NOV. 16, 2018 | LOUISIANA | GAME NOTES KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS RAGIN’ CAJUNS RAGIN’ 2-0 0-0 #2 / #1 1-1 0-0 - / - OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) OVERALL SUN BELT RANKING (AP/COACHES) -VS- Bill Self 449-96 (.824) Bob Marlin 156-112 (.582) JAYHAWKS HEAD COACH RECORD AT KU, 16TH SEASON HEAD COACH RECORD AT UL, 9TH SEASON SCHEDULE (H: 1-0; A: 0-0; N: 1-0) GAME LOUISIANA AT #2/1 KANSAS SERIES AT A GLANCE (MORE ON PG 6) KU OPP Lawrence, Kan. • Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) OVERALL TIED, 1-1 Date Rnk Rnk Opponent TV Time/Result Friday, November 16, 2018 • 7 p.m. (CST) First Meeting UL, 54-45 @ New Orleans (12.29.1983) NOVEMBER (2-0) 3 Last Meeting KU, 96-51 @ KU (12.11.2004) 6 1/1 10/10 vs. Michigan State! ESPN W, 92-87 12 2/1 -/- VERMONT~ ESPN2 W, 84-68 16 2/1 -/- LOUISIANA JTV/ESPN+ 7 p.m. JAYHAWK TV/ESPN+ JAYHAWK RADIO 21 -/- -/- vs. Marquette# ESPN2 6 p.m. NETWORK Play-by-Play: Dave Armstrong Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network 23 -/- -/- vs. Louisville/Tennessee# ESPN2 6/8 p.m. Analyst: Chris Piper Webcast: KUAthletics.com/Radio DECEMBER Reporter: Kennetra Pulliams Play-by-Play: Brian Hanni POINTS 1 -/- -/- STANFORD ESPN 4:30 p.m. Producer: Curtis Lorenz Analyst: Greg Gurley 88.0 PER GAME ›› 93.0 4 -/- -/- WOFFORD JTV/ESPN+ 7 p.m. Producer/Engineer: Steve Kincaid 8 -/- -/- NEW MEXICO STATE^ ESPN2 7:30 p.m. 48.5 FG% ›› 54.1 15 -/- -/- VILLANOVA ESPN 11 a.m. TIP-OFF 18 -/- -/- SOUTH DAKOTA JTV/ESPN+ 7 p.m. • No. 2 Kansas (2-0) continues its two-game homestand hosting Louisiana 22 -/- -/- at Arizona State ESPN2 8 p.m. (1-1) on Friday, Nov. 16, at 7 p.m. (Central) on Jayhawk TV/ESPN+. 52.4 ‹‹ 3FG% 44.9 29 -/- -/- EASTERN MICHIGAN JTV/ESPN+ 1 p.m. • The Jayhawks are coming off an 84-68 win versus Vermont in its home opener on Nov. 12 in a campus round game of the NIT Season Tip Off. JANUARY 60.5 FT% ›› 60.6 2 -/- -/- OKLAHOMA* ESPN2/U 8 p.m. • Kansas is looking to go 3-0 for the second-straight season and eighth 5 -/- -/- at Iowa State* ESPN2 4 p.m. time in Bill Self’s 16 seasons at KU. REBOUNDS 9 -/- -/- TCU* ESPN2/U 8 p.m. • Kansas and Louisiana are 1-1 in all-time meetings. UL defeated KU in New ‹‹ Orleans, 54-45 in 1983 and Kansas won the most recent, a 96-51 win in 40.0 PER GAME ›› 36.0 12 -/- -/- at Baylor* ESPN/2 3 p.m. 2004 at Allen Fieldhouse. 14 -/- -/- TEXAS* ESPN/U 8 p.m. • Louisiana is one of five opponents on the 2018-19 KU schedule that does not ASSISTS 20.0 PER GAME 20.0 19 -/- -/- at West Virginia* ESPN/2 TBD have a losing record against the Jayhawks. The others are Michigan State 21 -/- -/- IOWA STATE* ESPN/U 8 p.m. (7-7, after Nov. 6), Villanova (4-3), Arizona State (5-5) and Kentucky (22-9). 