Kansas has, as you know, a three-game losing streak inside the Coliseum. Turnovers have been a big part of the last two losses with 22 and 14 against the press and West Virginia getting 12 and eight steals. The Jayhawks — a middle-of-the-pack team nationally in turnover per game and a bit above even in assist-turnover ratio — has 34 turnovers in its two most-recent games.

It hasn’t mattered, because this is an 18-game winning streak Kansas brings to town, but Bill Self has a few reasons to be worried before tonight.

“You’re going to turn it over against West Virginia, but they can’t be live-ball turnovers,” KU coach Bill Self said. “You’d rather throw it out of bounds so your defense can get set rather than having numbers coming back at you.”

The Mountaineers, who have forced 441 turnovers while committing just 223 in 19 games, harassed Baylor into 29 turnovers in an 89-68 victory over the then-No. 1 Bears on Jan. 10 in Morgantown.

“You get hounded the whole 40 minutes when you play them,” said KU junior guard Devonté Graham. He had just one turnover, while Frank Mason had seven in KU’s loss last year at West Virginia.

“No team we play has pressure like that. We go against eight people in practice before we play West Virginia to simulate how hectic it is in traps,” Graham added.

There’s a joke to be made here about Kansas being used to playing 8-on-5. I will not make that joke.