Kansas has mastered the quick turnaround between games in Big 12 play and will have to navigate two more while pursuing another conference title.
The eighth-ranked Jayhawks will try to use their experience to their advantage Monday night and avenge last season's loss at No. 21 West Virginia.
Kansas (21-4, 10-2) lost at Temple in December after getting just one day of rest but has won twice in those situations in the conference season. The Jayhawks topped then-No. 19 Oklahoma 85-78 on Jan. 19 after losing at then-No. 11 Iowa State two days earlier.
They avenged that defeat to the Cyclones on Feb. 2 after topping Kansas State on Jan. 31.
Kansas leads Iowa State by two games in its pursuit of an 11th consecutive Big 12 regular-season title. The Jayhawks have six games left, and will complete their final quick turnaround before tournament play -- against TCU and at Kansas State - next Monday.
After beating No. 16 Baylor 74-64 on Saturday, Kansas will go for another sweep when it faces the Mountaineers (19-6, 7-5), losers in three of four.
West Virginia has taken all of those defeats to Top 25 opponents and was routed 79-59 at No. 14 Iowa State on Saturday, getting outscored 43-27 in the second half. The Mountaineers are 2-5 against ranked teams this season and have lost the last four matchups by an average of 21.0 points.
"We don't have the experience that we need to have," West Virginia coach Bob Huggins said. "We're young. I never said that because I didn't want to make excuses but, in fairness to them, we've got a very young team."
That inexperience and West Virginia's slump could make it easier for Kansas to get some payback for a 92-86 loss in Morgantown on March 8. Mountaineers leading scorer Juwan Staten had 24 points in that upset of the then-No. 8 Jayhawks and Devin Williams had a career-high 22.
Williams, a sophomore averaging 11.1 points, has scored a combined nine in the past two games while missing nine of 12 shots.
Kansas is seeking its fourth win in five all-time matchups against West Virginia. Wayne Selden Jr. heads into this one averaging 16.0 points on 52.2 percent shooting in his last five games after averaging 8.7 on 34.1 percent in his first 20 contests this season.
Selden had 17 points in an 83-69 home victory over the Mountaineers on Feb. 8, 2014, but scored eight points while missing six of nine shots in the road loss.
He scored 15 points in Saturday's win over Baylor while Perry Ellis and Kelly Oubre Jr. had 18 apiece. Oubre totaled seven points in his prior two games.
Coach Bill Self said Ellis, the Jayhawks' leading scorer who surpassed 1,000 points Saturday, has been playing up to his potential lately.
"I've coached him for three years and he leaves me wanting more, but I haven't thought that of late," Self said. "I think he's playing closer to his ceiling now than he has."
Ellis had 14 points in last season's road loss after averaging 4.7 in the first three meetings with West Virginia.
