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KANSAS MEN’S BASKETBALL 2019 POSTSEASON GUIDE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP • FIRST & SECOND ROUNDS • SALT LAKE CITY MARCH 21 & 23 CONTENTS 2018-19 Schedule / Results 1 Individual and Team Superlatives 29 Kansas-Northeastern Comparison 1 Lead / Deficit Breakdown Game-by-Game 30 Kansas Roster / Pronunciations 2 Kansas Records When / Miscellaneous Stats 31 Quick Facts 3 2018-19 Box Scores 32-40 Northeastern Roster 3 Career Records 41 Associated Press / USA TODAY Polls 4 Single-Season Records 42 Media & NCAA Travel Information 4 Freshman Records 43 NCAA & Big 12 Statistics / Rankings 5 The Last Time 44-45 2018-19 Team / Individual Accolades 6 2018-19 Overall Stats 46 This Day in Kansas Basketball History 7 2018-19 Conference-Only Stats 47 Jayhawks in the NBA 10 2018-19 Postseason Stats 48 Head Coach Bill Self 11 Kansas Stats / Records in the NCAA Tournament 49-50 Player Bios 12-25 Player Quick Reference Guide 51-52 Kansas / Opponent Stat Comparison 26 News Clippings 53-80 Specialty Scoring Stats 27 2019 NCAA Championship Bracket 82 Individual Leaders Game-by-Game 28 MARCH 21, 2019 | NCAA TOURNAMENT - FIRST ROUND | GAME NOTES KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS # # 25-9 12-6 17 / 17 23-10 14-4 - / - HUSKIES OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) OVERALL COLONIAL RANKING (AP/COACHES) -VS- Bill Self 472-105 (.818) Bill Coen 224-96 (.700) JAYHAWKS HEAD COACH RECORD AT KU, 16TH SEASON HEAD COACH RECORD AT NU, 13TH SEASON SCHEDULE (H: 17-0; A: 3-8; N: 5-1) GAME (4) KANSAS VS (13) NORTHEASTERN KU IN THE NCAA TOURNEY (More on pg. 49) KU OPP NCAA Championship • First Round OVERALL (under Bill Self) 107-46 (37-14) Rnk Rnk Opponent TV Time/Result Salt Lake City, Utah • Vivint Smart Home Arena (18,284) as No. 4 seed 7-4 NOVEMBER (5-0) 35 In Round of 64 31-2 6 1/1 10/10 vs. Michigan State! ESPN W, 92-87 Thursday, March 21, 2019 • 3 p.m. (CT) 12 2/1 -/- VERMONT~ ESPN2 W, 84-68 16 2/1 -/- LOUISIANA JTV/ESPN+ W, 89-76 TNT JAYHAWK RADIO 21 2/2 rv/rv vs. Marquette# ESPN2 W, 77-68 NETWORK Play-by-Play: Andrew Catalon Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network 23 2/2 5/5 vs. Tennessee# ESPN2 W, 87-82 ot Analysts: Steve Lappas Webcast: KUAthletics.com/Radio DECEMBER (6-1) Reporter: Lisa Byington Play-by-Play: Brian Hanni POINTS 1 2/2 -/- STANFORD ESPN W, 90-84 ot Producer: Johnathan Segal Analyst: Greg Gurley 75.4 PER GAME ›› 76.1 4 2/2 -/- WOFFORD JTV/ESPN+ W, 72-47 Director: Andy Goldberg Producer/Engineer: Steve Kincaid 8 2/2 -/- NEW MEXICO STATE^ ESPN2 W, 63-60 TIP-OFF 46.2 FG% ›› 48.2 15 1/1 17/16 VILLANOVA ESPN W, 74-71 • Kansas is making its 48th NCAA Tournament appearance and has a 18 1/1 -/- SOUTH DAKOTA JTV/ESPN+ W, 89-53 107-46 record in the event. The Jayhawks have advanced to 31 Sweet 16 22 1/1 18/19 at Arizona State ESPN2 L, 76-80 contests, 15 Final Fours and three of their five national championships 35.0 3FG% ›› 38.8 29 5/5 -/- EASTERN MICHIGAN JTV/ESPN+ W, 87-63 have been in NCAA Championship format (1952, 1988, 2008). JANUARY (5-4) • Kansas’ 30-consecutive NCAA Championship appearances, beginning in 69.7 FT% ›› 75.1 2 5/6 23/25 OKLAHOMA* ESPN2 W, 70-63 1990, is the longest active streak and the longest consecutive in NCAA 5 5/6 rv/rv at Iowa State* ESPN2 L, 60-77 tourney appearances history. 9 7/9 25/rv TCU* ESPN2 W, 77-68 REBOUNDS • Since seeding in the NCAA Tournament began in 1979, this is the fifth 38.1 ‹‹ PER GAME ›› 31.8 12 7/9 -/- at Baylor* ESPN W, 73-68 time Kansas entered the event a No. 4 seed. KU was also a No. 4 seed in 1994, 2001, 2004 and 2006 with the last two in the Bill Self era. The 14 7/8 -/- TEXAS* ESPN W, 80-78 ASSISTS ›› 19 7/8 -/- at West Virginia* ESPN 5 L, 64-6 Jayhawks are 7-4 all-time as a No. 4 seed. 13.3 PER GAME 14.3 21 9/10 24/25 IOWA STATE* ESPN W, 80-76 • This year marks the 19th-straight season that the Jayhawks have earned 26 9/10 8/9 at Kentucky< ESPN L, 63-71 a top-four seed in the NCAA Tournament. BLOCKS 3.9 ‹‹ PER GAME 2.2 29 11/12 -/- at Texas* ESPN L, 63-73 • This season, Kansas has faced 14 different teams in the 2019 NCAA Tournament field with a combined record of 13-7. FEBRUARY (5-2) • This will be Kansas’ first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance in Salt Lake STEALS 2 11/12 16/15 TEXAS TECH* CBS W, 79-63 6.9 ‹‹ PER GAME 6.2 City as well as the state of Utah. 5 13/14 rv/rv at Kansas State* ESPN L, 67-74 • Kansas has won its last 12 NCAA Tournament first-round games, a string 9 13/14 -/- OKLAHOMA STATE* ESPN W, 84-72 SCORING which started in 2007. 