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FEBRUARY 2, 2021 | KANSAS STATE | GAME NOTES KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS 11-6 5-4 #23 / #22 5-13 1-8 -- / -- WILDCATS OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) -VS- Bill Self 512-115 (.817) Bruce Weber 166-123 (.574) JAYHAWKS HEAD COACH RECORD AT KU, 18TH SEASON HEAD COACH RECORD AT K-STATE, NINTH SEASON GAME (P. 38 FOR MORE SERIES BREAKDOWN) SCHEDULE (H: 7-1; A: 2-4; N: 2-1) KANSAS STATE AT #23/22 KANSAS SERIES AT A GLANCE KU OPP OVERALL KANSAS LEADS, 199-94 Lawrence, Kan. • Allen Fieldhouse ® Date Rnk Rnk Opponent TV Time/Result Tuesday, February 2, 2021 • 7 p.m. (CT) at Lawrence (Allen Fieldhouse) KU leads, 91-35 (50-18) NOVEMBER (1-1) 18 Last Meeting KU, 62-58 (2.29.20 @ Manhattan) 26 6/5 1/2 Gonzaga% FOX L, 90-102 Dillons Sunflower Showdown 27 6/5 -/- Saint Joseph’s% FS1 W, 94-72 BIG 12 NOW ON ESPN+ JAYHAWK RADIO NETWORK DECEMBER (7-0) Play-by-Play: Ted Emrich Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network 1 7/5 20/9 Kentucky# ESPN W, 65-62 Analyst: Lance Blanks Webcast: KUAthletics.com/Radio 3 7/5 -/- WASHBURN B12 NOW W, 89-54 Producer: Evan Cohen Play-by-Play: Brian Hanni Director: Mike Griffin Analyst: Greg Gurley POINTS 5 7/5 -/- B12 NOW W, 65-61 73.5 ‹‹ 63.0 NORTH DAKOTA ST. Producer/Engineer: Steve Kincaid PER GAME 8 5/5 8/7 CREIGHTON~ ESPN W, 73-72 11 5/5 -/- OMAHA ESPN2 W, 95-50 TIPOFF 44.1 ‹‹ FG% 42.1 13 5/5 -/- TARLETON STATE B12 NOW CANCELED • No. 23/22 Kansas (11-6, 5-4) returns to Big 12 play when it hosts Kansas 17 5/5 14/14 at Texas Tech* ESPN W, 58-57 State (5-13, 1-8) in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown on Feb. 2. The game 22 3/4 7/6 WEST VIRGINIA* ESPN2 W, 79-65 will begin at 7 p.m. (CT) and will be televised on Big 12 NOW on ESPN+. 35.6 ‹‹ 3FG% 29.8 • Kansas is 99-15 following a loss in the Bill Self era, which started in 2003-04, including 3-2 this season and 3-0 in 2019-20. Incredibly, KU JANUARY (3-5) 71.2 ‹‹ FT% 66.5 2 3/4 8/9 TEXAS* ESPN2 L, 59-84 has been even more efficient over the last six-plus seasons, amassing a 5 6/6 -/- at TCU* ESPN W, 93-64 record of 48-7 after losses. This includes an 8-1 mark in 2018-19. • Kansas leads the Big 12 in blocked shots at 4.3 per game and ranks in the REBOUNDS 9 6/6 rv/rv OKLAHOMA* CBS W, 63-59 37.7 ‹‹ 32.2 upper half of 10 conference statistical categories. PER GAME 12 6/7 rv/rv at Oklahoma State* B12 NOW L, 70-75 • Kansas enters the Kansas State contest No. 3 in NET strength of schedule, 18 9/9 2/2 at Baylor* ESPN L, 69-77 which is first in the Big 12. The Jayhawks have led NCAA Division I in NET ‹‹ ASSISTS ›› 23 9/9 -/- at Oklahoma* ESPN L, 68-75 13.7 PER GAME 13.7 SOS each of the last two seasons and five times under head coach Bill Self 28 15/18 -/- TCU* B12 NOW W, 59-51 (2005, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020). 30 15/18 18/17 at Tennessee^ ESPN L, 61-80 BLOCKS • Junior Ochai Agbaji is second in the Big 12 in 3-point field goals made per 4.3 ‹‹ PER GAME 1.7 game at 2.6 and is second in 3-point field goal percentage at 38.9%. Agbaji FEBRUARY (0-0) has made 29 threes in his last 10 games. 6.5 ‹‹ STEALS 5.4 2 23/- -/- KANSAS STATE* B12 NOW 7 p.m. • Senior Marcus Garrett and junior Ochai Agbaji have been named to national PER GAME 6 -/- -/- at West Virginia* CBS 1 p.m. player mid-season watch lists. Garrett is one of 15 on the Naismith Defensive 8 -/- -/- OKLAHOMA STATE* ESPN 8 p.m. Player of the Year, while Agbaji is a Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year ‹‹ SCORING 68.1 DEFENSE 73.8 11 -/- -/- IOWA STATE* B12 NOW 7 p.m. Award top 10 candidate. Garrett was the 2020 Nasmith DPOY. 13 -/- -/- at Iowa State* ABC 2 p.m. • With the consecutive weeks being ranked at 231, which is an NCAA record, ‹‹ FG% 16 -/- -/- at Kansas State* ESPN/2 8 p.m. the Kansas-Kansas State contest will be the 420th-straight game KU will 42.1 DEFENSE 48.2 20 -/- -/- TEXAS TECH* ESPN 1 p.m. play as a ranked team, a streak which started Feb. 2, 2009. 