Kansas is still waiting.

After Kansas University defeated Colorado, 97-85, in the Big 12 Conference men’s basketball opener on Jan. 5 in Boulder, Colo., CU freshman David Harrison predicted “Kansas will get theirs” in the rematch.

Kansas' Wayne Simien, right, and CU's Stephane Pelle contest a rebound. Kansas hammered the Buffs, 100-73, on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.

Harrison, it turns out, is a lousy fortune teller.

The second-ranked Jayhawks rolled to a 100-73 victory over the Buffaloes on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse, and it could have been worse for CU. The Jayhawks (19-2, 8-0) led 100-58 before the Buffs (12-7, 3-5) closed with a 15-0 run against KU’s reserves.

“They’re a great team,” said CU reserve guard Blair Wilson, who hit three three-point shots and scored 16 points. “They’re good kids. They just played hard and laid it on us.”

The Jayhawks defeated Colorado for the 26th straight time overall and the 19th straight time in Lawrence. This one was never close.

“As much improved as I think our program is, the good ones are still good,” said CU coach Ricardo Patton, who is 0-15 against KU.

Colorado started three players 6-foot-7 or taller against KU’s three-guard lineup, but the Buffs couldn’t match up down low or on the perimeter. Kansas built a 58-31 halftime lead by outscoring Colorado 20-10 in the paint, 13-3 on second-chance points and 14-4 on fastbreaks.

CU point guard James “Mookie” Wright had nearly as many turnovers (11) as KU’s team (13).

Colorado center David Harrison, right, scratches his head as he sits on the CU bench with brother D.J. Harrison. David spent most of his foul-plagued first half on the bench.

“They kept sprinting the floor, and we didn’t get back on defense,” said senior swingman D.J. Harrison. “When you lose the transition game, the game gets out of hand in a hurry.”

As for the younger Harrison, the 7-foot center picked up his second foul with 9:44 left in the first half and went to the bench with his team trailing 33-19. David Harrison, Colorado’s leading scorer and second-leading rebounder, played only nine minutes in the half and scored four points.

Older brother D.J. also picked up two first-half fouls and played 11 minutes, scoring two points.

“We were both on the bench because we had questionable fouls called on us that could have gone either way,” D.J. Harrison said. “Of course, they get ’em all. It goes with the territory when you’re playing for Colorado and not Kansas.”

D.J. Harrison finished with 10 points and nine rebounds, but he scored eight of his points in the final two minutes. Both brothers played 24 minutes. David Harrison finished with a team-high 17 points, six rebounds and one technical foul.

The freshman, who has produced more than his share of bulletin-board quotes, was not allowed to talk to the media after the game.

He did, however, have an interesting conversation with a KU fan on his way to the locker room. About two dozen Kansas fans left their seats before the game’s conclusion and taunted the Buffs in the hallway as they left the court. One fan who was loud and vulgar, according to the Buffs caught Harrison’s attention.

“David walked over to him, stuck his hand out and said, ‘Your team played a great game,’ and tried to walk off. That made the guy even more mad, so then he started saying other stuff,” CU assistant coach Jason Shelton said. “He was old enough to be my dad. He was old enough to know better. I thought David did a good job of keeping his composure.”

Harrison walked away after shaking the fan’s hand. Shelton asked KU police to have the fan removed from the building to no avail, and CU’s other players and coaches poured out of their locker room soon after Harrison had entered.

The fan left before the incident escalated.

“He was being taunted,” Patton said. “I think it’s very unfair for an adult to do that to an 18-year-old kid. There’s no place for that. I think some of his comments leading up to the game provoked that, but I still think it’s unfortunate.”

The 27-point pounding and postgame taunting won’t do much to improve the icy relations between the conference rivals.

D.J. Harrison said the media had unfairly painted his team as “the bad guys” because of his brother’s comments.

“I’m definitely not a Kansas fan, never was,” he said. “That’s why I went to Colorado. But they’re a great team. I don’t take anything away from the fact that they’re a great team. They can play. They’ve got probably the best player in the conference in (Drew) Gooden.”

Of course, the teams could meet again next month in the Big 12 Tournament at Kansas City, Mo.

“I have no fear of Kansas,” Harrison said. “I’ll play ’em any day.”