Bill Self 438-94 (.823) Chris Beard 40-20 (.667) JAYHAWKS HEAD COACH RECORD at KU, 15TH SEASON HEAD COACH RECORD at TTU, SECOND SEASON
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FEB. 24, 2018 | TEXAS TECH | GAME NOTES KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS 22-6 11-4 #8 / #8 22-6 10-5 #6 / #7 RED RAIDERS OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) -VS- Bill Self 438-94 (.823) Chris Beard 40-20 (.667) JAYHAWKS HEAD COACH RECORD AT KU, 15TH SEASON HEAD COACH RECORD AT TTU, SECOND SEASON SCHEDULE (H: 13-4; A: 6-2; N: 3-0) GAME KANSAS AT TEXAS TECH SERIES AT A GLANCE (More on pg. 43) KU OPP Lubbock, Texas • United Supermarkets Arena (15,098) OVERALL KU LEADS, 33-5 Date Rnk Rnk Opponent TV Time/Result Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018 • 3:15 p.m. (CST) in Lubbock (United Supermarkets) KU leads, 13-4 (9-3) NOVEMBER (6-0) 29 Last Meeting TTU, 85-73 (1.2.18 @ KU) 10 4/3 -/- TENNESSEE STATE ESPNU W, 92-56 ESPN • WatchESPN 14 4/3 7/4 vs. Kentucky! ESPN W, 65-61 17 4/3 -/- SOUTH DAKOTA ST. JTV/ESPN3 W, 98-64 ESPN JAYHAWK RADIO 21 3/2 -/- TEXAS SOUTHERN~ JTV/ESPN3 W, 114-71 NETWORK Play-by-Play: Dan Shulman Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network 24 3/2 -/rv OAKLAND~ JTV/ESPN3 W, 102-59 Analyst: Jay Bilas Webcast: KUAthletics.com/Radio 28 2/2 -/- TOLEDO~ JTV/ESPN3 W, 96-58 Reporter: Maria Taylor Play-by-Play: Brian Hanni ‹‹ POINTS DECEMBER (5-2) Producer: Jeff Dufine Analyst: Greg Gurley 82.4 PER GAME 75.8 2 2/2 -/rv vs. Syracuse# ESPN W, 76-60 Director: Doug Holmes Producer/Engineer: Bob Newton 6 2/2 -/- WASHINGTON^ ESPN2 L, 65-74 49.3 ‹‹ FG% 46.5 10 2/2 16/17 ARIZONA STATE ESPN L, 85-95 TIP-OFF • With three games left in the 2017-18 Big 12 season, Kansas (11-4) holds 16 13/12 -/- at Nebraska FS1 W, 73-72 a one-game lead over Texas Tech (10-5), and a two-game advantage over ‹‹ 3FG% 18 14/13 -/- OMAHA ESPN2 W, 109-64 West Virginia (9-6) and Kansas State (9-6). 39.7 35.6 21 14/13 -/- vs. Stanford% ESPN2 W, 75-54 • A win over the Red Raiders would clinch KU at least a share of its 14th- 29 11/11 rv/rv at Texas* ESPN2 W, 92-86 consecutive and 61st overall regular-season league title. Both marks 70.9 ‹‹ FT% 70.6 JANUARY (7-2) would be NCAA records. KU would pass UCLA, who won 13-straight Pac- 2 10/10 18/18 TEXAS TECH* ESPN L, 73-85 10 championships from 1967-79. 6 10/10 16/15 at TCU* ESPN2 W, 88-84 • No. 6/7 Texas Tech is the third top-10 team Kansas will play this season, REBOUNDS ›› 35.6 PER GAME 36.1 9 12/12 -/- IOWA STATE* ESPN2 W, 83-78 with KU winning both the previous contests. The Jayhawks defeated then-No. 7/4 Kentucky, 65-61, on Nov. 14, and won at then-No. 6/7 West 13 12/12 -/- KANSAS STATE* ESPN W, 73-72 Virginia, 71-66, on Jan. 15. ‹‹ ASSISTS 15 10/10 6/7 at West Virginia* ESPN W, 71-66 17.2 PER GAME 14.8 • KU enters Saturday’s contest having won seven-straight true road games 20 10/10 -/rv BAYLOR* ESPN W, 70-67 over Associated Press top-10 teams. Kansas’ last loss to a top-10 squad 23 5/5 12/11 at Oklahoma* ESPN L, 80-85 on the road came at No. 4 Missouri on Feb. 2, 2012. ‹‹ BLOCKS 4.4 PER GAME 4.3 27 5/5 -/- TEXAS A&M< ESPN W, 79-68 • Hovering in the top-five most of the year, Kansas is No. 3 nationally in 29 7/7 rv/rv at Kansas State* ESPN W, 70-56 strength of schedule according to the NCAA. The Jayhawks are No. 6 in STEALS ›› FEBRUARY (4-2) the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) which is tops in the Big 12 (through 6.8 PER GAME 8.0 games of Feb. 20). 3 7/7 -/- OKLAHOMA STATE* CBS L, 79-84 • ESPN College GameDay will originate from Lubbock on Feb. 24. This will 6 10/10 rv/- TCU* ESPN2 W, 71-64 SCORING ›› mark the second-straight week Kansas will be featured. Saturday will be 70.8 DEFENSE 63.1 10 10/10 -/- at Baylor* CBS L, 64-80 KU’s 19th all-time appearance on the show which began during the 2004- 13 13/13 -/- at Iowa State* ESPN2 W, 83-77 05 season. KU is 10-5 in regular-season appearances on GameDay. FG% ›› 17 13/13 20/20 WEST VIRGINIA* ESPN W, 77-69 • Senior G Devonte’ Graham is the only player in NCAA Division I averaging 41.9 DEFENSE 39.5 19 8/8 rv/rv OKLAHOMA* ESPN W, 104-74 17.0-plus points, 7.0-plus assists, 1.7-plus steals and fewer than 3.0 24 8/8 6/7 at Texas Tech* ESPN 3:15 p.m. turnovers per game. Graham is fifth nationally in assists per game at 7.2. 33.0 3FG% ›› 31.6 26 -/- -/- TEXAS* ESPN 8 p.m. See back page for more on #DG4AllAmerican. DEFENSE MARCH • Sophomore C Udoka Azubuike is 25-for-28 (89.2 percent) from the field in his last four games. He leads the country in field goal percentage this 3 -/- -/- at Oklahoma State* ESPN/2 3 p.m. REBOUND ›› season at 77.1 percent. +0.0 MARGIN +4.4 7-10 Big 12 Championship TBD TBD • Kansas and William & Mary are the only two schools in NCAA Division I to have five players averaging 12.0 points or better this season. ‹‹ AST-TO All times Central and subject to change 1.5 RATIO 1.1 Rank: AP Top 25 / USA Today Coaches’ Poll ! State Farm Champions Classic (Chicago, Ill.); ~ Hoophall Miami Invitational (Campus Rounds); # Hoophall Miami Invitational (Miami, LAST GAME STARTERS Fla.); ^ Jayhawk Shootout (Kansas City, Mo.); % (Sacramento, Calif.); < Big 12/Pac-12 Challenge; * Big 12 Conference Game 2VICK 4GRAHAM 10MYKHAILIUK 14NEWMAN 35 AZUBUIKE JR • GUARD SR • GUARD SR • GUARD RS-S0 • GUARD SO • CENTER COMMUNICATIONS MIN 32.6 MIN 37.2 MIN 34.5 MIN 30.8 MIN 24.4 CHRIS THEISEN BRAD GILBERT PPG 13.0 PPG 17.6 PPG 15.4 PPG 12.3 PPG 14.0 FG% 49.7% FG% 40.1% FG% 44.0% FG% 43.7% FG% 77.1% Asst. AD for Comm. Asst. Comm. Director e [email protected] e [email protected] 3FG% 38.8% 3FG% 41.6% 3FG% 44.9% 3FG% 36.2% REB 