Losing streak is unfamiliar turf for No. 5 Kansas (The Associated Press)

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — After one of his team’s worst performances in years, Bill Self likened the Kansas team he put on the floor Wednesday night to ones fielded by Dr. James Naismith back when the school was playing games against the Topeka YMCA. The fifth-ranked Jayhawks had just lost to Big 12 bottom-dweller TCU, which had been winless in its first eight conference games. And before that was a loss to Oklahoma State that ended a nation-leading 18-game winning streak, and a 33-game run of success at Allen Fieldhouse. Two straight losses? Not much to complain about most places. Most places aren’t like Kansas. ”It hasn’t been our best week we’ve had around here all year,” said Self, whose team had gone 264 games without back-to-back losses. ”I think everybody in every profession goes through rough weeks.” Now tied with rival Kansas State for the Big 12 lead, the Jayhawks (19-3, 7-2) head to Oklahoma on Saturday trying to solve a litany of problems – and trying…

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