MARCH 20, 2021 | NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP - FIRST ROUND | GAME NOTES KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS 20-8 12-6 #12 / #11 16-7 12-3 -- / -- EAGLES OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) OVERALL BIG SKY RANKING (AP/COACHES) AT Bill Self 521-117 (.817) Shantay Legans 75-48 (.610) JAYHAWKS HEAD COACH RECORD AT KU, 18TH SEASON HEAD COACH RECORD AT EWU, FOURTH SEASON GAME SCHEDULE (H: 13-1; A: 4-6; N: 3-1) (3) KANSAS VS (14) EASTERN WASHINGTON SERIES AT A GLANCE KU OPP NCAA Championship • First Round OVERALL KANSAS LEADS, 1-0 Date Rnk Rnk Opponent TV Time/Result Indianapolis, Ind. • Indiana Farmers Coliseum (6,800/1,200) at Lawrence (Allen Fieldhouse) 1-0 (1-0) NOVEMBER (1-1) 29 Saturday, March 20, 2020 • 12:15 p.m. (CT) Last Meeting KU, 85-47 (12.5.2007 @ Lawrence, Kan.) 26 6/5 1/2 Gonzaga% FOX L, 90-102 27 6/5 -/- Saint Joseph’s% FS1 W, 94-72 TBS JAYHAWK RADIO NETWORK DECEMBER (7-0) Play-by-Play: Brad Nessler Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network 1 7/5 20/9 Kentucky# ESPN W, 65-62 Analyst: Steve Lavin Webcast: KUAthletics.com/Radio 3 7/5 -/- WASHBURN B12 NOW W, 89-54 Reporter: Evan Washburn Play-by-Play: Brian Hanni Producer: Ryan Galvin Analyst: Greg Gurley POINTS ›› 5 7/5 -/- NORTH DAKOTA ST. B12 NOW W, 65-61 73.1 PER GAME 78.0 Director: Mark Grant Producer/Engineer: Steve Kincaid 8 5/5 8/7 CREIGHTON~ ESPN W, 73-72 11 5/5 -/- OMAHA ESPN2 W, 95-50 TIPOFF 44.0 FG% ›› 46.7 13 5/5 -/- TARLETON STATE B12 NOW CANCELED • Kansas is making its 49th NCAA Tournament appearance and has a 108-47 17 5/5 14/14 at Texas Tech* ESPN W, 58-57 record in the event. The Jayhawks have advanced to 31 Sweet 16 contests, 22 3/4 7/6 WEST VIRGINIA* ESPN2 W, 79-65 15 Final Fours and three of their five national championships have been in 34.4 3FG% ›› 35.4 NCAA Championship format (1952, 1988, 2008). • Kansas’ 31-consecutive NCAA Championship appearances, beginning in JANUARY (3-5) 71.2 FT% ›› 78.7 2 3/4 8/9 TEXAS* ESPN2 L, 59-84 1990, is the longest active streak and the longest consecutive in NCAA 5 6/6 -/- at TCU* ESPN W, 93-64 tourney appearances history. • Since seeding in the NCAA Tournament began in 1979, this is the fifth time REBOUNDS 9 6/6 rv/rv OKLAHOMA* CBS W, 63-59 38.0 ‹‹ 35.7 Kansas entered the event a No. 3 seed. KU was also a No. 3 seed in 1985, PER GAME 12 6/7 rv/rv at Oklahoma State* B12 NOW L, 70-75 1991, 2005 and 2009. The Jayhawks are 8-4 all-time as a No. 3 seed. 18 9/9 2/2 at Baylor* ESPN L, 69-77 • This year marks the 21st-straight season that the Jayhawks have earned a ASSISTS ›› 23 9/9 -/- at Oklahoma* ESPN L, 68-75 13.7 PER GAME 15.1 top-four seed in the NCAA Tournament. 28 15/18 -/- TCU* B12 NOW W, 59-51 • This season, Kansas has faced nine different teams in the 2021 NCAA 30 15/18 18/17 at Tennessee^ ESPN L, 61-80 BLOCKS Tournament field with a combined record of 8-8. 