26 -/- -/- at Kentucky< ESPN/2 5 p.m. BLOCKS • Senior G Lagerald Vick’s 32 points against Vermont (11/12) marked the 4.5 ‹‹ PER GAME 2.5 29 -/- -/- at Texas* ESPN/2 6 p.m. 29th time in Bill Self’s 15-plus seasons at KU a Jayhawk has scored 30 or FEBRUARY more points. The feat happened four times last season, two by Devonte’ STEALS 2 -/- -/- TEXAS TECH* CBS 3 p.m. Graham and two by Malik Newman. 8.5 ‹‹ PER GAME 7.0 5 -/- -/- at Kansas State* ESPN/2 8 p.m. • Junior F Dedric Lawson was named the Big 12 Player of the Week on 9 -/- -/- OKLAHOMA STATE* ESPN/2 11 a.m. Nov. 12, while freshman G Quentin Grimes was the Big 12 Newcomer of 77.5 ‹‹ SCORING 83.5 11 -/- -/- at TCU* ESPN/2 8 p.m. the Week. KU leads the Big 12 with 120 combined weekly honors in the DEFENSE 16 -/- -/- WEST VIRGINIA* ESPN/2 TBD 22-year history of the conference. FG% 23 -/- -/- at Texas Tech* ESPN/2 5/7 p.m. • With its win versus Vermont (11/12), KU has won a mind-boggling 42.6 ‹‹ 46.2 46-consecutive regular-season home openers in Allen Fieldhouse, a DEFENSE 25 -/- -/- KANSAS STATE* ESPN 8 p.m. streak which started in the 1973-74 season. MARCH 3FG% • The victory over the Catamounts also marked the 40th-straight KU win 42.9 DEFENSE ›› 42.6 2 -/- -/- at Oklahoma State* CBS 11 a.m. inside Allen Fieldhouse during the month of November, a streak which 5 -/- -/- at Oklahoma* ESPN/2 8 p.m. began in 2006. 9 -/- -/- BAYLOR* ESPN/2 1 p.m. REBOUND • Kansas returns two starters and six letterwinners from last season’s squad +6.0 ‹‹ MARGIN +0.5 13-16 Big 12 Championship TBD TBD that claimed the Jayhawks’ 14th-consecutive Big 12 regular-season title, the Big 12 Championship title and advanced to school’s 15th Final Four. All times Central and subject to change ‹‹ AST-TO 1.7 RATIO 1.4 Rank: AP Top 25 / USA Today Coaches’ Poll ! State Farm Champions Classic (Indianapolis, Ind.); ~ NIT Season Tip- Off (Campus Round); # NIT Season Tip-Off (Brooklyn, N.Y.); ^ Jayhawk LAST GAME STARTERS Shootout (Kansas City, Mo.); < Big 12/Pac-12 Challenge; * Big 12 Conference Game DOTSON GRIMES VICK LAWSON AZUBUIKE 11 FR • GUARD 5 FR • GUARD 24 SR • GUARD 1 R-JR • FORWARD 35 JR • CENTER COMMUNICATIONS MIN 30.5 MIN 30.5 MIN 32.5 MIN 28.5 MIN 27.0 PPG PPG PPG PPG PPG CHRIS THEISEN BRAD GILBERT 11.5 15.5 17.0 10.0 20.0 FG% FG% FG% FG% FG% Asst. AD for Comm. Asst. Comm. Director 56.3% 50.0% 61.9% 20.8% 63.0% e [email protected] e [email protected] 3FG% 57.1% 3FG% 57.1% 3FG% 66.7% REB 10.5 REB 7.0 c 785.331.9356 c 785.424.4008 AST 1.5 AST 7.0 AST 2.0 BLK 1.o BLK 2.5 2018-19 #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 So. 1L Dallas, Texas / Skyline HS Bill Self Head Coach // 16th Oklahoma State // 1985 1 Dedric Lawson F 6-9 235 RS-Jr. TR Memphis, Tenn. / Hamilton HS / Memphis Kurtis Townsend Assistant Coach // 15th Western Kentucky // 1982 2 Charlie Moore G 5-11 180 RS-So. TR Chicago, Ill. / Morgan Park HS / California Norm Roberts Assistant Coach // 8th Queens College // 1987 5 Quentin Grimes G 6-5 210 Fr. HS The Woodlands, Texas / College Park