DEC. 21, 2019 | VILLANOVA | GAME NOTES KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS 9-1 0-0 #1 / #1 8-2 0-0 #18 / #14 WILDCATS OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) OVERALL BIG EAST RANKING (AP/COACHES) -VS- Bill Self 482-107 (.818) Jay Wright 456-177 (.720) JAYHAWKS HEAD COACH RECORD AT KU, 17TH SEASON HEAD COACH RECORD AT NOVA, 19TH SEASON GAME SCHEDULE (H: 6-0; A: 0-0; N: 3-1) KANSAS AT VILLANOVA SERIES AT A GLANCE KU OPP BIG EAST/BIG 12 BATTLE OVERALL TIED, 4-4 Date Rnk Rnk Opponent TV Time/Result Philadelphia, Pa. • Wells Fargo Center (20,056) in Philadelphia Villanova leads, 1-0 NOVEMBER (6-1) 11 Last Meeting W, 74-71 @ KU, 12/15/2018 5 3/3 4/4 vs. Duke! ESPN L, 66-68 Saturday, December 21, 2019 • 12 p.m. (ET)/11 a.m. (CT) 8 3/3 -/- UNCG ESPNU W, 74-62 15 5/3 -/- MONMOUTH B12 NOW W, 112-57 FOX JAYHAWK RADIO 19 4/5 -/- EAST TENNESSEE ST.~ B12 NOW W, 75-63 NETWORK Play-by-Play: Gus Johnson Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network 25 4/5 -/- vs. Chaminade# ESPNU W, 93-63 Analyst: Jim Jackson Webcast: KUAthletics.com/Radio 26 4/5 -/- vs. BYU# ESPN W, 71-56 Reporter: Andy Katz Play-by-Play: Brian Hanni ‹‹ POINTS 27 4/5 rv/rv vs. Dayton# ESPN W, 90-84 (ot) Producer: Matt Gangl Analyst: Greg Gurley 84.6 PER GAME 80.4 DECEMBER (3-0) Producer/Engineer: Steve Kincaid 7 2/3 20/21 COLORADO ESPN2 W, 72-58 TIP-OFF 52.6 ‹‹ FG% 48.5 10 2/3 -/- MILWAUKEE B12 NOW W, 95-68 • No. 1/1 Kansas takes a nine-game winning streak into its Dec. 21 contest 14 2/3 -/- KANSAS CITY^ B12 NOW W, 98-57 at No. 18/14 Villanova in the Big East-Big 12 Battle. KU is in search of a win ›› 21 1/1 18/14 at Villanova FOX 11 a.m. streak of 10 games or longer for the 17th time under Bill Self. 37.3 3FG% 38.1 29 -/- -/- at Stanford ABC 2 p.m. • With its 95-68 win against Milwaukee on Dec. 10, KU became just the JANUARY second NCAA DI team (Gonzaga, 306) to claim 300 wins during this 67.5 FT% ›› 76.8 4 -/- -/- WEST VIRGINIA* B12 NOW 3/7 p.m. decade. KU sits at 301-67 in the 2010’s, good for an .818 win percentage. 8 -/- -/- at Iowa State* B12 NOW 7 p.m. • The KU-Villanova series is tied at 4-4. The Dec. 21 contest will be the third 11 -/- -/- BAYLOR* CBS 12 p.m. REBOUNDS since March of 2018, with KU winning last season 74-71 in Lawrence. 38.6 ‹‹ PER GAME 37.3 14 -/- -/- at Oklahoma* ESPN/2/U 8 p.m. • Through 10 games, five different Jayhawks – Devon Dotson, Isaiah Moss, 18 -/- -/- at Texas* ESPN/2/U 1 p.m. Udoka Azubuike, Ochai Agbaji and David McCormack – have posted 20 17.3 ‹‹ ASSISTS 16.7 21 -/- -/- KANSAS STATE* ESPN/2/U 6 p.m. or more points in a game this season. KU and Villanova are two of 18 DI PER GAME 25 -/- -/- TENNESSEE< ESPN/2 3 p.m. squads that have had at least five players score 20-plus points in a game. 27 -/- -/- at Oklahoma State* ESPN 