KU-Marquette lineups, tipoff time, TV information, facts and figures
Here are projected starters with TV and radio information for the Kansas Jayhawks-Marquette Golden Eagles game on Wednesday at the NIT Season Tip-Off in Brooklyn, N.Y.
When/where: Approximately 6:30 p.m., Central time, Wednesday, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. Game will start 30 minutes after a 4 p.m., contest between Louisville and Tennessee.
TV/radio: ESPN2; WHB (810 AM)
Projected lineups:
Marquette
F 22 Joey Hauser 6-9 Fr. 12.0
F 10 Sam Hauser 6-8 Jr. 15.5
F 4 Theo John 6-9 Soph. 7.5
F 23 Jamal Cain 6-7 Soph. 4.3
G 0 Markus Howard 5-11 Jr. 20.0
Kansas
C 35 Udoka Azubuike 7-0 Jr. 17.0
F 1 Dedric Lawson 6-9 Jr. 20.0
G 11 Devon Dotson 6-2 Fr. 16.0
G 5 Quentin Grimes 6-5 Fr. 21.0
G 24 Lagerald Vick 6-5 Sr. 2.0
ABOUT MARQUETTE: Marquette has defeated UMBC, 67-42, Bethune-Cookman, 92-59, and Presbyterian College, 74-55, in Milwaukee, and lost at Indiana, 96-73. … Marquette opened 1-for-16 from three against Presbyterian, then connected on six straight threes. … Marquette has held three of four opponents to sub-32 percent shooting. … Guard Markus Howard (111) and forward Sam Hauser (95) combined to hit 206 three-pointers last season for the seventh-best total among collegiate duos. They have made 22 threes in 61 attempts in 2018-19. … Howard was selected first-team and Hauser second-team preseason all-Big East. … Marquette was picked second (behind Villanova) in the 10-team Big East preseason poll. It’s the highest preseason poll position for the Golden Eagles since they were selected first in 2013-14. … Freshman Brendan Bailey committed to Marquette in November of 2015 and after concluding his high school career completed a Mormon mission in Washington, D.C. before officially joining the team in the summer of 2018. … Guard Joseph Chartouny (5.0 ppg) is a graduate transfer from Fordham. … Forward Ed Morrow (3.5 ppg, 1.8 rpg) transferred after his sophomore season at Nebraska. He red-shirted in 2017-18 in accordance with NCAA rules. He had 16 points and seven rebounds in Nebraska’s 89-72 loss to KU on Dec. 10, 2016, at Allen Fieldhouse. … Steve Wojciechowski is 76-60 in five seasons at Marquette.
ABOUT KANSAS: KU leads the all-time series against Marquette, 6-1. The teams have not met in the 16-year Bill Self era. …. KU is looking to go 4-0 for the second straight season and eighth time in the Self era. … Bill Self is 450-96 while at Kansas and 657-201 overall as a head coach. … KU is 2,251-849 all-time. … KU is 18-3 in the NIT and last participated in the event in 2002-03, when the Jayhawks placed fourth. Prior to this year, KU has played in five NITs — in 1985-86, 1989-90, 1993-94, 1997-98 and 2002-03. KU has won NIT titles in 1989, 1993 and 1997. … Udoka Azubuike, who had four blocked shots in KU’s last game against Louisiana, has blocked four or more shots in a game six times. His career high is five rejections against Texas in 2018. … Sophomore guard Marcus Garrett dished a career high five assists against Louisiana. … Freshman Devon Dotson has had at least three assists in two of three games. … Lagerald Vick (33 points) on Friday became the first KU player since Devonté Graham (2018 vs. Duke) to play all 40 minutes of a game.
Gary Bedore
Gary Bedore covers University of Kansas athletics for The Star.
