Kansas Jayhawks vs. Texas Longhorns: Probable starters, tipoff time & TV info
Kansas will face Texas back at home on Saturday. Here are the game details ahead of the Big 12 showdown...
When: 5 p.m., Saturday
Where: Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence
TV: ESPN
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM) in Wichita
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | Texas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 23 | Dillon Mitchell | 6-8 | Soph. | 10.5 |
F | 1 | Dylan Disu | 6-9 | Sr. | 17.1 |
G | 3 | Max Abmas | 6-0 | Sr. | 16.9 |
G | 4 | Tyrese Hunter | 6-0 | Jr. | 11.0 |
G | 2 | Chendall Weaver | 6-3 | Soph. | 5.2 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
C | 1 | Hunter Dickinson | 7-2 | Sr. | 18.2 |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | Jr. | 12.2 |
G | 15 | Kevin McCullar | 6-7 | Sr. | 19.0 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-2 | Sr. | 8.0 |
G | 10 | Johnny Furphy | 6-9 | Fr. | 8.9 |
About Texas (17-9, 6-7)
Texas, which is coming off Monday’s 62-56 home victory over Kansas State, has dropped four of its last seven games…. Texas is 3-6 against AP-ranked opponents, including a 2-3 mark in true road games. The three victories came against No. 9 Baylor at home (75-73 on Jan. 20), at No. 11 Oklahoma (75-60 on Jan. 23) and at No. 25 TCU (77-66 on Feb. 3). … Texas is 3-3 in Big 12 road contests. …
Senior guard Max Abmas is the 12th player in NCAA Division I history to top the 3,000-point mark. Abmas is one of three players to record both 3,000 points (3,002) and 500 assists (510). Abmas had his streak of consecutive games in double figure scoring snapped at 46 last Saturday at Houston. … Senior forward Dylan Disu has averaged 22.8 points and 6.5 rebounds in 28.0 minutes per game over his last four contests while hitting 50.8% (30-59) from the floor, including a 12-of-21 (.571) mark from 3, and 19-of-21 (.905) from the line. …
Rodney Terry is 39-17 in two seasons at UT. Texas is 11-4 under Terry in games decided by five points or fewer or in overtime. Terry is 11-12 against AP Top 25 opponents. … Texas averages 75.7 points a game while allowing 67.9. The Longhorns have made 193 of 523 3s for 36.9%. Opponents have hit 166 of 485 3s for 34.2%.
About No. 9 Kansas (20-6, 8-5)
Kansas leads the all-time series 36-14. KU is 17-2 versus the Longhorns in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks have lost two in a row and five of the last seven meetings versus the Longhorns. The Longhorns beat KU in Allen, 84-59, on Jan. 2, 2021. …… Bill Self is 26-11 versus Texas as KU coach. Rodney Terry is 2-1 versus KU as Texas coach. …
Kansas has 20 wins in 34 of its last 35 seasons, beginning in 1989-90. … Bill Self is 585-138 while at Kansas, 792-243 overall. … He is five wins from tying Phog Allen as KU’s winningest coach. … Kansas is 64-2 in its last 66 games when outrebounding its opponent. … This season, No. 9 Kansas has played No. 1 UConn, No. 2 Houston, No. 5 Tennessee, No. 6 Iowa State, No. 7 Marquette, No. 11 Baylor, No. 17 Kentucky, No. 23 Texas Tech and No. 25 Oklahoma. The Jayhawks will play No. 2 Houston again and No. 25 BYU. KU’s strength of schedule is No. 4 nationally. …
Kansas leads the country in assists per game at 19.8. ... KU leads the Big 12 and is fifth nationally in field goal percentage at 49.8%. … Hunter Dickinson leads the conference and is seventh in the country in rebounds per game at 11.0. He is the only player in the Big 12 to average a double-double. … Dajuan Harris is second in the Big 12 in assists per game at 6.5, which is ninth nationally. … KJ Adams Jr. leads the Big 12 in field goal percentage at 60.9%, which is 23rd nationally. … Kansas’ 18-game home court winning streak ranks tied for fourth nationally.
