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DECEMBER 1, 2020 | KENTUCKY | GAME NOTES KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS 1-1 0-0 #7 / #5 1-1 0-0 #20 / #9 WILDCATS OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) OVERALL SEC RANKING (AP/COACHES) -VS- Bill Self 502-110 (.820) John Calipari 331-78 (.809) JAYHAWKS HEAD COACH RECORD AT KU, 18TH SEASON HEAD COACH RECORD AT UK, 12TH SEASON GAME SCHEDULE (H: 0-0; A: 0-0; N: 1-1) #7/5 KANSAS VS. #20/9 KENTUCKY SERIES AT A GLANCE KU OPP State Farm Champions Classic OVERALL KENTUCKY LEADS, 23-9 Date Rnk Rnk Opponent TV Time/Result Indianapolis, Ind. • Bankers Life Fieldhouse Neutral locations UK leads, 8-2 NOVEMBER (1-1) 3 Tuesday, December 1, 2020 • 8:30 p.m. (CT) Last Meeting L, 63-71 @ Lexington, 1/26/2019 26 6/5 1/2 Gonzaga% FOX L, 90-102 27 6/5 -/- Saint Joseph’s% FS1 W, 94-72 ESPN JAYHAWK RADIO NETWORK DECEMBER (0-0) Play-by-Play: Dan Shulman Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network 1 7/5 20/9 Kentucky# ESPN 8:30 p.m. Analyst: Dick Vitale Webcast: KUAthletics.com/Radio 3 -/- -/- WASHBURN B12 NOW 7 p.m. Sideline: Holly Rowe Play-by-Play: Brian Hanni Producer: Jeff Dufine Analyst: Greg Gurley ‹‹ POINTS 5 -/- -/- NORTH DAKOTA ST. B12 NOW 92.0 PER GAME 72.5 Director: Kim Belton Producer/Engineer: Steve Kincaid 8 -/- -/- CREIGHTON~ ESPN 4 p.m. 11 -/- -/- OMAHA ESPN2 6 p.m. TIPOFF 51.6 ‹‹ FG% 45.8 13 -/- -/- TARELTON STATE B12 NOW 1 p.m. • The top-two winningest programs in college basketball history will meet 17 -/- -/- at Texas Tech* for the eighth time in the last 10 seasons when No. 7/5 Kansas takes on No. 22 -/- -/- WEST VIRGINIA* 20/9 Kentucky as part of the State Farm Champions Classic on Tuesday, 44.7 ‹‹ 3FG% 23.1 Dec. 1. • Kentucky is first in NCAA Division I all-time wins at 2,319, while Kansas JANUARY (0-0) is next with 2,303. The blue-blood programs have also combined for 32 71.2 ‹‹ FT% 61.7 2 -/- -/- TEXAS* Final Fours with Kentucky at 17 and Kansas at 15. 5 -/- -/- at TCU* • KU head coach Bill Self was a graduate assistant at Kansas under Larry 9 -/- -/- REBOUNDS OKLAHOMA* Brown in 1985-86. Kentucky coach John Calipari was an assistant coach at 37.5 PER GAME ›› 45.5 12 -/- -/- at Oklahoma State* Kansas from 1982-85 under coaches Ted Owens and Brown. 16 -/- -/- IOWA STATE* • Both schools’ home facilities are named after Kansas greats. Kentucky’s Rupp 13.5 ‹‹ ASSISTS 11.5 18 -/- -/- at Baylor* Arena is named after Adolph Rupp, a KU graduate who played at Kansas in PER GAME 23 -/- -/- at Oklahoma* 1923 under coach F.C. “Phog” Allen, of which Allen Fieldhouse is named. 26 -/- -/- TCU* • Kansas entered the season ranked No. 6 in the preseason Associated Press BLOCKS 3.5 PER GAME ›› 4.5 30 -/- -/ at Tennessee^ and No. 5 USA TODAY Coaches’ top-25 polls. The Jayhawks have been ranked sixth or higher in each of the last eight preseason AP polls and in the STEALS FEBRUARY (0-0) top five in the last seven coaches’ polls. 