What Seed Is Kansas For March Madness? Odds of Kansas Men’s Basketball Seed In 2025 NCAA Tournament

The springtime rite of passage in the Sunflower State of Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball reaching the field of 68 will likely roll on unimpeded this March, as head coach Bill Self has KU have made it into the field in each of the last 34 years.

While the school’s 2018 berth was later vacated by the NCAA, there’s no erasing the fact that KU has been the sport’s standard-bearer for the last few decades, with two national championships this century and six trips to the Final Four between 2000 and 2024. Additionally, KU has been a top-four seed in every tournament since 2001.

This year, Self and the Jayhawks are 20-11 overall and 11-9 in Big 12 play, with KU finishing off the regular season with a resounding victory over the Arizona Wildcats in Lawrence on Saturday, setting the stage for March Madness in the Sunflower State.

Currently, KU is ranked 21st nationally on KenPom.com and 18th on the NCAA’s latest batch of NET rankings, while ESPN bracket expert Joe Lunardi currently has the school as a seventh seed in his latest update, facing off against 10th-seeded Arkansas in the first round.

So BetKansas.com, as part of our Kansas sports betting coverage, broke down the odds on where KU will be seeded in this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

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What Seed Will Kansas Be In NCAA Tournament?

Kansas will be the seventh seed in the West bracket and will face the 10th-seeded Arkansas to start the NCAA Tournament. A win would put them in a position to face the winner of the battle between No. 2 ranked St. John and No. 15 Omaha.

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Christopher Boan

Christopher Boan is a lead writer at BetKansas.com specializing in covering state issues. He covered sports and sports betting in Arizona for more than seven years.