HS Jerrance Howard Assistant Coach // 6th Illinois // 2004 10 Elijah Elliott G 6-3 185 Fr. HS Southlake, Texas / Carroll Senior HS Brennan Bechard Dir. of Operations // 8th Kansas // 2009 11 Devon Dotson G 6-2 185 Fr. HS Charlotte, N.C. / Providence Day School Fred Quartlebaum Dir. of S-A Development // 5th Fordham // 1989 12 Chris Teahan G 6-4 195 So. 1L Leawood, Kan. / Rockhurst HS Jeremy Case Video Coordinator // 4th Kansas // 2005 13 K.J. Lawson G 6-8 210 RS-So. TR Memphis, Tenn. / Hamilton HS / Memphis 20 Garrett Luinstra G 6-2 155 Fr. HS Lawrence, Kan. / Lawrence Free State HS 22 Silvio De Sousa F 6-9 245 So. 1L Luanda, Angola / IMG Academy [Fla.] PRONUNCIATIONS 24 Lagerald Vick G 6-5 190 Sr. 3L Memphis, Tenn. / Douglass HS Udoka Azubuike.................you-DOE-kuh az-uh-BOO-kuu 30 Ochai Agbaji G 6-5 210 Fr. HS Kansas City, Mo. / Oak Park HS Silvio De Sousa ...................................deh-SOE-suh 33 David McCormack F 6-10 265 Fr. HS Norfolk, Va. / Oak Hill Academy Devon Dotson .......................................DEH-vawn Dedric Lawson........................................DEE-drik 35 Udoka Azubuike C 7-0 270 Jr. 2L Delta, Nigeria / Potter’s House Christian Academy [Fla.] Garrett Luinstra.................................... loo-IN-struh 44 Mitch Lightfoot F 6-8 225 Jr. 2L Gilbert, Ariz. / Gilbert Christian HS Ochai Agbaji..............................OH-chie uh-BAH-gee RADIO/TV ROSTER MARCUS GARRETT DEDRIC LAWSON CHARLIE MOORE QUENTIN GRIMES ELIJAH ELLIOTT DEVON DOTSON CHRIS TEAHAN So. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 195 R-Jr. ∙ F ∙ 6-9 ∙ 235 R-So. ∙ G ∙ 5-11 ∙ 180 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 210 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-3 ∙ 185 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-2 ∙ 185 So. ∙ G ∙ 6-4 ∙ 195 0 Dallas, Texas 1 Memphis, Tenn. 2 Chicago, Ill. 5 The Woodlands, Texas 10 Southlake, Texas 11 Charlotte, N.C. 12 Leawood, Kan. K.J. LAWSON GARRETT LUINSTRA SILVIO DE SOUSA LAGERALD VICK OCHAI AGBAJI DAVID MCCORMACK UDOKA AZUBUIKE R-So. ∙ G ∙ 6-8 ∙ 210 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-2 ∙ 155 So. ∙ F ∙ 6-9 ∙ 245 Sr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 190 Fr. ∙ G ∙ 6-5 ∙ 210 Fr. ∙ F ∙ 6-10 ∙ 265 Jr. ∙ C ∙ 7-0 ∙ 270 13 Memphis, Tenn. 20 Lawrence, Kan. 22 Luanda, Angola 24 Memphis, Tenn. 30 Kansas City, Mo. 33 Norfolk, Va. 35 Delta, Nigeria MITCH LIGHTFOOT BILL SELF KURTIS TOWNSEND NORM ROBERTS JERRANCE HOWARD BRENNAN BECHARD FRED QUARTLEBAUM Jr ∙ F ∙ 6-8 ∙ 225 Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Operations Dir. of S-A Development 44 Gilbert, Ariz. 16th Season 15th Season Eighth Season Sixth Season Eighth Season Fifth Season 2 • Game Notes 2018-19 @KUHoops LOUISIANA RAGIN’ CAJUNS 2018-19 NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL / PREVIOUS SCHOOL QUICK FACTS 0 Cedric Russell . G .