KU-Louisiana lineups, tipoff time, TV information, facts, figures
Here are projected starters with TV and radio information for the Kansas Jayhawks-Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns game on Friday in Lawrence, Kan.
When/where: 7 p.m., Friday, Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence
TV/radio: Jayhawk TV/ESPN+; WHB (810 AM)
Projected lineups:
P | No. | Louisiana | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 11 | Jerekius Davis | 6-6 | Jr. | 8.0 |
F | 23 | JaKeenan Gant | 6-8 | Sr. | 18.5 |
G | 0 | Cedric Russell | 6-2 | So. | 9.5 |
G | 1 | Malik Marquetti | 6-6 | Sr. | 13.5 |
G | 35 | Marcus Stroman | 6-2 | Sr. | 9.5 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
C | 35 | Udoka Azubuike | 7-0 | Jr. | 20.0 |
F | 1 | Dedric Lawson | 6-9 | Jr. | 10.0 |
G | 11 | Quentin Grimes | 6-2 | Fr. | 11.5 |
G | 5 | Quentin Grimes | 6-5 | Fr. | 15.5 |
G | 24 | Lagerald Vick | 6-7 | Sr. | 17.0 |
About Louisiana (1-1): Louisiana has defeated University of Virgin Islands 121-80 and lost at Tennessee 87-65. … Coach Bob Marlin is 156-112 in nine seasons at Louisiana. He is 504-278 in 26 seasons overall as a head coach. … Louisiana returns three starters (JaKeenan Gant, Malik Marquetti, and Marcus Stroman) and eight letterwinners from last season’s 27-7 team. The Ragin’ Cajuns captured their first regular-season Sun Belt Conference title since 2000. … Gant and Stroman were named to the preseason all-Sun Belt team. … For only the second time in school history, Louisiana has two top-10 teams on its schedule — No. 5 Tennessee and No. 2 KU. The only other time Louisiana faced two top-10 teams in the same season was in 2004-05 when the Ragin’ Cajuns lost to No. 2 KU 96-51 and No. 4 Louisville 68-62. … Louisiana’s lone win against a top-5 team in seven games came in a 70-61 victory over then-No. 5 Georgetown (with freshman Patrick Ewing) in the opening game of the 1981 Great Alaska Shootout. … Freshman guard Eli Mouton is the son of former Ragin’ Cajuns player and current ESPN analyst Eric Mouton. … Eight of the 15 players on the 2018-19 Ragin’ Cajuns roster are from Louisiana.
About Kansas (2-0): KU is trying to go 3-0 for the second-straight season and eighth time in Bill Self’s 16 seasons at KU. … Self is 449-96 while at Kansas, 656-201 all-time … KU is 2,250-849 all time. KU is 773-113 in Allen Fieldhouse; 235-13 under Self. … The two teams are 1-1 in all-time meetings. Louisiana defeated KU 54-45 in 1983 in New Orleans. KU won 96-51 in 2004 at Allen Fieldhouse. The first meeting came in the finals of the Sugar Bowl Classic in Larry Brown’s first of five seasons at KU. The second meeting was under Self. KU entered the game ranked No. 2 as it is this season. … Louisiana is one of five opponents on the KU schedule that does not have a losing record against the Jayhawks. The others are Michigan State (7-7), Villanova (4-3), Arizona State (5-5) and Kentucky (22-9). … KU has won 40 straight games inside Allen Fieldhouse in the month of November, a streak which began in 2006. … Lagerald Vick has 809 career points.
Gary Bedore
Gary Bedore covers University of Kansas athletics for The Star.
This story was originally published November 16, 2018 at 5:30 AM.