Texas A&M-Kansas lineups, tipoff time, TV info, facts and figures

No. 5 Kansas vs. Texas A&M

WHEN/WHERE: 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence

TV/RADIO: ESPN; WHB (810 AM)

PROJECTED LINEUPS:

ABOUT TEXAS A&M (13-7, 2-6 SEC): Since departing the Big 12 for the SEC after the 2011-12 season, the Aggies are 6-6 against Big 12 teams. A&M played in the Big 12 a total of 16 seasons. … Texas A&M this season defeated Oklahoma State 72-55 in Brooklyn, N.Y., and West Virginia 88-65 in Germany. … Texas A&M, which starts two 6-foot-10 players and one 6-9, outrebounded LSU 50-30 in Tuesday’s 77-65 loss to the Tigers. For the year, the Aggies outrebound foes 848 to 694. Texas A&M has been outrebounded in just three games. … .Aggies head coach Billy Kennedy is 128-92 in seven years at Texas A&M and 339-271 in 20 seasons as a head coach. He has an 0-3 record versus KU. … Texas A&M is 2-2 against ranked teams this season, having defeated No. 11 West Virginia (Nov. 10 at Ramstein Air Base in Germany) and No. 10 USC (Nov. 26 in Los Angeles) against losses to No. 21 Kentucky (Jan. 9 in Lexington, Ky.) and No. 24 Tennessee (Jan. 13 in Knoxville, Tenn). … Senior guard Duane Wilson attended Marquette three years. … Sophomore forward Robert Williams has the country’s longest active blocked shot streak at 41 straight games. He returned to A&M for a second season despite being regarded as a likely NBA lottery pick. He was the SEC’s defensive player of the year as a freshman. … Texas A&M was ranked third in the SEC’s preseason media poll behind Kentucky and Florida. … Texas A&M is trying to become the second team to win two games in Allen Fieldhouse in the Bill Self era, which started in 2003-04. Iowa State has also won twice in Allen Fieldhouse.

ABOUT KANSAS (16-4, 6-2 Big 12): KU, which has won nine in a row versus Texas A&M, leads the all-time series 20-1. … KU’s only loss to the Aggies was a 69-66 decision on Feb. 3, 2007 at Allen Fieldhouse. KU was ranked sixth and A&M eighth that day … KU is 8-1 versus Texas A&M in Allen Fieldhouse. … Self is 12-3 versus Texas A&M, 12-1 as KU coach … Kansas is 3-1 in the Big 12/SEC Challenge after its sweep of Kentucky the past two seasons and a split with Florida the first two years of the event, which started in 2013-14. … The KU staff on Saturday will be participating in the NABC’s Coaches vs. Cancer Suits And Sneakers. It’s an annual event to raise funds and promote the American Cancer Society. …Udoka Azubuike leads the NCAA in field-goal percentage at 77.4 percent. He is 32 for 38 (84.2 percent) in his last six games. … In Big 12 play, senior guards Devonté Graham and Svi Mykhailiuk have combined to average 36.9 points per game. They have combined for 55 of Kansas’ 83 three-pointers (66.3 percent). … Graham is tied with Jerod Haase for 11th on KU’s all-time steals list (174). … Graham is the only player in NCAA Division I averaging 17.5-plus points, 7.0-plus assists, 2.0-plus steals and fewer than 3.0 turnovers per game. … KU averages 84.0 points per game, which is the highest scoring average in the Self era. The last KU team to average that many points was the 2001-02 Final Four team at 90.9. Including 2017-18, Kansas has averaged 80 or more points in each of the last three seasons.

This story was originally published January 26, 2018 at 6:11 PM with the headline "Texas A&M-Kansas lineups, tipoff time, TV info, facts and figures."