MARCH 9, 2018 | BIG 12 CHAMP. (SEMIFINALS) | GAME NOTES KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS 25-7 13-5 #9 / #9 22-10 10-8 rv / rv WILDCATS OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) -VS- Bill Self 441-95 (.823) Bruce Weber 122-78 (.610) JAYHAWKS HEAD COACH RECORD AT KU, 15TH SEASON HEAD COACH RECORD AT KSU, SIXTH SEASON SCHEDULE (H: 14-4; A: 7-3; N: 4-0) GAME KANSAS VS KANSAS STATE SERIES AT A GLANCE KU OPP OVERALL KU LEADS, 195-93 Date Rnk Rnk Opponent TV Time/Result Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Semifinals in Big 12 Champ. (Sprint) KU leads, 9-0 (3-0) NOVEMBER (6-0) Kansas City, Mo. • Sprint Center (18,972) 33 Last Meeting KU, 70-56 (1.29.18 @ KSU) 10 4/3 -/- TENNESSEE STATE ESPNU W, 92-56 Friday, March 9, 2018 • 6 p.m. (CST) • ESPN 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 24 3/2 -/rv OAKLAND~ JTV/ESPN3 W, 102-59 Play-by-Play: Bob Wischusen Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network Analyst: Fran Fraschilla Webcast: KUAthletics.com/Radio 28 2/2 -/- TOLEDO~ JTV/ESPN3 W, 96-58 Reporter: Holly Rowe Play-by-Play: Brian Hanni ‹‹ POINTS DECEMBER (5-2) Producer: Scot Gustafson Analyst: Greg Gurley 81.5 PER GAME 72.5 2 2/2 -/rv vs. Syracuse# ESPN W, 76-60 Director: Mike Roig Producer/Engineer: Bob Newton 6 2/2 -/- WASHINGTON^ ESPN2 L, 65-74 49.6 ‹‹ FG% 47.2 10 2/2 16/17 ARIZONA STATE ESPN L, 85-95 TIP-OFF 16 13/12 -/- at Nebraska FS1 W, 73-72 • No. 1 seed Kansas (25-7) advanced to the semifinals of its conference championship with an 82-68 win over No. 8-seed Oklahoma State. The 18 14/13 -/- OMAHA ESPN2 W, 109-64 ‹‹ 3FG% Jayhawks will play in their 37th overall conference postseason semifinal, 39.8 34.8 21 14/13 -/- vs. Stanford% ESPN2 W, 75-54 including their 19th in the Big 12 era. 29 11/11 rv/rv at Texas* ESPN2 W, 92-86 • Kansas will face No. 4 seed Kansas State (22-10) on Friday, at 6 p.m. 69.9 FT% ›› 74.4 JANUARY (7-2) (Central). Kansas State advanced to the semifinal with a 66-64 win versus 2 10/10 18/18 TEXAS TECH* ESPN L, 73-85 No. 5 TCU. 6 10/10 16/15 at TCU* ESPN2 W, 88-84 • KU and KSU are meeting for the 23rd time in conference postseason ‹‹ REBOUNDS 35.4 PER GAME 30.6 9 12/12 -/- IOWA STATE* ESPN2 W, 83-78 tournament history and the 10th time in the Big 12 era. KU is 15-7 versus 13 12/12 -/- KANSAS STATE* ESPN W, 73-72 K-State in the conference tournament history, including 9-0 in the Big 12 period. The last time Kansas and Kansas State met was a KU 85-63 win in ASSISTS 15 10/10 6/7 at West Virginia* ESPN W, 71-66 17.0 ‹‹ 14.3 the 2016 quarterfinals. KU went on to win the 2016 title. PER GAME 20 10/10 -/rv BAYLOR* ESPN W, 70-67 • Kansas is the No. 1 seed for the Big 12 Championship for the 10th- 23 5/5 12/11 at Oklahoma* ESPN L, 80-85 consecutive year, beginning in 2009, and the 15th time in the 22-year ‹‹ BLOCKS 