8 p.m. • Kansas is No. 1 in both national polls released Dec. 16. KU has been No. 1 in BLOCKS 4.5 ‹‹ PER GAME 3.9 FEBRUARY the Associated Press poll 70 times, 30 under Bill Self, and No. 1 in the USA TODAY Coaches’ poll 62 times, 31 under Self. KU has been ranked in each 1 -/- -/- TEXAS TECH* ESPN 3/5 p.m. STEALS 3 -/- -/- TEXAS* ESPN 8 p.m. of the last 207 AP polls, the longest streak in the nation. The Jayhawks 9.2 ‹‹ PER GAME 6.2 8 -/- -/- at TCU* ESPN/2/U 11 a.m. have also been inside the top-10 in 92 of the last 107 AP polls. 12 -/- -/- at West Virginia* B12 NOW 6 p.m. • Kansas is 23-11 all-time when being ranked No. 1, including 13-4 under Bill 63.6 ‹‹ SCORING 69.3 15 -/- -/- OKLAHOMA* ESPN/2/U 11 a.m. Self. Last year, Kansas was 2-1 in games as the No. 1 ranked team. DEFENSE 17 -/- -/- IOWA STATE* ESPN 8 p.m. • KU is ranked No. 1 in the NET rankings through games of Dec. 18. The FG% 22 -/- -/- at Baylor* ESPN/2/U 11 a.m. Jayhawks, who are one of seven DI teams to already have three or more 38.0 ‹‹ 44.5 “Quadrant 1” wins, boast a strength of schedule that ranks No. 2 nationally. DEFENSE 24 -/- -/- OKLAHOMA STATE* ESPN 8 p.m. • Kansas ranks second nationally in field goal percentage at 52.9 percent. 29 -/- -/- at Kansas State* CBS 12:30 p.m. 3FG% KU is one of only 10 teams shooting above 50 percent in 2019-20. 29.9 ‹‹ 35.1 MARCH DEFENSE 4 -/- -/- TCU* B12 NOW 7 p.m. • Senior Udoka Azubuike leads the nation in field goal percentage at 83.1 percent. Azubuike also led the nation in 2017-18 at 77.0 percent. 7 -/- -/- at Texas Tech* ESPN/2 1 p.m. ‹‹ REBOUND +7.7 MARGIN +5.7 11-14 Big 12 Championship TBD TBD • Sophomore guard Devon Dotson leads the Big 12 in scoring at 19.6 points per game. He is vying to be the second-straight Jayhawk and fifth overall All times Central and subject to change to lead the Big 12 in scoring as Dedric Lawson averaged 19.4 ppg in 2018-19. AST-TO ›› 1.2 RATIO 1.4 Rank: AP Top 25 / USA Today Coaches’ Poll ! State Farm Champions Classic (New York, N.Y.); ~ Maui Invitational (Campus Round); # Maui Invitational (Lahaina, Hawai’i); ^ Jayhawk LAST GAME STARTERS Shootout (Kansas City, Mo.); < Big 12/SEC Challenge; * Big 12 Conference Game DOTSON GARRETT AGBAJI MCCORMACK AZUBUIKE 1 SO • GUARD 0 JR • GUARD 30 SO • GUARD 33 SO • FORWARD 35 SR • CENTER COMMUNICATIONS MIN 34.7 MIN 29.7 MIN 32.7 MIN 16.9 MIN 25.8 PPG 19.6 PPG 9.4 PPG 11.4 PPG 9.9 PPG 14.2 CHRIS THEISEN BRAD GILBERT FG% 50.4 FG% 49.3 FG% 46.2 FG% 62.7 FG% 83.1 Asst. AD for Comms. Asst. Comms. Director 3FG% 31.8 AST 4.5 3FG% 41.2 REB 5.0 REB 8.1 e [email protected] e [email protected] c 785.331.9356 c 785.424.4008 AST 4.8 REB 4.0 REB 5.1 BLK 0.3 BLK 2.0 2019-20 #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 Jr. 2L Dallas, Texas / Skyline HS Bill Self Head Coach // 17th