Deshaun Thomas is averaging a team-high 21.8 points per game during the NCAA tournament.

 “When you’ve got a guy who’s averaging 22 a game for your team, going into the season you would think that’s for sure Jared Sullinger, and it’s not. It’s the guy who opens things up for Jared Sullinger,” KU coach Bill Self said of Thomas. “And that’s what makes me, you know, as worried as anything, is how do you give one guy all the attention where another guy’s getting 22 a game?”

Self has at times used a triangle-and-two defense to make non-shooters take shots, but Ohio State’s offensive weapons render that strategy untenable.

“We’re going to have to defend all five spots,” Self said. “That’s one of the biggest challenges, especially when they have a four-man who’s red-hot right now and can stretch it.”