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DECEMBER 22, 2020 | WEST VIRGINIA | GAME NOTES KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS MOUNTAINEERS 7-1 1-0 #5 / #5 7-1 1-0 #8 / #7 OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) -VS- Bill Self 508-110 (.822) Bob Huggins 298-162 (.648) JAYHAWKS HEAD COACH RECORD AT KU, 18TH SEASON HEAD COACH RECORD AT WVU, 14TH SEASON GAME SCHEDULE (H: 4-0; A: 1-0; N: 2-1) #8/7 WEST VIRGINIA AT #5/5 KANSAS SERIES AT A GLANCE (P. 33 FOR MORE SERIES BREAKDOWN) KU OPP Lawrence, Kansas • Allen Fieldhouse OVERALL KANSAS LEADS, 14-5 Date Rnk Rnk Opponent TV Time/Result Tuesday, December 22, 2020 • 8 p.m. (CT) at Lawrence (Allen Fieldhouse) 8-0 (8-0) NOVEMBER (1-1) 9 Last Meeting KU, 58-49 (2.12.20 @ Morgantown) 26 6/5 1/2 Gonzaga% FOX L, 90-102 27 6/5 -/- Saint Joseph’s% FS1 W, 94-72 ESPN2 JAYHAWK RADIO NETWORK DECEMBER (6-0) Play-by-Play: Dan Shulman Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network 1 7/5 20/9 Kentucky# ESPN W, 65-62 Analyst: Dick Vitale Webcast: KUAthletics.com/Radio 3 7/5 -/- WASHBURN B12 NOW W, 89-54 Producer: Paul Ervin Play-by-Play: Brian Hanni Director: Eric Swaringen Analyst: Greg Gurley POINTS 5 7/5 -/- B12 NOW W, 65-61 78.6 ‹‹ 76.0 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 44.0 FG% ›› 42.0 13 5/5 -/- TARLETON STATE B12 NOW CANCELED • No. 5/5 Kansas (7-1, 1-0) opens up its home portion of Big 12 play for the 17 5/5 14/14 at Texas Tech* ESPN W, 58-57 2020-21 season hosting No. 8/7 West Virginia (7-1, 1-0) on Tuesday, Dec. 22 5/5 8/7 WEST VIRGINIA* ESPN2 8 p.m. 22, at 8 p.m. (Central). The contest will air on ESPN2. 39.2 3FG% ›› 32.8 • Kansas has won seven straight since losing its season opener to No. 1 Gonzaga and is coming off a 58-57 win at No. 14/14 Texas Tech on Dec. JANUARY (0-0) 72.2 ‹‹ FT% 71.8 2 -/- -/- TEXAS* ESPN2 11 a.m. 17. Kansas’ seven-game winning streak is tied for the 11th longest in NCAA 5 -/- -/- at TCU* ESPN 9 p.m. Division I. West Virginia has won its last four games after its 70-65 win against Iowa State on Dec. 18. REBOUNDS 9 -/- -/- OKLAHOMA* CBS 12:30/3:30 p.m. 43.2 ‹‹ 41.4 • With the win at Texas Tech (12/17), Kansas has won 30-straight conference PER GAME 12 -/- -/- at Oklahoma State* B12 NOW TBA openers dating back to the 1991-92 season, with 12 of those at home and 16 -/- -/- IOWA STATE* B12 NOW TBA 18 on the road. The last time KU lost a league opener was at Oklahoma, ASSISTS ›› 18 -/- -/- at Baylor* ESPN 8 p.m. 13.5 PER GAME 14.1 88-82, on Jan. 8, 1991. 23 -/- -/- at Oklahoma* ESPN/2 11 a.m. • West Virginia will be the fifth ranked team Kansas will play so far in 2020- 26 -/- -/- TCU* B12 NOW 7 p.m. BLOCKS 21. The Jayhawks are 3-1 versus ranked foes this season and the three wins 4.3 ‹‹ PER GAME 2.9 30 -/- -/ at Tennessee^ TBA TBA tie for the most against ranked teams this season, along with Gonzaga. KU is 1-1 versus top-10 teams in 2020-21. 7.6 ‹‹ STEALS 6.4 FEBRUARY (0-0) • Through eight games, Kansas has had five different players lead the team in PER GAME 2 -/- -/- KANSAS STATE* B12NOW 7 p.m. scoring and eight in steals. This includes ties for the team high. 6 -/- -/- at West Virginia* CBS 1 p.m. • Kansas has been ranked in each of the last 224 Associated Press polls dating ‹‹ SCORING 66.2 DEFENSE 68.1 8 -/- -/- OKLAHOMA STATE* ESPN 8 p.m. back to 2008-09. The 224-consecutive weeks in the AP poll is an all-time 13 -/- -/- at Iowa State* ABC 2 p.m. record, surpassing UCLA’s 221 from 1966-80. KU holds the same streak in ‹‹ FG% 16 -/- -/- at Kansas State* ESPN/2 8 p.m. the coaches’ poll at 230. 39.3 DEFENSE 42.1 20 -/- -/- TEXAS TECH* ESPN 1 p.m. • Kansas has been ranked in the top 10 in each of the last 23 Associated Press 22 -/- -/- at Texas* ESPN 8 p.m. polls dating back the first poll of the 2019-20 season. 29.5 3FG% ›› 27.2 27 -/- -/- BAYLOR* ESPN 7 p.m. • Kansas’ last six losses have been to ranked foes, with three of those in the DEFENSE top five. MARCH (0-0) • This season, Kansas men’s basketball will be wearing a patch that reads ‹‹ REBOUND +10.1 MARGIN +6.4 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. 1.0 RATIO 1.2 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 31.1 MIN 29.4 MIN 25.8 MIN 30.4 MIN 17.8 PPG 8.8 PPG 10.6 PPG 14.3 PPG 15.3 PPG 9.8 CHRIS THEISEN ANDY EISCH FG% 35.9 FG% 40.9 FG% 50.6 FG% 47.7 FG% 39.4 Asst. AD for Comms. Asst. Comms. Director AST 3.9 3FG% 41.0 3FG% 37.5 3FG% 47.7 REB 5.4 e [email protected] e [email protected] c 785.331.9356 c 785.330.3698 STL 1.5 REB 6.1 REB 8.0 REB 4.0 BLK 0.5 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 WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL QUICK FACTS 0 Kedrian Johnson G 6-3 180 Jr. Dallas, Texas / South Oak Cliff HS / Temple College GENERAL INFORMATION 1 Derek Culver F 6-10 255 Jr. Youngstown, Ohio / Warren G. Harding HS / Brewster Academy (N.H.) Location.