Kansas is just .500 in its last 12 games, taking a tumble from the AP Top 25 rankings as the postseason fast approaches. Four of the six losses in that span have come by a single-digit margin, including Saturday’s 78-73 loss to Texas Tech.

Any criticism about the team should be directed at me,” the Jayhawks coach said after guard Zeke Mayo was the target of vitriol on social media.

Kansas guard Zeke Mayo was the subject of threatening and racist messages on social media after the team's 78-73 home loss Saturday to No. 10 Texas Tech, prompting coach Bill Self to issue a late night statement requesting any criticism about the team be directed instead at him.