NEW YORK -- Kansas isn't panicking, because it's still November. But that doesn't mean there isn't deep concern that something could be wrong with the Jayhawks.

	Poor outside shooting by Kirk Hinrich and Kansas plagued the Jayhawks in New York.

Kansas, the No. 2 team in both polls, a consensus Final Four contender, and the team billed as having the best starting five in the country, went winless in New York this week. That's right, Kansas whiffed in New York, losing to North Carolina on Wednesday and then to No. 7 Florida on Friday in the consolation -- a game only those in attendance witnessed. This will probably go down as the only game pitting two top 10 teams that wasn't televised nationally, regionally or at all this season.

"If you had told me we were going to come out of here 2-2, I would have told you, that you were crazy,'' Kansas senior guard Kirk Hinrich said. "Last year, we lost to Ball State (in the opener in Maui last season) but we bounced back. I thought we would bounce back after the loss (Wednesday) but Florida was unbelievable and we didn't get it done.''

Kansas' stunning reversal this week is hard to fathom, considering the Jayhawks entered the week averaging 90-plus points in the first two games against Holy Cross and UNC Greensboro. Sure, the Jayhawks had bench issues and coach Roy Williams and senior Nick Collison spoke about getting more consistent production out of Bryant Nash, Moulaye Niang and Jeff Graves, but they never expected the starting five to collapse.

"We've got to redefine our roles,'' Hinrich said. "Against the zone this week, we looked lost. We haven't struggled to score like we did this week since my freshman year.''

Kansas committed 20 turnovers against the Tar Heels on Wednesday as North Carolina came up with 14 steals and 11 blocks. The Jayhawks were 2 of 9 on 3s and barely stayed in the game, scoring only 56 points.

The first half Friday was more of the same as Florida did what North Carolina accomplished by taking the ball right at the Jayhawks. They didn't just go inside, they breezed past the perimeter defenders without getting a bump to the basket. Kansas shot just 32 percent in the first half, missed all six 3s, was 10 of 20 at the free-throw line, got outrebounded by four, turned the ball over nine times and failed to make any of its six 3-pointers. Seniors Collison and Hinrich combined for four points on a combined 1 of 7 shooting, 0 of 5 on 3s, and four total turnovers. Oh yeah, and the Jayhawks trailed 38-26.

Hinrich said Collison got frustrated because he was getting bumped around in the post and couldn't get open. He said the Jayhawks knew it would happen but didn't bother to anticipate Florida's plan.

"I jumped them a bit because at halftime our two seniors, our potential all-Americans had only four points between them,'' Williams said. "We can't have that in big games. Big-time players have to play. In the first half (Collison) was doing too much spinning and turning the ball over too much.''

Kansas and Collison got the message at the half. The Jayhawks cut a 19-point lead down to two at 61-59, but didn't get out on the shooters as Matt Walsh converted a 3-pointer to push the lead to five. Brett Nelson, who was nursing a bum ankle this week, hit another 3-pointer following a Jayhawks' basket to push the lead to 67-61 en route to increasing the lead eventually back up to 13 with 1:20 remaining.

Collison finished with a double-double, scoring 14 second-half points (taking 10 second-half shots) and grabbing 13 rebounds. Hinrich, who battled a tight back Thursday and early Friday after injuring it against Carolina, was still off finishing 2 of 8 (1 of 7 from 3-point range) for five points. Williams played Hinrich because he wouldn't come out and the team doctors said he couldn't get hurt. But he clearly wasn't getting his legs under his shot and didn't have the same bounce to his step and lateral quickness that he usually has to get open.

But the turnovers still occurred, with eight in the second half. Kansas also failed to make any more than 3 of 16 3-pointers. And, defensively, the Jayhawks still didn't defend the 3-point shot as Florida made 14 3s and shot 45 percent overall.

Suddenly, the Jayhawks were easy pickings on one end and struggled to score at the other. But the first-half lowlights -- such as making eight field goals for the first time since seven against Oklahoma in the Big 12 tournament last March -- and ultimately giving up the 14 3s for the first time since Nebraska made 18 on them last February stayed with Kansas in the postgame.

"We do have some things to fix,'' Williams said. "It is November. I was really disappointed at the half and our confidence was definitely still shaken by the way we played Wednesday night. We missed 10 of 20 free throws at the line! But the last 15 minutes we competed hard and made a run and got it down from 19 to 2 but we couldn't finish. We've got to do a better job guarding the basketball. Their dribble penetration hurt us and offensively we've got to do a better job moving and screening.''

Throughout the week, Williams was vividly upset with the team for their lack of concentration, their careless passes and at times their passion. He implored them to play smarter but he knows this is too long a season to hammer this talented a team this soon.

Florida's Nelson said after the game that beating Kansas was "huge because losing two games isn't acceptable. We had to win this game.''

Somehow that same determination was missing from Kansas, which shockingly dropped to 2-2 for the first time since 1987-88 and suffered the first consecutive losses since the 2000-01 season.

And up next for the Jayhawks? Poor Central Missouri State, which gets the Jayhawks on Wednesday before Kansas embarks on a brutal stretch of games at Oregon (in Portland), at Tulsa and then UCLA at home and then Cal in Oakland at the Pete Newell Challenge -- sandwiched around a guaranteed win against Emporia State. And, don't forget, Wyoming visits Jan. 15 and Arizona comes calling Jan. 25 in the middle of the rugged Big 12 schedule.

"It's good for college basketball to play those games,'' Williams said. "If we're good enough we'll be alright and if we're not then people will show us out on the court.''

Andy Katz is a senior writer at ESPN.com.