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DECEMBER 17, 2020 | TEXAS TECH | GAME NOTES KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS 6-1 0-0 #5 / #5 6-1 0-0 #14 / #14 RED RAIDERS OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) -VS- Bill Self 507-110 (.822) Chris Beard 100-45 (.690) JAYHAWKS HEAD COACH RECORD AT KU, 18TH SEASON HEAD COACH RECORD AT TTU, FIFTH SEASON GAME SCHEDULE (H: 4-0; A: 0-0; N: 2-1) #5/5 KANSAS AT #14/14 TEXAS TECH SERIES AT A GLANCE (P. 33 FOR MORE SERIES BREAKDOWN) KU OPP Lubbock, Texas • United Supermarkets Arena OVERALL KANSAS LEADS, 37-6 Date Rnk Rnk Opponent TV Time/Result Thursday, December 17, 2020 • 6 p.m. (CT) at Lubbock (United Supermarkets Arena) 15-5 (11-4) NOVEMBER (1-1) 9 Last Meeting KU, 66-62 (3.7.20 @ Lubbock) 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 (5-0) Play-by-Play: Dan Shulman Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network 1 7/5 20/9 Kentucky# ESPN W, 65-62 Analyst: Jay Bilas Webcast: KUAthletics.com/Radio 3 7/5 -/- WASHBURN B12 NOW W, 89-54 Producer: Jeff Dufine Play-by-Play: Brian Hanni Director: Doug Holmes Analyst: Greg Gurley POINTS 5 7/5 -/- B12 NOW W, 65-61 81.6 ‹‹ 75.3 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 44.4 FG% ›› 44.6 13 5/5 -/- TARLETON STATE B12 NOW CANCELED • No. 5/5 Kansas (6-1, 0-0) opens up Big 12 play for the 2020-21 season at 17 5/5 14/14 at Texas Tech* ESPN 6 p.m. No. 14/14 Texas Tech (6-1, 0-0) on Thursday, Dec. 17, at 6 p.m. (Central). 22 -/- -/- WEST VIRGINIA* ESPN2 8 p.m. The contest will air on ESPN. 39.9 ‹‹ 3FG% 35.5 • Kansas has won six straight since losing its season opener to No. 1 Gonzaga and is coming off a 95-50 win against Omaha on Dec. 11 in Allen JANUARY (0-0) 70.1 ‹‹ FT% 67.5 2 -/- -/- TEXAS* Fieldhouse. Texas Tech has won its last four games after its 77-57 win 5 -/- -/- at TCU* against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Dec. 12. • Kansas has won 29-straight conference openers dating back to the 1991- REBOUNDS 9 -/- -/- OKLAHOMA* 43.7 ‹‹ 37.9 92 season, with 12 of those at home and 17 on the road. The last time KU PER GAME 12 -/- -/- at Oklahoma State* lost a league opener was at Oklahoma, 88-82, on Jan. 8, 1991. Texas Tech 16 -/- -/- IOWA STATE* will be the fourth ranked team Kansas will play so far in 2020-21. The ASSISTS ›› 18 -/- -/- at Baylor* 13.6 PER GAME 15.7 Jayhawks are 2-1 versus ranked foes this season. 23 -/- -/- at Oklahoma* • Through seven games, Kansas has had five different players lead the team 26 -/- -/- TCU* BLOCKS in scoring and six in steals. This includes ties for the team high. 4.4 ‹‹ PER GAME ›› 4.4 30 -/- -/ at Tennessee^ • Kansas has been ranked in each of the last 224 Associated Press polls dating back to 2008-09. The 224-consecutive weeks in the AP poll is an all-time 8.3 STEALS ›› 8.6 FEBRUARY (0-0) record, surpassing UCLA’s 221 from 1966-80. KU holds the same streak in PER GAME 2 -/- -/- KANSAS STATE* the coaches’ poll at 230. 6 -/- -/- at West Virginia* • Kansas has been ranked in the top 10 in each of the last 23 Associated Press SCORING ›› 67.6 DEFENSE 51.6 8 -/- -/- OKLAHOMA STATE* polls dating back the first poll of the 2019-20 season. 13 -/- -/- at Iowa State* • Kansas’ last six losses have been to ranked foes, with three of those in the FG% ›› 16 -/- -/- at Kansas State* top five. 40.3 DEFENSE 35.5 20 -/- -/- TEXAS TECH* • Redshirt-freshman Jalen Wilson has led KU in scoring three of the last five 22 -/- -/- at Texas* games, posting double-doubles against two ranked foes - No. 20 Kentucky 29.9 3FG% ›› 25.4 27 -/- -/- BAYLOR* (23 points, 10 rebounds) and No. 8 Creighton (23 points, 10 rebounds). His DEFENSE 8.7 rpg average ranks eighth nationally among NCAA Division I freshmen. MARCH (0-0) • This season, Kansas men’s basketball will be wearing a patch that reads ‹‹ REBOUND +10.9 MARGIN +6.7 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 1.3 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 10 RS-FR • FORWARD 30 JR • GUARD 33 JR • FORWARD COMMUNICATIONS MIN 30.6 MIN 29.3 MIN 25.3 MIN 29.9 MIN 17.4 PPG 8.6 PPG 11.9 PPG 15.3 PPG 14.1 PPG 10.1 CHRIS THEISEN ANDY EISCH FG% 37.0 FG% 44.3 FG% 50.7 FG% 44.2 FG% 41.0 Asst. AD for Comms. Asst. Comms. Director AST 3.9 3FG% 44.4 3FG% 37.9 3FG% 45.9 REB 5.7 e [email protected] e [email protected] c 785.331.9356 c 785.330.3698 STL 1.6 REB 5.6 REB 8.7 REB 3.9 BLK 0.4 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 Gethro Muscadin ...............................MOOSE-ca-din 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 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 TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL QUICK FACTS 0 Mac McClung G 6-2 185 Jr-TR Gate City, Virginia / Georgetown University GENERAL INFORMATION 1 Terrence Shannon Jr. G 6-6 210 So-1L Chicago, Illinois / Lincoln Park HS Location. Lawrence, Kan. 2 Jamarius Burton G 6-4 205 So-TR Charlotte, North Carolina / Wichita State Enrollment . 28,510 3 Clarence Nadolny G 6-3 190 So-1L Montreuil, France / Our Savior New American Founded. .1866 5 Micah Peavy G 6-7 215 Fr-HS Duncanville, Texas / Duncanville HS Nickname . Jayhawks 10 Tyreek Smith F 6-8 220 R-Fr-HS Baton Rouge, Louisiana / Trinity Christian HS School Colors . Crimson (Pantone 186) and Blue (Pantone 293) 11 Kyler Edwards G 6-4 195 Jr-2L Arlington, Texas / Findlay Prep – Nev.