KU-Michigan State lineups, tipoff time, TV info, facts and figures
Here are projected starters with TV and radio information for the Kansas Jayhawks-Michigan State Spartans game on Tuesday in Indianapolis.
When/where: 6 p.m., Central time, Tuesday, Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis.
TV/radio: ESPN; WHB (810 AM)
Projected lineups:
P | No. | Michigan St. | Ht. | Yt. | PPG |
F | 25 | Kenny Goins | 6-7 | Sr. | 0.0 |
F | 44 | Nick Ward | 6-9 | Jr. | 0.0 |
G | 20 | Matt McQuaid | 6-5 | Sr. | 0.0 |
G | 5 | Cassius Winston | 6-1 | Jr. | 0.0 |
G | 1 | Joshua Langford | 6-5 | Jr. | 0.0 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
C | 35 | Udoka Azubuike | 7-0 | Jr. | 0.0 |
F | 1 | Dedric Lawson | 6-9 | Jr. | 0.0 |
G | 0 | Marcus Garrett | 6-5 | So. | 0.0 |
G | 2 | Charlie Moore | 5-11 | So. | 0.0 |
G | 24 | Lagerald Vick | 6-5 | Sr. | 0.0 |
About Kansas: KU trails Michigan State in the all-time series, 7-6. The Spartans have won four of the last six meetings. However, KU has won two of the last three, including a 90-70 victory in a second-round NCAA Midwest Regional game on March 19, 2017, in Tulsa. … KU is 0-2 versus MSU at the Champions Classic. … Overall, Bill Self is 3-4 versus Michigan State coach Tom Izzo since arriving at KU in 2003. Counting games at all of his coaching stops, Self is 6-7 versus MSU … No. 10 Michigan State will be the highest ranked team Kansas will play to open the season since Nov. 25, 1995, when No. 2 KU downed No. 8 Utah, 79-68, at Kemper Arena. … Kansas went 4-1 versus Top 10 teams last season and is 13-3 over the last three seasons (5-1 in 2016-17 and 4-1 in 2015-16). … In Self’s 15 seasons, KU is 38-20 against Top 10 teams. … Kansas is 14-1 in season openers under Self. … KU is 21-10 as the AP’s No. 1-ranked team when playing a ranked opponent and 11-3 since 2010. … KU is 25-6 at neutral sites since 2015-16. … Self is 447-96 while at Kansas, 654-201 all-time… KU is 2,248-849 all time.
About Michigan State: This will be the third time the Spartans have played the No. 1 team in the country, falling to Duke last year, 88-81, and beating Kentucky, 78-74, in 2013. … Junior guard Cassius Winston for the second straight season has been named one of 20 watch list candidates for the 2019 Bob Cousy point guard of the year award. Junior Nick Ward was named to the 20-player watch list for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar center of the year honor. Ward and Winston were two of 10 players selected to the preseason all-Big Ten team. … This is the seventh-straight year No. 10-rated MSU has opened a season ranked in the preseason Top 25 and the 11th time in the last 12 years. … Coach Tom Izzo has named junior guard Joshua Langford and senior guard Matt McQuaid co-captains. … Gonzaga outscored MSU, 58-46, in one 20-minute half and also, 52-46, in the second half in a scrimmage on Oct. 27 in Minneapolis, Minn. Ward scored 22 points with 12 rebounds and two blocks; Winston 16 points with eight assists and six turnovers; Langford 11 points, six rebounds, four assists and four turnovers and Xavier Tillman 16 points and five rebounds. … In its only official exhibition game, MSU thumped Northern Michigan, 93-47, on Oct. 30, in East Lansing, Mich. Ward scored 24 points and had nine rebounds and Winston added 13 points and seven assists. … Izzo is 574-225 entering his 24th season at MSU. … Under Izzo, Michigan State has advanced to seven Final Fours, winning the 2000 NCAA title.
Gary Bedore
Gary Bedore covers University of Kansas athletics for The Star.