Oklahoma State // 1985 1 Devon Dotson G 6-2 185 So. 1L Charlotte, N.C. / Providence Day School Kurtis Townsend Assistant Coach // 16th Western Kentucky // 1982 2 Christian Braun G 6-6 205 Fr. HS Burlington, Kan. / Blue Valley Northwest HS Norm Roberts Assistant Coach // 9th Queens College // 1987 3 Dajuan Harris G 6-1 160 Fr. HS Columbia, Mo. / Rock Bridge HS Jerrance Howard Assistant Coach // 7th Illinois // 2004 4 Isaiah Moss G 6-5 208 TR-Sr. 3L Chicago, Ill. / Simeon Career Academy / Iowa Fred Quartlebaum Dir. of Basketball Operations // 6th Fordham // 1989 5 Elijah Elliott G 6-3 185 RS-Fr. RS Southlake, Texas / Carroll Senior HS Brennan Bechard Dir. of S-A Development // 9th Kansas // 2009 10 Jalen Wilson F 6-8 215 Fr. HS Denton, Texas / John H. Guyer HS Jeremy Case Video Coordinator // 5th Kansas // 2005 12 Chris Teahan G 6-4 195 Jr. 2L Leawood, Kan. / Rockhurst HS Perry Ellis Video Coordinator // 1st Kansas // 2016 13 Tristan Enaruna G/F 6-8 200 Fr. HS Almere, Flevoland, Netherlands / Wasatch Academy [Utah] 20 Michael Jankovich G 6-5 185 Fr. HS Dallas, Texas / Northfield Mount Hermon [Mass.] PRONUNCIATIONS 22 Silvio De Sousa F 6-9 250 Jr. 1L Luanda, Angola / IMG Academy [Fla.] OCHAI AGBAJI ...........................OH-chie uh-BAH-gee 30 Ochai Agbaji G 6-5 210 So. 1L Kansas City, Mo. / Oak Park HS UDOKA AZUBUIKE ..............you-DOE-kuh az-uh-BOO-kuu 33 David McCormack F 6-10 265 So. 1L Norfolk, Va. / Oak Hill Academy Christian BRAUN ......................................BROWN Silvio DE SOUSA..................................deh-SOE-suh 35 Udoka Azubuike C 7-0 255 Sr. 3L Delta, Nigeria / Potter’s House Christian Academy [Fla.] DEVON Dotson......................................DEH-vawn 44 Mitch Lightfoot F 6-8 225 Sr. 2L Gilbert, Ariz. / Gilbert Christian HS Tristan ENARUNA .............................en-uh-ROO-nuh Michael JANKOVICH .............................JANK-oh-vitch RADIO/TV ROSTER MARCUS GARRETT DEVON DOTSON CHRISTIAN BRAUN DAJAUN HARRIS ISAIAH MOSS ELIJAH ELLIOTT JALEN WILSON Jr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 195 So. ∙ G ∙ 6-2 ∙ 185 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-6 ∙ 205 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-1 ∙ 160 TR-Sr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 208 RS-Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-3 ∙ 185 Fr. ∙ F ∙ 6-8 ∙ 215 0 Dallas, Texas 1 Charlotte, N.C. 2 Burlington, Kan. 3 Columbia, Mo. 4 Chicago, Ill. 5 Southlake, Texas 10 Denton, Texas CHRIS TEAHAN TRISTAN ENARUNA MICHAEL JANKOVICH SILVIO DE SOUSA OCHAI AGBAJI DAVID MCCORMACK UDOKA AZUBUIKE Jr. ∙ G ∙ 6-4 ∙ 195 Fr. ∙ G/F ∙ 6-8 ∙ 200 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 185 Jr. ∙ F ∙ 6-9 ∙ 245 So. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 210 So. ∙ F ∙ 6-10 ∙ 265 Sr.