4.3 PER GAME 3.0 27 5/5 -/- TEXAS A&M< ESPN W, 79-68 history of the event. It marks the 21st time in the 22-year history of the Big 29 7/7 rv/rv at Kansas State* ESPN W, 70-56 12 that Kansas will not play on the first day of the conference tournament. STEALS ›› FEBRUARY (6-2) • With the win against Oklahoma State in the Big 12 quarterfinals, Kansas 6.6 PER GAME 7.8 3 7/7 -/- OKLAHOMA STATE* CBS L, 79-84 won its 13th-straight 25-win season, which is an NCAA record and the active longest streak in the nation. 6 10/10 rv/- TCU* ESPN2 W, 71-64 71.1 SCORING ›› 67.4 10 10/10 -/- at Baylor* CBS L, 64-80 • Entering the 2018 Big 12 Championship, in looking at the NCAA Ratings DEFENSE Percentage Index, Kansas currently has 10 wins against Quadrant 1 teams 13 13/13 -/- at Iowa State* ESPN2 W, 83-77 this season, which the second-most in NCAA DI (as of March 5). KU’s six 17 13/13 20/20 WEST VIRGINIA* ESPN W, 77-69 ‹‹ FG% “Quad 1” road wins are also tied for the most in the nation. 42.1 DEFENSE 42.7 19 8/8 rv/rv OKLAHOMA* ESPN W, 104-74 • Senior G Devonte’ Graham, the 2018 Big 12 Player of the Year, is the only 24 8/8 6/7 at Texas Tech* ESPN W, 74-72 player in NCAA Division I averaging 17.0-plus points, 7.0-plus assists, ‹‹ 3FG% ›› 26 6/6 -/- TEXAS* ESPN W, 80-70 1.7-plus steals and fewer than 3.0 turnovers per game. Graham is sixth 32.9 DEFENSE 32.9 MARCH (1-1) nationally in assists per game at 7.2. 3 6/6 -/- at Oklahoma State* ESPN L, 64-82 • Kansas saw a big haul of Big 12 postseason awards, with all five starters +0.2 ‹‹ REBOUND -3.1 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP - KANSAS CITY, MO. being named to at least one of the all-league teams. Bill Self was named MARGIN 8 9/9 -/- vs. Oklahoma State ESPN2 W, 82-68 the league’s co-Coach of the Year for the eighth time in his 15 seasons at KU and the second-straight year. AST-TO 9 9/9 rv/rv vs. Kansas State ESPN 6 p.m. ‹‹ 1.5 RATIO 1.3 10 -/- -/- Final ESPN 5 p.m. All times Central and subject to change LAST GAME STARTERS Rank: AP Top 25 / USA Today Coaches’ Poll ! State Farm Champions Classic (Chicago, Ill.); ~ Hoophall Miami Invitational (Campus Rounds); # Hoophall Miami Invitational (Miami, Fla.); ^ Jayhawk Shootout (Kansas City, Mo.); % (Sacramento, Calif.); < Big 12/Pac-12 Challenge; * Big 12 Conference Game 2VICK 4GRAHAM 10MYKHAILIUK 14NEWMAN 44 LIGHTFOOT JR • GUARD SR • GUARD SR • GUARD RS-S0 • GUARD SO • FORWARD COMMUNICATIONS MIN 32.9 MIN 37.5 MIN 34.4 MIN 30.6 MIN 14.1 CHRIS THEISEN BRAD GILBERT PPG 12.1 PPG 17.3 PPG 15.2 PPG 12.6 PPG 3.8 FG% 48.9% FG% 40.2% FG% 44.4% FG% 45.3% FG% 54.8% Asst. AD for Comm. Asst. Comm. Director e [email protected] e [email protected] 3FG% 36.4% 3FG% 41.8% 3FG% 45.0% 3FG% 38.1% REB 3.0 c 785.331.9356 c 785.424.4008 REB 5.0 AST 7.3 AST 2.7 REB 4.8 BLK 1.5 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.