KU-Oklahoma lineups, tipoff, TV info, facts & figures

No. 5 Kansas at No. 12 Oklahoma

WHEN/WHERE: 6 p.m. Tuesday at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Okla.

TV/RADIO: ESPN; WHB (810 AM)

PROJECTED LINEUPS:

P No. Kansas Ht. Yr. PPG

C 35 Udoka Azubuike 7-0 So. 14.5

G 10 Svi Mykhailiuk 6-8 Sr. 16.1

G 14 Malik Newman 6-3 So. 11.3

G 4 Devonté Graham 6-2 Sr. 18.1

G 2 Lagerald Vick 6-5 Jr. 14.1

P No. Oklahoma Ht. Yr. PPG

F 3 Khadeem Lattin 6-9 Sr. 7.4

F 35 Brady Manek 6-9 Fr. 11.1

G 11 Trae Young 6-2 Fr. 30.5

G 0 Christian James 6-4 Jr. 11.9

G 1 Rashard Odomes 6-6 Jr. 6.6

ABOUT OKLAHOMA (14-4, 4-3 Big 12): OU has won 12 straight games at Lloyd Noble Center. The Sooners have not lost at home since Feb. 8, 2017. The streak is the longest for the Sooners since they won 19 consecutive at home from Jan. 17, 2015 to Feb. 8, 2016. … Oklahoma is 9-0 at Lloyd Noble Center this season and is averaging 98.8 points per home game. … The Sooners are 82-19 (.812) at Noble in the Lon Kruger era. … Kruger is 7-20 versus Kansas, 2-10 while at OU. … OU is 15-10 at home against AP Top 25 opponents in the Kruger era and has won 14 of the last 20 such contests. … Oklahoma is 5-1 against ranked opponents this season. In the Kruger era, OU is 11-1 when playing at home and both teams are ranked. The lone loss in such a game came to Kansas in 2016. … Freshman guard Trae Young surpassed 500 career points in his 17th game, quickest to 500 points in OU history. Wayman Tisdale previously held the honor of “fastest to 500” by reaching the mark in his 19th game. Young is the first NCAA Division I player to score over 500 points in his first 17 career games in at least 20 years. The fewest games to reach 500 career points in the past two decades was previously 18 by Jason Conley of VMI (2001-02) … Young tied the NCAA record for most assists in a game by dishing 22 against Northwestern State on Dec. 19.

ABOUT KANSAS (16-3, 6-1 Big 12): KU leads the overall series, 146-66. KU has won the last four meetings and 17 of the last 19 meetings since 2006. … KU is 52-42 against Oklahoma in games played in Norman, which includes a 19-17 record in Lloyd Noble Center. … Since the inception of the Big 12, Kansas is 24-6 against OU: 22-4 in regular-season play and 2-2 in the Big 12 Tournament. … Bill Self is 17-5 all-time against Oklahoma, including 17-3 while at KU. … KU has won 10 straight true road games beginning with the Kentucky game last season. KU’s longest overall road win streak since 1950 is 11 games. That streak began Jan. 24, 2007 and ended Jan. 30, 2008. The longest road winning streak in program history is 36 games, which spanned from 1924-27. … KU has won eight straight Big 12 road games. That is KU’s longest league road win streak since the last four road trips of the 2011-12 season and the first four in 2012-13. … Six of KU’s seven conference games this season have been decided by six points or less with the Jayhawks winning all six of those games. Dating to last season, Kansas has played 17 Big 12 games that were decided by seven points or less. Kansas is 16-1 in those outcomes. … KU’s victory at No. 6 West Virginia on Jan. 15 marked KU’s seventh straight win over an AP top 10 team in a true road game. ... Udoka Azubuike leads the NCAA in field goal percentage at 77.3 percent. He is 28-for-33 (84.8 percent) in his last five games.

This story was originally published January 22, 2018 at 3:41 PM with the headline "KU-Oklahoma lineups, tipoff, TV info, facts & figures."