Heading into the 2009-10 NCAA basketball schedule, the only team that will stand in the way of the Kansas Jayhawks and another national title are – the Kansas Jayhawks.

And that's just what KU is doing.

On top of their recent spats with the football team, the latest news coming out of Lawrence is that Jayhawks junior guard Brady Morningstar was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated early Saturday morning.

Now, the tiffs with the football players were frowned upon by every college hoops expert. But as a college hoops betting expert, I love the fact that the ballers are the big men on campus. That's the swagger a championship team should carry into the season. But when does it become too much?

This latest black eye for the program comes on the heels of news that police are investigating the turf war between the basketball and football teams. Whether or not the school takes action or suspends players will remain to be seen.

However, this turbulent offseason is already putting Rock Chalk behind in a season that hasn't started yet. A season that the program should have a major head start in with a roster full of returning talent.

Head coach Bill Self won Coach of the Year last season with a handful of experience and a lot of young players. But if Self coaches (and bails out) this group of troublemakers to the Final Four, he should pick up a second straight COY nod.