4.1 ‹‹ PER GAME 2.9 • Kansas has won 20 or more games for 32 consecutive seasons, which FEBRUARY (7-2) includes 2020-21 and is the longest active streak in the NCAA. The streak 6.9 ‹‹ STEALS 4.9 2 23/22 -/- KANSAS STATE* B12 NOW W, 74-51 began in 1989-90. PER GAME 6 23/22 17/18 at West Virginia* CBS L, 79-91 • Kansas is No. 16 in NET nationally in strength of schedule among the 357 8 rv/rv 23/24 OKLAHOMA STATE* ESPN W, 78-66 teams listed. Kansas’ NET is No. 11, which is second in the conference. ‹‹ SCORING 65.7 DEFENSE 69.4 11 rv/rv -/- IOWA STATE* B12 NOW W, 97-64 • Kansas’ 15 Quadrant 1 games played in 2020-21 are tied for the most in the 13 rv/rv -/- at Iowa State* ABC W, 64-50 Big 12 with Kansas State. KU is 7-8 versus Quadrant 1 teams, 3-0 vs. Q2, ‹‹ FG% 17 23/24 -/- at Kansas State* B12 Now W, 59-41 4-0 vs. Q3, 5-0 vs. Q4. 40.6 DEFENSE 41.4 20 23/24 15/11 TEXAS TECH* ESPN W, 67-61 • After its 69-62 win against No. 25 Oklahoma on March 11, KU is 8-6 versus 23 17/19 14/16 at Texas* ESPN L, 72-75 (OT) ranked opponents this season and its 14 games are the most in NCAA DI 32.6 3FG% ›› 30.9 27 17/19 2/2 BAYLOR* ESPN W, 71-58 this season. KU’s eight wins are tied for second most in NCAA Division I DEFENSE with Oklahoma State. • KU has won 12 league games for 21 consecutive season. Kansas has won 11 ‹‹ REBOUND MARCH (2-0) +3.6 MARGIN +1.1 4 13/14 -/- UTEP ESPN+ W, 67-62 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 has 11 11/12 24/25 !Oklahoma ESPN W, 69-62 AST-TO ›› 12 12/11 -/- $Eastern Washington TBS 12:15 p.m. won 10 or more conference games 58 times overall. 1.1 RATIO 1.3 All times Central and subject to change LAST GAME STARTERS Rank: AP Top 25 / USA Today Coaches’ Poll % 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.); $NCAA Tournament (Indianapolis, Ind.); HOME GAMES in ALL CAPS and bold GARRETT BRAUN WILSON THOMPSON AGBAJI 0 SR • GUARD 2 SO • GUARD 10 RS-FR • FORWARD 24 FR • GUARD 30 JR • GUARD COMMUNICATIONS MIN 33.0 MIN 30.8 MIN 29.0 MIN 17.2 MIN 33.5 PPG 10.4 PPG 9.8 PPG 12.1 PPG 4.9 PPG 14.1 CHRIS THEISEN ANDY EISCH FG% 44.9 FG% 39.6 FG% 41.9 FG% 38.5 FG% 42.7 Asst. AD for Comms. Asst. Comms. Director AST 3.7 3FG% 34.5 3FG% 33.3 3FG% 25.9 3FG% 38.7 e [email protected] e [email protected] c 785.331.9356 c 785.330.3698 STL 1.6 REB 5.3 REB 8.2 REB 1.6 REB 3.5 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. Kansas City, Kan. TRISTAN ENARUNA MICHAEL JANKOVICH BRYCE THOMPSON OCHAI AGBAJI DAVID MCCORMACK GETHRO MUSCADIN MITCH LIGHTFOOT So. ∙ G/F ∙ 6-8 ∙ 215 So. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 190 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 195 Jr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 215 Jr. ∙ F ∙ 6-10 ∙ 250 Fr. ∙ F ∙ 6-10 ∙ 220 RS-Sr ∙ F ∙ 6-8 ∙ 225 13 Flevoland, Netherlands 20 Dallas, Texas 24 Tulsa, Okla. 30 Kansas City, Mo.