the cancellation of the 2020 NCAA Tournament because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA granted 2021 seniors an extra year of eligibility. Mitch Lightfoot and Chris Teahan both will return for an extra year.[30] Additionally, transfer Remy Martin has taken advantage of the extra year of eligibility by the NCAA.

2021–22 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 0 Bobby Pettiford  6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Durham, NC G 1 Joseph Yesufu 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Bolingbrook, IL G 2 Christian Braun 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Jr Burlington, KS G 3 Dajuan Harris Jr. 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) RS So Columbia, MO G 5 Kyle Cuffe Jr. 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Harlem, NY F 10 Jalen Wilson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) RS So Denton, TX G 11 Remy Martin 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Burbank, CA G 12 Chris Teahan (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Leawood, KS G 13 Charlie McCarthy (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Rancho Mirage, CA F 15 Dillon Wilhite (W) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr San Diego, CA G 20 Michael Jankovich (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Dallas, TX F 21 Zach Clemence 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr San Antonio, TX F 24 K. J. Adams Jr. 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Austin, TX G 30 Ochai Agbaji 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Kansas City, MO C 31 Cam Martin 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Yukon, OK C 33 David McCormack 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Sr Norfolk, VA F 44 Mitch Lightfoot 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Gilbert, AZ G 55 Jalen Coleman-Lands 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Indianapolis, IN	Head coach Bill Self (Oklahoma State) Assistant coach(es) Norm Roberts (Queens (NY)) Kurtis Townsend (Western Kentucky) Jeremy Case (Kansas) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: December 7, 2021

*No poll released