It wasn’t exactly the kind of history Chaminade wanted to make.

The Division II host of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational tried to stare down No. 5 Kansas in Monday’s first round, but instead ended up staring down the barrel of a 51-point rout. The Jayhawks shot a sizzling 64.4 percent and dealt the Silverswords the most lopsided defeat in the 32 years of the event, 123-72.

At halftime, when the Silverswords trailed by 20, it wasn’t totally inconceivable that they could stage a comeback against the highest-ranked team they’d seen in over a decade. But then the Jayhawks shot 75 percent in the second half — 27-for-36 — and the Big 12 team’s reserves kept up the onslaught.

“They’re strong and they come at you in waves,” Chaminade coach Eric Bovaird said. “We were hoping they would not shoot the ball from the perimeter as well as they did. Our main goal was to try to help our guys on the inside as much as possible. We knew they were going to try to high-low us to death.”

Kansas ended up getting pretty much everything it wanted, and then some, to the delight of the Jayhawks fans who packed the Lahaina Civic Center. Their team outscored Chaminade 60-26 in the paint and 25-9 off of turnovers and hit 15 of 29 3-pointers.

Amazingly, no Kansas player scored more than 18, but seven Jayhawks scored in double figures. Kiran Shastri came off the bench to lead Chaminade with 17 points.

The previous widest margin on Maui was 48, between the same teams. Kansas beat Chaminade 102-54 in the 2005 third-place game.

Chaminade fired away from long range to try to keep it close. But CU, with a roster constructed around wing players who can shoot the ball, could not connect (8-for-33 on 3s).

Chaminade didn’t have a figure for the program’s most lopsided defeat, but a team spokesperson said it was likely just set.

It was the sixth-most points for Kansas overall, its most at a neutral site and most under coach Bill Self.

Chaminade gave up 162 points in a 33-point loss to Loyola Marymount in 1990. It is still an event record.

Self comments on Diallo

Kansas coach Bill Self had about as much to say on the ongoing saga with ineligible five-star recruit Cheick Diallo — who accompanied the team to Maui — as he did on the win over the Silverswords.

Self was asked if he blamed NCAA leadership for Diallo not getting cleared to play while the NCAA looks into the player’s prep school. Kansas officials blasted the governing institution for a mishandled process in an open letter Monday, but Self said after the game he hadn’t yet seen it.

“I think the bottom line is there are some flaws in politics and certainly the lack of partnership, I think the thing that’s most frustrating with anything as anything else with Cheick.”

Happy birthday, Steve

UCLA coach Steve Alford turned 51 on Monday. His present? He doesn’t have to face his alma mater Indiana after his Bruins beat UNLV in the first round 77-75. Before the tournament, Alford voiced displeasure at the thought of facing Indiana, which he said he still actively roots for.

Indiana was banished to the losers bracket with its loss to Wake Forest, while the Bruins will stay in the winners bracket and can do no worse than fourth place.