70.1 ‹‹ 70.3 11 14/14 rv/- at TCU* ESPN W, 82-77 ot DEFENSE • Only two active players – Marcus Garrett and Mitch Lightfoot – have 16 14/14 -/- WEST VIRGINIA* ESPN W, 78-53 played in NCAA Tournament contests. Both were members of last year’s FG% 23 12/12 14/14 at Texas Tech* ESPN L, 62-91 Final Four team and Lightfoot was part of KU’s 2017 Elite Eight run. 40.8 ‹‹ DEFENSE 45.7 25 15/16 16/15 KANSAS STATE* ESPN W, 64-49 • With its No. 17 ranking this week, Kansas has now been inside the top-25 MARCH (4-2) of the Associated Press poll for 200-consecutive weeks, a streak which 33.6 ‹‹ 3FG% ›› 33.6 2 15/16 -/- at Oklahoma State* CBS W, 72-67 began on Feb. 2, 2009. North Carolina holds the next-longest active DEFENSE 5 13/14 -/- at Oklahoma* ESPN2 L, 68-81 streak at 100 weeks. 9 13/14 rv/rv BAYLOR* ESPN W, 78-70 REBOUND • RS-Junior Dedric Lawson, the Big 12’s Newcomer of the Year as well as +2.5 ‹‹ MARGIN +0.1 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP - KANSAS CITY, MO. a Sporting News and USBWA All-American, is one of only two players participating in the NCAA Tournament to be averaging 18-plus ppg and 14 17/18 (3) -/- (6) vs. Texas ESPN2 W, 65-57 AST-TO ›› 15 17/18 (3) -/- (10) vs. West Virginia ESPN2 W, 88-74 10-plus rpg (Dylan Windler of Belmont). 1.0 RATIO 1.3 16 17/18 (3) rv/rv (5) vs. Iowa State ESPN L, 66-78 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP (1st & 2nd RNDS) - SALT LAKE CITY LAST GAME STARTERS 21 17/17 (4) -/- (13) vs. Northeastern TNT 3 p.m. 23 17/17 (4) vs. Auburn / NM State TBA TBA All times Central and subject to change Rank: AP Top 25 / USA Today Coaches’ Poll ! State Farm Champions Classic (Indianapolis, Ind.); ~ NIT Season Tip- Off (Campus Round); # NIT Season Tip-Off (Brooklyn, N.Y.); ^ Jayhawk Shootout (Kansas City, Mo.); < SEC/Big 12 Challenge; * Big 12 Game DOTSON GRIMES AGBAJI LAWSON MCCORMACK 11 FR • GUARD 5 FR • GUARD 30 FR • GUARD 1 R-JR • FORWARD 33 FR • FORWARD COMMUNICATIONS MIN 32.5 MIN 27.1 MIN 26.2 MIN 32.7 MIN 10.3 CHRIS THEISEN BRAD GILBERT PPG 12.1 PPG 8.3 PPG 8.7 PPG 19.1 PPG 3.8 Asst. AD for Comm. Asst. Comm. Director FG% 47.9% FG% 38.6% FG% 43.8% FG% 48.8% FG% 61.0% e [email protected] e [email protected] 3FG% 37.0% 3FG% 34.5% 3FG% 30.6% 3FG% 37.0% REB 2.9 c 785.331.9356 c 785.424.4008 AST 3.6 AST 1.9 REB 4.8 REB 10.3 BLK 0.4 2018-19 #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 So. 1L Dallas, Texas / Skyline HS Bill Self Head Coach // 16th Oklahoma State // 1985 1 Dedric Lawson F 6-9 235 RS-Jr. TR Memphis, Tenn. / Hamilton HS / Memphis Kurtis Townsend Assistant Coach // 15th Western Kentucky // 1982 2 Charlie Moore G 5-11 180 RS-So. TR Chicago, Ill. / Morgan Park HS / California Norm Roberts Assistant Coach // 8th Queens College // 1987 5 Quentin Grimes G 6-5 210 Fr. HS The Woodlands, Texas / College Park HS Jerrance Howard Assistant Coach // 6th Illinois // 2004 10 Elijah Elliott G 6-3 185 Fr. HS Southlake, Texas / Carroll Senior HS Brennan Bechard Dir. of Operations // 8th Kansas // 2009 11 Devon Dotson G 6-2 185 Fr. HS Charlotte, N.C. / Providence Day School Fred Quartlebaum Dir. of S-A Development // 5th Fordham // 1989 12 Chris Teahan G 6-4 195 So. 1L Leawood, Kan. / Rockhurst HS Jeremy Case Video Coordinator // 4th Kansas // 2005 13 K.J. Lawson G 6-8 210 RS-So. TR Memphis, Tenn. / Hamilton HS / Memphis 20 Garrett Luinstra G 6-2 155 Fr. HS Lawrence, Kan. / Lawrence Free State HS 22 Silvio De Sousa F 6-9 245 So. 1L Luanda, Angola / IMG Academy [Fla.] PRONUNCIATIONS 24 Lagerald Vick G 6-5 190 Sr. 3L Memphis, Tenn. / Douglass HS Udoka Azubuike.................you-DOE-kuh az-uh-BOO-kee 30 Ochai Agbaji G 6-5 210 Fr.