Dallas ? The Kansas Jayhawks have a short trip for their first-round matchup in the NCAA Tournament, which is only fair since they’re the top seed.

Same goes for second-seeded Oregon.

That means Illinois and Texas were the big winners when the Midwest Regional was announced Sunday because they, too, will stay close to home despite being lower seeds and losing in the semifinals of their conference tournaments.

The fourth-seeded Illini (24-8) travel to Chicago for a first-round game Friday against San Diego State (21-11), while the sixth-seeded Longhorns (20-11) will be in Dallas to play Boston College (20-11) on Friday.

Kansas (29-3) is going to St. Louis to play Holy Cross (18-14) on Thursday.

Oregon (23-8) heads to Sacramento, Calif., to play Montana (16-14) on Thursday.

The Jayhawks and Ducks, both regular-season conference champions, held onto such high seeds even after losing in their conference tournaments.

Kansas fell 64-55 to Oklahoma in the Big 12 finals Sunday.

Oregon lost to Southern Cal in the Pac-10 semifinals Saturday.

Selection committee chairman Lee Fowler said the Jayhawks, No. 1 in the most recent Associated Press poll, were assured a top seed before they played the Sooners.

Committee members discussed what to do if Kansas lost and decided the Jayhawks didn’t deserve to be bumped because of one game.

“They said, ‘We don’t need to work on other scenario. We’re happy the way it is,'” Fowler said.

The Jayhawks hadn’t lost to a Big 12 team all season before the Sooners beat them. They were 18-0 in the conference and were coming off a 40-point win over Texas Tech.

But Kansas, the highest-scoring team in the nation, had a season low for points by 12.

Hopeful Holy Cross fans might want to note that the Jayhawks’ clunker game came in Kansas City, Mo.

“We didn’t play the best today, but it’s been a great, great run,” said coach Roy Williams, seeking his first Final Four since 1993.

“We’re going to put the game behind us after we practice tomorrow, then we’ll go from there.”

Oregon has dusted off program history books this season, setting or breaking records for conference wins and home wins that date to the 1930s.

Now their sights are set on winning an NCAA Tournament game for the first time since 1960.

“That’s another milestone that’s sitting out there for us,” coach Ernie Kent said. “We are really ready.”

If third-seeded Mississippi State, which won the Southeastern Conference tournament title Sunday, or fifth-seeded Florida feel slighted by the placement of Illinois and Texas, they could get revenge on the court in second-round games Sunday.

Mississippi State (26-7) faces McNeese State (21-8) on Friday in Dallas, with the winner getting Texas in its home state if it advances.

Florida (22-8) will play Missouri Valley power Creighton (22-8), with the winner facing Illinois if it advances.

Kansas’ next foe would be the winner of 8-9 game Thursday in St. Louis between Stanford (19-9) and Western Kentucky (28-3), which has won 18 straight.

Both teams are led by big post players, which could make for an interesting and challenging matchup with the guard-led Jayhawks.

Oregon will be aiming for a second-round game against seventh-seeded Wake Forest (20-12) or 10th-seeded Pepperdine (22-8). They play Thursday in Sacramento, Calif.

The Midwest winner plays the East winner in the Final Four.