Although Kansas basketball suffered a loss Saturday against Houston, what Jayhawks freshman Flory Bidunga accomplished didn’t go unnoticed.

Houston coach Kelvin Sampson, in praising his team’s maturity after it beat Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday night, uttered one of his typical aphorisms: “There’s a 94-foot slab of rectangular wood we play on.

The loss was as unlikely as they come. KenPom’s data gave Kansas a 99.6% win expectancy when the Jayhawks had the ball up six with 18 seconds to play — what followed instead were missed free throws, a Houston 3-pointer, then a stolen inbounds pass and another 3-pointer.

The Houston Cougars are one of the hottest teams in college basketball, but they haven't beaten a team like Kansas yet this season. In fact, Kelvin Sampson's te

No. 5 Houston outlasted No. 12 Kansas in double overtime, 92–86, at Allen Fieldhouse in a game that was close throughout its 50 minutes of play. Kansas inbounded the ball after Houston's Emanuel Sharp hit a 3 to make the score 79–76 with eight seconds left.

J’Wan Roberts scored 24 points, including six in two overtime periods, and No. 7 Houston beat No. 12 Kansas 92-86 on Saturday night. Roberts hit two free throws with 13.9 seconds left in regulation to tie the game.

The Jayhawks weren't able to hand Houston its first Big 12 loss of the season, and came up short on their home court.

Disaster struck twice for Kansas on Saturday night. Once in regulation and once in the first overtime period, the Jayhawks held six-point leads late against higher-ranked Houston. In the second half,

Mayo committed two vital turnovers on inbounds passes off Houston’s full-court press. KU was up two points with 16.6 left in regulation when he was called for a five-second inbounds violation. Two free throws by J’Wan Robert tied it at 66 with 13.9 seconds left. KU turned it over on the Jayhawks’ final possession of regulation.

Kansas, in the first overtime period, took a 79-73 lead with 23 seconds left after Griffen made two free throws. But Houston’s Emanuel Sharp hit a 3-pointer with seven seconds left, and Houston intercepted a Zeke Mayo inbounds pass and hit a game-tying 3.

Kansas basketball went through another Big 12 Conference test on Saturday. Here is what happened during this game against Houston.