MARCH 11, 2021 | BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP - QUARTERFINALS | GAME NOTES KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP 19-8 12-6 #11 / #12 46-12 32-8 11 OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) BIG 12 CHAMP. UNDER BILL SELF BIG 12 CHAMP. TITLES AT Bill Self 520-117 (.816) T-Mobile Center 24-5 (.828) JAYHAWKS HEAD COACH RECORD AT KU, 18TH SEASON 2021 VENUE CHAMP. RECORD AT T-MOBILE CENTER GAME SCHEDULE (H: 13-1; A: 4-6; N: 2-1) KANSAS VS OKLAHOMA / IOWA STATE KU-OSU SERIES AT A GLANCE KU OPP Big 12 Championship • Quarterfinals OVERALL KANSAS LEADS, 151-69 Date Rnk Rnk Opponent TV Time/Result Kansas City, Mo. • T-Mobile Center (18,972) in Big 12 Champ. (T-Mobile Center) Tied, 2-2 (0-0) NOVEMBER (1-1) 28 Thursday, March 11, 2020 • 5:30 p.m. (CT) Last Meeting L, 68-75 @ OU, 1/23/21 26 6/52 1/ Gonzaga% FOX L, 90-102 27 6/5 -/- Saint Joseph’s% FS1 W, 94-72 KU-ISU SERIES AT A GLANCE ESPN / ESPN2 JAYHAWK RADIO NETWORK OVERALL KANSAS LEADS, 186-66 DECEMBER (7-0) Play-by-Play: Bob Wischusen Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network in Big 12 Champ. (T-Mobile Center) Tied, 3-3 (1-3) 1 7/5 20/9 Kentucky# ESPN W, 65-62 Analyst: Fran Fraschilla Webcast: KUAthletics.com/Radio Last Meeting W, 64-50 @ ISU, 2/11/21 3 7/5 -/- WASHBURN B12 NOW W, 89-54 Reporter: Holly Rowe Play-by-Play: Brian Hanni Producer: Scott Gustafson Analyst: Greg Gurley RANKINGS 5 7/5 -/- NORTH DAKOTA ST. W B12 NO W, 65-61 STATS Director: Mike Roig Producer/Engineer: Steve Kincaid NCAA | BIG 12 8 5/5 8/7 CREIGHTON~ ESPN W, 73-72 11 5/5 -/- OMAHA ESPN2 W, 95-50 TIPOFF POINTS 126TH | 7TH 73.3 PER GAME 13 5/5 -/- TARLETON STATE W B12 NO CANCELED • Kansas is the No. 2 seed for the Big 12 Championship for the fifth time with 17 5/5 14/14 at Texas Tech* ESPN W, 58-57 the others being in 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2008. KU won the 2006 and 43.9 FG% 181ST | 7TH 22 3/4 7/6 WEST VIRGINIA* ESPN2 W, 79-65 2008 Big 12 Championships and lost in the semifinals of the 2001 and 2005 events. KU is 8-2 as the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 Championship. ND TH JANUARY (3-5) • Kansas has won 15 postseason conference tourney titles and 11 in the Big 34.3 3FG% 142 | 5 2 3/4 8/9 TEXAS* ESPN2 L, 59-84 12 era. KU (11), ISU (5), OU (3) and OSU (2) are active league members with Big 12 tournament titles. 5 6/6 -/- at TCU* ESPN W, 93-64 ST TH • Since the Big 12’s inception in 1996-97, Kansas is 46-12 in the league 71.0 FT% 171 | 6 9 6/6 rv/rv OKLAHOMA* CBS W, 63-59 tournament. KU is 1-0 in opening round games, 20-3 in the quarterfinals, 12 6/7 rv/rv at Oklahoma State* B12 NOW L, 70-75 14-6 in semifinals and 11-3 in finals. 38.4 REBOUNDS 47TH | 4TH 18 9/9 2/2 at Baylor* ESPN L, 69-77 • Kansas is No. 14 in NET nationally in strength of schedule among the 357 PER GAME 23 9/9 -/- at Oklahoma* ESPN L, 68-75 teams listed. Kansas’ NET is No. 14, which is second in the conference. TH RD 28 15/18 -/- TCU* B12 NOW W, 59-51 ASSISTS 128 | 3 • Kansas’ 14 Quadrant 1 games played in 2020-21 are tied for the most in the 13.7 PER GAME 30 15/18 18/17 at Tennessee^ ESPN L, 61-80 Big 12 with Kansas State. KU is 6-8 versus Quadrant 1 teams, 3-0 vs. Q2, 4-0 vs. Q3, 5-0 vs. Q4. 