7.1 c 785.331.9356 c 785.424.4008 REB 5.1 AST 7.2 AST 2.8 REB 5.0 BLK 1.7 2017-18 #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 6-5 180 Fr. HS Dallas, Texas / Skyline HS Bill Self Head Coach // 15th Oklahoma State // 1985 1 Dedric Lawson ^ F 6-9 230 Jr. TR Memphis, Tenn. / Hamilton HS / Memphis Kurtis Townsend Assistant Coach // 14th Western Kentucky // 1982 2 Lagerald Vick G 6-5 175 Jr. 2L Memphis, Tenn. / Douglass HS Norm Roberts Assistant Coach // 7th Queens College // 1987 3 Sam Cunliffe G 6-6 200 So. TR Seattle, Wash. / Rainier Beach HS / Arizona State Jerrance Howard Assistant Coach // 5th Illinois // 2004 4 Devonte’ Graham G 6-2 185 Sr. 3L Raleigh, N.C. / Brewster Academy [N.H.] Brennan Bechard Dir. of Operations // 7th Kansas // 2009 5 Charlie Moore ^ G 5-11 170 So. TR Chicago, Ill. / Morgan Park HS / California Fred Quartlebaum Dir. of S-A Development // 4th Fordham // 1989 10 Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk G 6-8 205 Sr. 3L Cherkasy, Ukraine / Cherkasy First City Gymnasia Jeremy Case Video Coordinator // 3rd Kansas // 2005 12 Chris Teahan G 6-4 175 Fr. HS Leawood, Kan. / Rockhurst HS 13 K.J. Lawson ^ G 6-8 205 So. TR Memphis, Tenn. / Hamilton HS / Memphis 14 Malik Newman G 6-3 190 R-So. TR Jackson, Miss. / Callaway HS / Mississippi State PRONUNCIATIONS 21 Clay Young G 6-5 205 Sr. 2L Lansing, Kan. / Lansing HS / Kansas City Kansas CC Udoka Azubuike............. ew-DOE-kuh az-uh-BOO-kee 22 Silvio De Sousa F 6-9 245 Fr. HS Luanda, Angola / IMG Academy [Fla.] Silvio De Sousa ..........................deh-SOE-suh 35 Udoka Azubuike C 7-0 280 So. 1L Delta, Nigeria / Potter’s House Christian Academy [Fla.] Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk .......svee-AT-uh-slahv muh-KIE-luke James Sosinski ......................... SOH-sin-skee 44 Mitch Lightfoot F 6-8 210 So. 1L Gilbert, Ariz. / Gilbert Christian HS Lagerald Vick .........................LUH-jer-ald 55 James Sosinski F 6-7 250 R-So. TR Chandler, Ariz. / Hamilton HS / South Mountain CC ^ - will sit out 2017-18 due to NCAA transfer rules RADIO/TV ROSTER MARCUS GARRETT DEDRIC LAWSON LAGERALD VICK SAM CUNLIFFE DEVONTE´ GRAHAM CHARLIE MOORE SVI MYKHAILIUK CHRIS TEAHAN 0 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 180 1 Jr. ∙ F ∙ 6-9 ∙ 230 2 Jr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 175 3 So. ∙ G ∙ 6-6 ∙ 200 4 Sr. ∙ G ∙ 6-2 ∙ 185 5 So. ∙ G ∙ 5-11 ∙ 170 10 Sr. ∙ G ∙ 6-8 ∙ 205 12 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-4 ∙ 175 Dallas, Texas Memphis, Tenn. Memphis, Tenn. Seattle, Wash. Raleigh, N.C. Chicago, Ill. Cherkasy, Ukraine Leawood, Kan. K.J. LAWSON MALIK NEWMAN CLAY YOUNG SILVIO DE SOUSA UDOKA AZUBUIKE MITCH LIGHTFOOT JAMES SOSINSKI 13 So. ∙ G ∙ 6-8 ∙ 205 R-So. ∙ G ∙ 6-3 ∙ 190 Sr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 205 Fr.