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FEBRUARY 23, 2021 | TEXAS | GAME NOTES KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS 17-7 11-5 #17 / #19 13-6 7-5 #14 / #16 LONGHORNS OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) -VS- Bill Self 518-116 (.817) Shaka Smart 103-84 (.551) JAYHAWKS HEAD COACH RECORD AT KU, 18TH SEASON HEAD COACH RECORD AT TEXAS, SIXTH SEASON GAME SCHEDULE (H: 11-1; A: 4-5; N: 2-1) #17/19 KANSAS AT #14/16 TEXAS SERIES AT A GLANCE (P. 39 FOR MORE SERIES BREAKDOWN) KU OPP Austin, Texas • Erwin Center OVERALL KANSAS LEADS, 35-10 Date Rnk Rnk Opponent TV Time/Result Tuesday, February 23, 2021 • 8 p.m. (CT) at Austin (Erwin Center) KU leads, 11-7 (11-7) NOVEMBER (1-1) 25 Last Meeting UT, 84-59 (1.2.21 @ Lawrence) 26 6/52 1/ Gonzaga% FOX L, 90-102 27 6/5 -/- Saint Joseph’s% FS1 W, 94-72 ESPN JAYHAWK RADIO NETWORK DECEMBER (7-0) Play-by-Play: Bob Wischusen 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: Scott Gustafson Play-by-Play: Brian Hanni Director: Mike Roig Analyst: Greg Gurley POINTS 5 7/5 -/- W B12 NO W, 65-61 73.7 ›› 75.7 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 43.9 FG% ›› 45.2 13 5/5 -/- TARLETON STATE W B12 NO CANCELED • No. 17/19 Kansas (17-7, 11-5) takes a five-game winning streak into its 17 5/5 14/14 at Texas Tech* ESPN W, 58-57 battle at No. 14/16 Texas (13-6, 7-5) Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 8 p.m. (CT) on 22 3/4 7/6 WEST VIRGINIA* ESPN2 W, 79-65 ESPN. KU’s winning streak is the second-longest in the Big 12. 34.8 3FG% ›› 35.0 • Kansas is 11-5 in Big 12 play, which is the most wins in the league and two victories more than league-leading Baylor (9-0) and Oklahoma (9- JANUARY (3-5) 72.0 ‹‹ FT% 68.4 2 3/4 8/9 TEXAS* ESPN2 L, 59-84 4). With a 68.8 league winning percentage, KU is just behind Oklahoma 5 6/6 -/- at TCU* ESPN W, 93-64 (69.2%) in the Big 12 standings with both trailing Baylor. • Texas will be the 12th Associated Press ranked team Kansas will play in REBOUNDS 9 6/6 rv/rv OKLAHOMA* CBS W, 63-59 38.2 ‹‹ ›› 39.5 2020-21. KU is 6-5 versus ranked opponents this season and its 11 games PER GAME 12 6/7 rv/rv at Oklahoma State* B12 NOW L, 70-75 versus ranked foes is second most in NCAA DI this season. KU’s six wins 18 9/9 2/2 at Baylor* ESPN L, 69-77 are tied for the most in NCAA Division I with Iowa. ‹‹ ASSISTS 23 9/9 -/- at Oklahoma* ESPN L, 68-75 13.9 PER GAME 13.1 • With its win against Texas Tech (2/20), KU has now won 11 league games 28 15/18 -/- TCU* B12 NOW W, 59-51 for the 27th consecutive season. The current 27-year streak with 10-plus 30 15/18 18/17 at Tennessee^ ESPN L, 61-80 BLOCKS league wins is the longest active streak in the nation. KU has won 10 or 4.0 ‹‹ PER GAME 3.9 more conference games 58 times overall. FEBRUARY (6-1) • Kansas is No. 14 in NET nationally in strength of schedule among the 357 6.8 ‹‹ STEALS 6.6 2 23/22 -/- KANSAS STATE* W B12 NO W, 74-51 teams listed. To show how tough the Big 12 is, Kansas’ NET is No. 16, which PER GAME 6 23/22 17/18 at West Virginia* CBS L, 79-91 is fourth in the conference. 8 rv/rv 23/24 OKLAHOMA STATE* ESPN W, 78-66 • Kansas’ 12 Quadrant 1 games played in 2020-21 are tied for the most in the ‹‹ SCORING 65.9 DEFENSE 68.5 11 rv/rv -/- IOWA STATE* B12 NOW W, 97-64 Big 12 with West Virginia and Kansas State. KU is 5-7 versus Quadrant 1 13 rv/rv -/- at Iowa State* ABC W, 64-50 teams, 3-0 vs. Q2, 3-0 vs. Q3, 5-0 vs. Q4. FG% ›› 17 23/24 -/- at Kansas State* B12 Now W, 59-41 • Five of Kansas’ seven losses have been to ranked teams and the other two 40.9 DEFENSE 40.7 20 23/24 15/11 TEXAS TECH* ESPN W, 67-61 losses are to teams that have moved into the top 25 of either the Associated 23 17/19 14/16 at Texas* ESPN 8 p.m. Press or Coaches’ polls (at Oklahoma and at Oklahoma State). 33.2 3FG% ›› 32.3 27 -/- -/- BAYLOR* ESPN 7 p.m. • Redshirt-freshman Jalen Wilson is third in the Big 12 in rebounding at 8.0 DEFENSE rpg, which is first among league freshmen. His eight double-doubles are MARCH (0-0) second overall in the Big 12. He has five DDs in the last six games. ‹‹ REBOUND ›› +4.4 MARGIN +4.4 10-13 Big 12 Championship (Kansas City, Mo.) • Junior David McCormack leads Kansas in Big 12 scoring at 14.0 ppg, just ahead of junior Ochai Agbaji’s 13.8 ppg. Agbaji leads in all games at 13.7 ppg, All times Central and subject to change ‹‹ AST-TO while McCormack is next at 13.0 ppg. 1.1 RATIO 1.0 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 32.2 MIN 30.3 MIN 28.8 MIN 32.9 MIN 22.5 PPG 10.3 PPG 10.3 PPG 12.7 PPG 13.7 PPG 13.0 CHRIS THEISEN ANDY EISCH FG% 46.5 FG% 39.9 FG% 43.8 FG% 41.9 FG% 50.0 Asst. AD for Comms. Asst. Comms. Director AST 3.7 3FG% 35.9 3FG% 35.6 3FG% 38.4 REB 6.2 e [email protected] e [email protected] c 785.331.9356 c 785.330.3698 STL 1.6 REB 5.2 REB 8.0 REB 3.6 BLK 1.0 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 6-5 205 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 [Ky.] 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.