4.2 BLOCKS 53RD | 2ND FEBRUARY (7-2) • After its 71-58 win against No. 2 Baylor on Feb. 27, KU is 7-6 versus ranked PER GAME 2 23/22 -/- KANSAS STATE* W B12 NO W, 74-51 opponents this season and its 13 games are the most in NCAA DI this STEALS 141ST | 6TH 6 23/22 17/18 at West Virginia* CBS L, 79-91 season. KU’s seven wins are tied for second most in NCAA Division I with 6.7 PER GAME 8 rv/rv 23/24 OKLAHOMA STATE* ESPN W, 78-66 Baylor and Oklahoma State. 11 rv/rv -/- IOWA STATE* B12 NOW W, 97-64 • KU has won 12 league games for the 21st consecutive season. Kansas has SCORING 62ND | 3RD 65.8 DEFENSE 13 rv/rv -/- at Iowa State* ABC W, 64-50 won 11 league games for the last 27 seasons and the current 27-year streak with 10-plus league wins is the longest active streak in the nation. Kansas 17 23/24 -/- at Kansas State* B12 Now W, 59-41 40.4 FG% 33RD | 1ST 20 23/24 15/11 TEXAS TECH* ESPN W, 67-61 has won 10 or more conference games 58 times overall. DEFENSE 23 17/19 14/16 at Texas* ESPN L, 72-75 (OT) • Kansas leads the Big 12 in field goal percentage defense (40.4%) and three-point field goal percentage defense (32.1%). 3FG% 142ND | 5TH 27 17/19 2/2 BAYLOR* ESPN W, 71-58 32.1 DEFENSE • Kansas is the only Big 12 team that has five players averaging double-figure scoring. Nationally, KU is one of 12 schools with five players scoring 10-plus. MARCH (1-0) REBOUND 60TH | 3RD +4.0 MARGIN 4 13/14 -/- UTEP ESPN+ W, 67-62 • Five Jayhawks earned All-Big 12 honors as selected by the league coaches highlighted by junior David McCormack being named the conference’s 11 11/12 -/- !Oklahoma/Iowa State ESPN/2 5:30 p.m. Most Improved Player. AST-TO 114TH | 5TH 1.1 RATIO All times Central and subject to change Rank: AP Top 25 / USA Today Coaches’ Poll LAST GAME STARTERS % Rockage Mortgage Fort Meyers Tip-Off (Fort Meyers, Fla.); # State Farm Champions Classic (Indianapolis); ~ Big 12/Big East Battle; ^ SEC/Big 12 Challenge; * Big 12 Conference Game; ! Big 12 Championship (Kansas City, Mo.); 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 32.7 MIN 30.9 MIN 28.9 MIN 33.5 MIN 23.0 PPG 10.2 PPG 10.1 PPG 12.2 PPG 13.7 PPG 13.4 CHRIS THEISEN ANDY EISCH FG% 44.2 FG% 40.4 FG% 42.7 FG% 41.7 FG% 51.1 Asst. AD for Comms. Asst. Comms. Director AST 3.7 3FG% 35.3 3FG% 33.9 3FG% 38.3 REB 6.1 e [email protected] e [email protected] c 785.331.9356 c 785.330.3698 STL 1.6 REB 5.3 REB 8.2 REB 3.6 BLK 1.0 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 Kansas City, Kan. / 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 // 8th 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 [Ky.] 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 LATRELL JOSSELL . .LA-trell JOS-sell (the names rhyme) Gethro Muscadin ...............................MOOSE-ca-din Chris TEAHAN......................T-han (hand without the d) 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.