KU-Nebraska lineups, tip, TV info, facts & figures

No. 13 Kansas at Nebraska

WHEN/WHERE: 7 p.m. Saturday at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb.

TV/RADIO: Fox Sports 1; WHB (810 AM)

PROJECTED LINEUPS

ABOUT NEBRASKA (7-4): Nebraska is 5-0 at home with wins over Minnesota (78-68), Boston College (71-62), North Dakota (92-70), North Texas (86-67) and Eastern Illinois (72-68). The Huskers lost at Creighton (75-65), at St. John’s (79-56) and at Michigan State (86-57). Nebraska beat Marist (84-59) and Long Beach State (85-80) and lost to Central Florida (68-59) at the Advocare Invitational in Orlando, Fla. Boston College beat Duke, 89-84, on Dec. 9. … Nebraska’s victory over No. 14 Minnesota, sparked by Glynn Watson’s 29 points and nine rebounds on Dec. 5, marked Nebraska’s highest win over a ranked opponent since the Cornhuskers downed No. 11 Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich., during the 2015-16 season. … Prior to Minnesota, Nebraska’s last home win vs. a ranked opponent was over No. 19 Purdue last season. … Nebraska has defeated seven ranked opponents in the six-year Tim Miles era. The Huskers beat a pair of teams ranked ninth: Michigan State and Wisconsin in 2014. Overall Miles is 82-90 in six seasons. He is 0-2 in his career vs. KU … Nebraska moved into Pinnacle Bank Arena, a $179 million dollar facility in downtown Lincoln, prior to the 2013-14 season. Nebraska averaged 15,427 fans per game last season. … It was announced on Friday that the big screen at Pinnacle Bank Arena will switch to the Nebraska-Florida NCAA title volleyball match following the conclusion of the game. ... Saturday’s game against Kansas is a sellout.

ABOUT KANSAS (7-2): KU is 171-71 all-time against Nebraska in a series that dates to 1900. The Jayhawks have won the last 18 meetings, dating to a 78-67 KU win on March 3, 2004. Nebraska’s last win in the series was a 74-55 victory over No. 12 Kansas on Feb. 15, 2004, a victory that snapped a nine-game losing streak in the series. The Jayhawks are 63-44 in Lincoln where KU has won seven straight games. KU won the last meeting, 89-72, on Dec. 10, 2016, at Allen Fieldhouse. … Bill Self is 22-1 vs. Nebraska. ... KU has dropped two straight games for the first time since the final game of the 2015-16 season versus Villanova and the first game of the 2016-17 season against Indiana. The last time KU lost consecutive games in the same season was 2013-14 (Dec. 7 at Colorado and Dec. 10 at Florida). … KU’s last three-game losing streak was in 2012-13. The Jayhawks fell to Oklahoma State, 85-80, on Feb. 2, 2013 in Lawrence, to TCU, 62-55 on Feb. 6, 2013 in Fort Worth, Texas and to Oklahoma, 72-66, on Feb. 9 in Norman. … KU and Duke are the only two schools in NCAA Div. I that have five players averaging 11.6 points or more. … Lagerald Vick is the only player in the Big 12 to rank in the top 10 in both scoring and rebounding. He is third in scoring at 17.9 points per game and tied for seventh in rebounds at 6.8 per game. … Udoka Azubuike has made 58 of 74 shots for a nation’s best 78.4 percent. He has 35 dunks.

This story was originally published December 15, 2017 at 5:39 PM with the headline "KU-Nebraska lineups, tip, TV info, facts & figures."