Bill Self has another top-five team with a blend of veterans and a very highly touted freshman in Josh Selby. Kansas peaked late in 2008 when they won the National Championship, but it is difficult to see how good this edition of the team can be.

The difference between winning and losing close games along the way will come down to whether or not teams can gameplan for the Jayhawks intelligently and then execute.

Offensive Strengths

Kansas is unsurprisingly one of the best offensive teams in the country, built around their interior scoring, athleticism in transition and solid shooting.

Selby is the team's best jump shooter, while Marcus Morris excels in the post and Tyshawn Taylor controls the ball the most in the open floor.

Markieff Morris is a little rougher around the edges and is more of a rebounder, but is a nice second option behind his brother in the paint as a scorer as well.

Marcus averages better than 17 points and Marieff averages just over 13 points per game, while Selby chips in better than 12 per game.

Offensive Weaknesses

As good as Selby is as a perimeter shooter, he has looked overmatched and out of control at times off the dribble in the halfcourt and in the open court. He is shooting a better percentage from beyond the arc than he is from the floor in general, which is of course extremely rare.

The Jayhawks are far from outstanding when they use the pick and roll, though that of course comes against man defenses, which they excel against.

Against zones, Kansas doesn't do quite as well in general because their interior game is negated and they become excessively reliant on perimeter shots.

Though it is a strength, especially for Taylor, Kansas rarely relies on isolations.

Defensive Strengths

When teams like Kansas get to feature so many elite athletes and pure basketball players, they will be good defensively almost by default.

Kansas is difficult to score against in the paint and in transition, both of which are areas where easy buckets can become available in general.

They defend perimeter shooters well, particularly Tyrel Reed.

Defensive Weaknesses

The Jayhawks have had a few struggles against ISO scorers and have given up big nights to UCLA's Tyler Honeycutt and Iowa State's Diante Garrett.

Marcus Morris can be exposed a little bit in the post, though Markieff typically takes the harder cover.

A team that runs the pick-and-roll well can take advantage of a slight weakness by Kansas, particularly if the big is the better scorer.