8.0 ‹‹ PER GAME 6.0 2 -/- -/- KANSAS STATE* • KU has been ranked in each of the last 222 AP polls dating back to 2008- 6 -/- -/- at West Virginia* 09. The 222-consecutive weeks in the polls is an all-time record surpassing SCORING ›› 87.0 DEFENSE 60.5 8 -/- -/- OKLAHOMA STATE* UCLA’s 221 from 1966-80. KU holds the same streak in the coaches’ poll at 13 -/- -/- at Iowa State* 229. • With its win against Saint Joseph’s (11/27), Kansas improved to 97-13 FG% ›› 16 -/- -/- at Kansas State* 48.2 DEFENSE 39.3 20 -/- -/- TEXAS TECH* following a loss in the Bill Self era, which started in 2003-04, including 3-0 last season in 2019-20. Incredibly, KU has been even more efficient 22 -/- -/- at Texas* 3FG% over the last six-plus seasons, amassing a record of 46-5 after losses. 34.5 ›› 21.7 27 -/- -/- BAYLOR* DEFENSE • This season, Kansas men’s basketball will be wearing a patch that reads “United We Stand” signifying its stance on the recent social injustice in the MARCH (0-0) +4.5 REBOUND ›› +17.5 United States. The patch has gold lettering with the black background being MARGIN 10-13 Big 12 Championship (Kansas City, Mo.) in the shape of the state of Kansas. All times Central and subject to change • Kansas’ last six losses have been to ranked foes, with of those in the top five. ‹‹ AST-TO 0.9 RATIO 0.6 Rank: AP Top 25 / USA Today Coaches’ Poll % Rockage Mortgage Fort Meyers Tip-Off (Fort Meyers, Fla.); # State Farm Champions Classic (Indianapolis); ~ Big 12- Big East Battle; ^ SEC/Big 12 LAST GAME STARTERS (2019-20 STATS) Challenge; * Big 12 Conference Game; HOME GAMES in ALL CAPS and bold GARRETT BRAUN WILSON AGBAJI MCCORMACK 0 SR • GUARD 2 SO • GUARD 24 FR • GUARD 30 JR • GUARD 33 JR • FORWARD COMMUNICATIONS MIN 33.0 MIN 32.0 MIN 24.5 MIN 33.0 MIN 15.5 PPG 13.5 PPG 19.0 PPG 9.5 PPG 17.5 PPG 8.0 CHRIS THEISEN ANDY EISCH FG% 57.1 FG% 68.4 FG% 47.1 FG% 50.0 FG% 33.3 Asst. AD for Comms. Asst. Comms. Director AST 2.5 3FG% 63.6 3FG% 33.3 3FG% 44.4 REB 4.5 e [email protected] e [email protected] c 785.331.9356 c 785.330.3698 STL 2.0 REB 5.5 REB 3.5 REB 2.0 BLK 0.0 2020-21 #KUbball NUMERICAL ROSTER COACHING STAFF NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. EXP. HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL / PREVIOUS SCHOOL NAME POSITION // YEAR AT KU ALMA MATER // YEAR 0 Marcus Garrett G 6-5 195 Sr. 3L Dallas, Texas / Skyline HS Bill Self Head Coach // 17th Oklahoma State // 1985 1 Tyon Grant-Foster G 6-7 190 Jr. TR Schlagle HS / Indian Hills CC Kurtis Townsend Assistant Coach // 17th Western Kentucky // 1982 2 Christian Braun G 6-6 205 So. 1L Burlington, Kan. / Blue Valley Northwest HS Norm Roberts Assistant Coach // 10th Queens College // 1987 3 Dajuan Harris G 6-1 160 RS-Fr. RS Columbia, Mo. / Rock Bridge HS Jerrance Howard Assistant Coach // 8th Illinois // 2004 4 Latrell Jossell G 5-11 155 Fr. HS Chicago, Ill. / Keller Central HS [Texas] Fred Quartlebaum Dir. of Basketball Operations // 6th Fordham // 1989 10 Jalen Wilson F 6-8 215 RS-Fr. RS Denton, Texas / John H. Guyer HS Brennan Bechard Dir. of S-A Development // 9th Kansas // 2009 12 Chris Teahan G 6-4 195 Sr. 3L