JANUARY 18, 2021 | BAYLOR | GAME NOTES KANSAS COMMUNICATIONS # # # # 10-3 4-2 6 / 7 12-0 5-0 2 / 2 BEARS OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) OVERALL BIG 12 RANKING (AP/COACHES) -VS- Bill Self 511-112 (.820) Scott Drew 354-213 (.624) JAYHAWKS HEAD COACH RECORD AT KU, 18TH SEASON HEAD COACH RECORD AT BU, 18TH SEASON GAME SCHEDULE (H: 6-1; A: 2-1; N: 2-1) #6/7 KANSAS AT #2/2 BAYLOR SERIES AT A GLANCE (P. 37 FOR MORE SERIES BREAKDOWN) KU OPP Waco, Texas • Ferrell Center OVERALL KANSAS LEADS, 33-6 Date Rnk Rnk Opponent TV Time/Result Monday, January 18, 2021 • 8 p.m. (CT) at Waco, Texas (Ferrell Center) 14-3 (14-3) NOVEMBER (1-1) 14 Last Meeting KU, 64-61 (2.22.20 @ Waco) 26 6/5 1/2 Gonzaga% FOX L, 90-102 27 6/5 -/- Saint Joseph’s% FS1 W, 94-72 ESPN JAYHAWK RADIO NETWORK DECEMBER (7-0) Play-by-Play: Dan Shulman Radio: IMG Jayhawk Radio Network 1 7/5 20/9 Kentucky# ESPN W, 65-62 Analyst: Jay Bilas Webcast: KUAthletics.com/Radio 3 7/5 -/- WASHBURN B12 NOW W, 89-54 Producer: Scott Gustafson Play-by-Play: Brian Hanni Director: Mike Roig Analyst: Greg Gurley POINTS 5 7/5 -/- B12 NOW W, 65-61 76.4 ›› 87.3 NORTH DAKOTA ST. Producer/Engineer: Steve Kincaid PER GAME 8 5/5 8/7 CREIGHTON~ ESPN W, 73-72 11 5/5 -/- OMAHA ESPN2 W, 95-50 TIPOFF 44.3 FG% ›› 50.2 13 5/5 -/- TARLETON STATE B12 NOW CANCELED • No. 6/7 Kansas (10-3, 4-2) plays its first of three ESPN Big Monday games 17 5/5 14/14 at Texas Tech* ESPN W, 58-57 of 2020-21 at No. 2/2 Baylor (12-0, 5-0) on Jan. 18. Dan Shulman and Jay 22 3/4 7/6 WEST VIRGINIA* ESPN2 W, 79-65 Bilas will call the action. 36.0 3FG% ›› 42.3 • Kansas is 4-2 against ranked foes this season. Including 2020-21, the Jayhawks play an average of 8.8 ranked opponents per season under 18th- JANUARY (2-2) 72.3 ‹‹ FT% 69.7 2 3/4 8/9 TEXAS* ESPN2 L, 59-84 year head coach Bill Self. • Kansas has been ranked in each of the last 228 Associated Press polls dating 5 6/6 -/- at TCU* ESPN W, 93-64 back to 2008-09. The 228-consecutive weeks in the AP poll is an all-time 9 6/6 rv/rv OKLAHOMA* CBS W, 63-59 ‹‹ REBOUNDS record, surpassing UCLA’s 221 from 1966-80. KU holds the same streak in 41.1 PER GAME 38.7 12 6/7 rv/rv at Oklahoma State* B12 NOW L, 70-75 the coaches’ poll at 235. 16 6/7 -/- IOWA STATE* B12 NOW POSTPONED • Kansas leads the Big 12 in blocked shots per game at 4.6 and ranks in the 13.5 ASSISTS ›› 18.6 18 -/- -/- at Baylor* ESPN 8 p.m. upper half of 11 conference stat categories. PER GAME 23 -/- -/- at Oklahoma* ESPN/2 11 a.m. • This season, Kansas men’s basketball will be wearing a patch that reads 26 -/- -/- TCU* B12 NOW 7 p.m. BLOCKS “UNITED WE STAND” signifying its stance on the recent social injustice in 4.6 ‹‹ PER GAME 3.8 30 -/- -/ at Tennessee^ ESPN 5 p.m. the United States. The patch has gold lettering with the black background being in the shape of the state of Kansas. STEALS FEBRUARY (0-0) • In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 18), Kansas will be wearing 6.6 PER GAME ›› 9.5 2 -/- -/- KANSAS STATE* B12 NOW 7 p.m. shooting shirts for the Baylor contest with five different quotes by Dr. 6 -/- -/- at West Virginia* CBS 1 p.m. King on them. Each KU player chose a specific quote for his shooting shirt. SCORING ›› 67.5 DEFENSE 61.1 8 -/- -/- OKLAHOMA STATE* ESPN 8 p.m. Additionally, the coaching staff will wear a patch honoring Dr. King, an 13 -/- -/- at Iowa State* ABC 2 p.m. initiative from the Big 12 Black Assistant Coaches Alliance. FG% 16 -/- -/- at Kansas State* ESPN/2 8 p.m. • Junior Ochai Agbaji leads the Big 12 in 3FG% (42.7) and 3FGs made (2.7). 40.8 ›› 40.4 Agbaji has made 22 threes in his last seven games. DEFENSE 20 -/- -/- TEXAS TECH* ESPN 1 p.m. • Junior David McCormack is averaging 20.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.5 22 -/- -/- at Texas* ESPN 8 p.m. blocked shots per game in his last three outings. He has two 20-point efforts 33.1 3FG% ›› 30.0 27 -/- -/- BAYLOR* ESPN 7 p.m. DEFENSE in his last three games with 20 at TCU (1/5) and 24, with 12 rebounds, at Oklahoma State (1/12). MARCH (0-0) ‹‹ REBOUND • Kansas is 98-13 following a loss in the Bill Self era, which started in +8.1 MARGIN +7.1 10-13 Big 12 Championship (Kansas City, Mo.) 2003-04, including 2-0 this season and 3-0 in 2019-20. Incredibly, KU All times Central and subject to change has been even more efficient over the last six-plus seasons, amassing a AST-TO ›› 1.0 RATIO 1.5 Rank: AP Top 25 / USA Today Coaches’ Poll record of 47-5 after losses. This includes an 8-1 mark in 2018-19. % Rockage Mortgage Fort Meyers Tip-Off (Fort Meyers, Fla.); # State Farm Champions Classic (Indianapolis); ~ Big 12/Big East Battle; ^ SEC/Big 12 LAST GAME STARTERS Challenge; * Big 12 Conference Game; 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 32.0 MIN 30.2 MIN 28.4 MIN 31.9 MIN 20.8 PPG 9.2 PPG 10.2 PPG 13.8 PPG 14.7 PPG 12.1 CHRIS THEISEN ANDY EISCH FG% 41.4 FG% 40.5 FG% 48.0 FG% 44.0 FG% 45.6 Asst. AD for Comms. Asst. Comms. Director AST 3.6 3FG% 37.1 3FG% 36.2 3FG% 42.7 REB 6.2 e [email protected] e [email protected] c 785.331.9356 c 785.330.3698 STL 1.6 REB 5.6 REB 7.8 REB 4.6 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 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 // 6th 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 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 Luanda, Angola 30 Kansas City, Mo. 33 Norfolk, Va. 35 Gonaives, Haiti 44 Gilbert, Ariz. BILL SELF KURTIS TOWNSEND NORM ROBERTS JERRANCE HOWARD Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach 18th Season 17th Season 10th Season Eighth Season 2 • Game Notes 2020-21 @KUHoops BAYLOR BEARS NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. HOMETOWN / PREVIOUS SCHOOL(S) QUICK FACTS 0 Flo Thamba F 6-10 245 Jr.