I loathe Kansas as much as the next guy but this is patently false. Lawrence is a beautiful college town. The people are friendly, it’s 25 minutes from Kansas City, and Allen Fieldhouse is one of the architectural gems of our game. Plus KU has more history, from a foundational perspective, than any program in the sport (Naismith, Phog, Chamberlain, Rupp, Smith, Brown, Calipari, Manning, Williams, Self, etc.)
It really shouldn’t come a surprise when Duke, UNC, UK, or KU have success. These are the Blue Bloods. Those four stand above the rest. This isn’t college football where there are seven to ten Blue Bloods. In hoops you have the big four and that’s it (UCLA is about as relevant as Bill Walton these days).