Leawood, Kan. / Rockhurst HS Jeremy Case Video Coordinator // 5th Kansas // 2005 13 Tristan Enaruna G/F 6-8 200 So. 1L Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands / Wasatch Academy [Utah] 20 Michael Jankovich G 6-5 185 So. 1L Dallas, Texas / Northfield Mount Hermon [Mass.] 24 Bryce Thompson G 6-5 188 Fr. HS Tulsa, Okla. / Booker T. Washington HS PRONUNCIATIONS 30 Ochai Agbaji G 6-5 210 Jr. 2L Kansas City, Mo. / Oak Park HS OCHAI AGBAJI ...........................OH-chie uh-BAH-gee 33 David McCormack F 6-10 265 Jr. 2L Norfolk, Va. / Oak Hill Academy Christian BRAUN ......................................BROWN 35 Gethro Muscadin F 6-10 220 Fr. HS Gonaives, Haiti / Aspire Academy Tristan ENARUNA .............................en-uh-ROO-nuh Michael JANKOVICH .............................JANK-oh-vitch 44 Mitch Lightfoot F 6-8 225 RS-Sr. 3L Gilbert, Ariz. / Gilbert Christian HS Gethro Muscadin ...............................MOOSE-ca-din RADIO/TV ROSTER MARCUS GARRETT TYON GRANT- CHRISTIAN BRAUN DAJAUN HARRIS LATRELL JOSSELL JALEN WILSON CHRIS TEAHAN Sr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 195 FOSTER So. ∙ G ∙ 6-6 ∙ 205 R-Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-1 ∙ 160 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 5-11 ∙ 255 So. ∙ F ∙ 6-8 ∙ 215 Sr. ∙ G ∙ 6-4 ∙ 195 0 Dallas, Texas 1 Jr. ∙ G ∙ 6-7 ∙ 190 2 Burlington, Kan. 3 Columbia, Mo. 4 Chicago, Ill. 10 Denton, Texas 12 Leawood, Kan. Kansas City, Kan. TRISTAN ENARUNA MICHAEL JANKOVICH BRYCE THOMPSON OCHAI AGBAJI DAVID MCCORMACK GETHRO MUSCADIN MITCH LIGHTFOOT So. ∙ G/F ∙ 6-8 ∙ 200 So. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 185 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 188 Jr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 210 Jr. ∙ F ∙ 6-10 ∙ 265 Fr. ∙ F ∙ 6-10 ∙ 220 RS-Sr ∙ F ∙ 6-8 ∙ 225 13 Flevoland, Netherlands 20 Dallas, Texas 24 Luanda, Angola 30 Kansas City, Mo. 33 Norfolk, Va. 35 Gonaives, Haiti 44 Gilbert, Ariz. BILL SELF KURTIS TOWNSEND NORM ROBERTS JERRANCE HOWARD Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach 18th Season 17th Season 10th Season Eighth Season 2 • Game Notes 2020-21 @KUHoops KENTUCKY WILDCATS NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL QUICK FACTS 0 Jacob Toppin F 6-9 194 So. Brooklyn, N.Y. / Woodstock Academy GENERAL INFORMATION 2 Devin Askew G 6-3 198 Fr. Sacramento, Calif. / Mater Dei Location. Lawrence, Kan. 3 Brandon Boston Jr. G 6-7 185 Fr. Norcross, Ga. / Sierra Canyon Enrollment . 28,510 5 Terrence Clarke G 6-7 194 Fr. Boston, Mass. / Brewster Academy Founded. .1866 10 Davion Mintz G 6-3 196 Gr. Charlotte, N.C. / North Mecklenburg Nickname . Jayhawks 11 Dontaie Allen G 6-6 198 R-Fr. Falmouth, Ky. / Pendleton County School Colors . Crimson (Pantone 186) and Blue (Pantone 293) 12 Keion Brooks Jr. F 6-7 205 So. Fort Wayne, Ind. / La Lumiere School Conference . Big 12 13 Riley Welch G 6-0 185 Sr. Littleton, Colo. / Chatfield Chancellor. Douglas A. Girod 14 Brennan Canada F 6-6 198 So. Mount Sterling, Ky. / George Rogers Clark Athletics Director.