KU-Syracuse basketball preview: Lineups, tipoff time, TV, facts and figures
No. 2 Kansas vs. Syracuse
When: 4:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: American Airlines Arena, Miami
TV: ESPN
Radio: WHB (810 AM)
Projected lineups:
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
C | 35 | Udoka Azubuike | 7-0 | So. | 16.0 |
G | 10 | Svi Mykhailiuk | 6-8 | Sr. | 18.2 |
G | 2 | Lagerald Vick | 6-5 | Jr. | 15.8 |
G | 14 | Malik Newman | 6-3 | So. | 13.5 |
G | 4 | Devonté Graham | 6-2 | Sr. | 15.8 |
P | No. | Syracuse | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 2 | Matthew Moyer | 6-8 | So. | 2.8 |
F | 11 | Oshae Brissett | 6-8 | Fr. | 12.2 |
C | 13 | Paschal Chukwu | 7-2 | Jr. | 5.5 |
G | 25 | Tyus Battle | 6-6 | So. | 19.7 |
G | 23 | Frank Howard | 6-5 | Jr. | 15.7 |
ABOUT KANSAS (6-0): KU is 2-3 all-time versus Syracuse. The Orange have won the last two meetings — 89-81 in overtime in the title game of the 2008 CBE Classic at the Sprint Center, and 81-78 in the 2003 NCAA championship game in New Orleans. The series dates to Dec. 14, 1968, when KU prevailed 92-85 in Allen Fieldhouse. Syracuse won 60-59 in the NCAA West Regional final on March 3, 1996, in Denver; KU won 87-58 in a second-round NCAA West Regional game on March 18, 2001, in Dayton, Ohio. … KU is No. 2 on the NCAA Division I victory list with 2,213; Syracuse is fifth with 1,968 . … KU averages 94.5 points per game. The last time KU averaged 90-plus points for a season was the 2001-02 Final Four season in which the Jayhawks scored 90.9 ppg. … KU has shot 50 percent or better in five of six games, including two games of 60-plus percent. Devonté Graham has 51 assists, good for 8.5 per game. He has 15 turnovers.
ABOUT SYRACUSE (6-0): Syracuse has played all home games so far this season. The Orange defeated Maryland (72-70), Toledo (72-64), Oakland (74-50), Texas Southern (80-67), Iona (71-62) and Cornell (77-45). … Freshman forward Oshae Brissett scored 17 points and grabbed 14 rebounds vs. Toledo. … Sophomore guard Tyus Battle is on the Jerry West Award watch list. The award goes to the country’s top shooting guard. He had a career-high 28 points versus Iona. … Paschal Chukwu, who was recruited by KU, had 12 points, 11 rebounds and eight blocks against Oakland. … Junior guard Frank Howard had 25 points against Toledo. He has 36 assists, 16 turnovers. … Syracuse has made 30 of 103 threes for 29.1 percent. Battle’s 11 threes (in 30 tries, .367) leads the team. … Syracuse has made 45 percent of its shots and 64.1 percent of its free throws. … Coach Jim Boeheim recently signed his son, Buddy, a 6-5 senior guard from Brewster Academy in New Hampshire, to a national letter of intent. Boeheim averaged 26.3 points and 9.8 rebounds a game last season at Jamesville-DeWitt High School (N.Y.).
Gary Bedore: 816-234-4068, @garybedore
This story was originally published December 1, 2017 at 4:58 PM with the headline "KU-Syracuse basketball preview: Lineups, tipoff time, TV, facts and figures."