22 -/- -/- at Texas* ESPN 8 p.m. • Kansas posted a 3.44 grade point average in the fall 2020, which is the 35.4 ‹‹ 3FG% 39.0 27 -/- -/- BAYLOR* ESPN 7 p.m. highest semester GPA in the Bill Self era that began in 2003-04. The DEFENSE 3.44 GPA surpassed the 3.31 set in spring 2020. MARCH (0-0) • This season, Kansas men’s basketball will be wearing a patch that reads ‹‹ REBOUND +4.2 MARGIN 0.0 10-13 Big 12 Championship (Kansas City, Mo.) “UNITED WE STAND” signifying its stance on the recent social injustice in the United States. The patch has gold lettering with the black background All times Central and subject to change ‹‹ AST-TO being in the shape of the state of Kansas. 1.1 RATIO 0.9 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 Challenge; * Big 12 Conference Game; HOME GAMES in ALL CAPS and bold ® GARRETT BRAUN WILSON AGBAJI MCCORMACK 0 SR • GUARD 2 SO • GUARD 3 RS-FR • GUARD 30 JR • GUARD 33 JR • FORWARD COMMUNICATIONS MIN 32.9 MIN 30.0 MIN 16.1 MIN 32.2 MIN 21.3 PPG 10.2 PPG 9.4 PPG 2.1 PPG 14.1 PPG 12.0 CHRIS THEISEN ANDY EISCH FG% 45.0 FG% 39.2 FG% 48.3 FG% 41.9 FG% 47.6 Asst. AD for Comms. Asst. Comms. Director AST 3.6 3FG% 37.6 3FG% 60.0 3FG% 38.9 REB 5.4 e [email protected] e [email protected] c 785.331.9356 c 785.330.3698 STL 1.4 REB 5.0 AST 2.2 REB 4.1 BLK 1.1 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 6-5 205 Sr. 3L Dallas, Texas / Skyline HS Bill Self Head Coach // 17th Oklahoma State // 1985 1 Tyon Grant-Foster G 6-7 205 Jr. TR Schlagle HS / Indian Hills CC Kurtis Townsend Assistant Coach // 17th Western Kentucky // 1982 2 Christian Braun G 6-6 210 So. 1L Burlington, Kan. / Blue Valley Northwest HS Norm Roberts Assistant Coach // 10th Queens College // 1987 3 Dajuan Harris Jr. G 6-1 170 RS-Fr. RS Columbia, Mo. / Rock Bridge HS Jerrance Howard Assistant Coach // 8th Illinois // 2004 4 Latrell Jossell G 5-11 160 Fr. HS Chicago, Ill. / Keller Central HS [Texas] Fred Quartlebaum Dir. of Basketball Operations // 6th Fordham // 1989 10 Jalen Wilson F 6-8 220 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 6-8 215 So. 1L Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands / Wasatch Academy [Utah] 20 Michael Jankovich G 6-5 190 So. 1L Dallas, Texas / Northfield Mount Hermon [Mass.] 24 Bryce Thompson G 6-5 195 Fr. HS Tulsa, Okla. / Booker T. Washington HS PRONUNCIATIONS 30 Ochai Agbaji G 6-5 215 Jr. 2L Kansas City, Mo. / Oak Park HS OCHAI AGBAJI ...........................OH-chie uh-BAH-gee 33 David McCormack F 6-10 250 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 LATRELL JOSSELL . .LA-trell JOS-sell (the names rhyme) Gethro Muscadin ...............................MOOSE-ca-din Chris TEAHAN......................T-han (hand without the d) RADIO/TV ROSTER MARCUS GARRETT TYON GRANT- CHRISTIAN BRAUN DAJAUN HARRIS JR. LATRELL JOSSELL JALEN WILSON CHRIS TEAHAN Sr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 205 FOSTER So. ∙ G ∙ 6-6 ∙ 210 R-Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-1 ∙ 170 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 5-11 ∙ 160 So. ∙ F ∙ 6-8 ∙ 220 Sr. ∙ G ∙ 6-4 ∙ 195 0 Dallas, Texas 1 Jr. ∙ G ∙ 6-7 ∙ 205 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 ∙ 215 So. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 190 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 195 Jr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 215 Jr. ∙ F ∙ 6-10 ∙ 250 Fr. ∙ F ∙ 6-10 ∙ 220 RS-Sr ∙ F ∙ 6-8 ∙ 225 13 Flevoland, Netherlands 20 Dallas, Texas 24 Tulsa, Okla. 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 KANSAS STATE WILDCATS NO.