KU-Stanford basketball preview: Projected lineups, tipoff time, TV channel

No. 14 Kansas vs. Stanford

WHEN/WHERE: 10 p.m. Thursday (or 30 minutes after a 7:30 p.m. game between Sacramento State and Portland) at Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, Calif.

TV/RADIO: ESPN2; WHB (810 AM)

PROJECTED LINEUPS:

ABOUT KANSAS (9-2): KU leads the all-time series, 9-3, including last season’s 89-74 victory at Allen Fieldhouse. The Cardinal has won two of the last three meetings. Stanford defeated Kansas, 60-57, on March 23, 2014, in St. Louis, advancing to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. … Stanford returns to Lawrence on Dec. 1, 2018 and hosts the Jayhawks at Maples Pavilion on Stanford’s campus on Dec. 29, 2019. … KU senior Devonté Graham is two points shy (1,262) from tying Stanford coach Jerod Haase on Kansas’ career scoring chart. Haase currently is No. 33. … Graham has hit four or more threes five times in the last six games. In that six-game span, he shot 27 of 51 (52.9 percent) from beyond the arc. … Kansas is scoring 88.6 points per game. The last KU team to average that many points was the 2001-02 Final Four team at 90.9 points per game and the previous before that was the 1989-90 team at 92.1. … KU will be playing in its third NBA arena Thursday. KU defeated Kentucky, 65-61, at the United Center in Chicago, on Nov. 14, and Syracuse, 76-60, at American Airlines Arena on Dec. 2 in Miami.

ABOUT STANFORD (6-6): Stanford has defeated Cal Poly (87-62), Pacific (89-80), Northeastern (73-59), Montana (70-54), Denver (75-62) and San Francisco (71-59). Stanford has lost to Eastern Washington (67-61), Florida (108-87), Ohio State (79-71), Portland State (87-78), North Carolina (96-72) and Long Beach State (76-68). … KU graduate Haase is 20-23 in two seasons at Stanford, 100-76 overall as a head coach. … Reid Travis is averaging 25.2 points and 9.0 rebounds in five games played against top 10 opponents the past two seasons. He had 29 points and nine rebounds against No. 4 KU on Dec 3, 2016, hitting 19 of 22 free throws and 5 of 14 shots. He had 27 points and 14 rebounds against No. 16 Oregon on Feb. 25, 2017; 26 points and 11 boards vs. No. 9 Arizona on Feb. 8, 2017; 23 points and five boards vs. No. 7 Florida on Nov. 23, 2017 and 21 points and six boards vs. No. 9 North Carolina on Nov. 20, 2017. … Stanford last reached the NCAA Tournament in 2014. … Stanford has been without several members of its roster in some of its first 12 games, playing only seven players at Long Beach State because of injuries.

This story was originally published December 20, 2017 at 4:26 PM with the headline "KU-Stanford basketball preview: Projected lineups, tipoff time, TV channel."