KU basketball vs. Villanova: Lineups, tipoff time, TV info, facts and figures
Here are projected starters with TV and radio information for the Kansas Jayhawks-Villanova Wildcats game on Saturday in Lawrence.
When/where: 11 a.m., Saturday, Allen Fieldhouse.
TV/radio: ESPN, WHB (810 AM)
Projected starters:
P | No. | Villanova | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 4 | Eric Paschall | 6-8 | Sr. | 14.5 |
F | 21 | Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree | 6-9 | So. | 6.6 |
F | 15 | Saddiq Bey | 6-8 | Fr. | 7.9 |
G | 5 | Phil Booth | 6-3 | Sr. | 15.8 |
G | 2 | Collin Gillespie | 6-3 | So. | 11.6 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 1 | Dedric Lawson | 6-9 | Jr. | 19.1 |
G | 5 | Quentin Grimes | 6-5 | Fr. | 8.3 |
G | 0 | Marcus Garrett | 6-5 | So. | 6.6 |
G | 24 | Lagerald Vick | 6-5 | Sr. | 16.3 |
G | 11 | Devon Dotson | 6-2 | Fr. | 11.0 |
ABOUT NO. 17 VILLANOVA (8-3): Villanova has a 2-1 record against the country’s No. 1-ranked team in Jay Wright’s 18 seasons as Wildcats coach. In 2006, No. 4 Villanova beat No. 1 UConn at home; in 2016, No. 6 Villanova beat No. 1 KU in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight. In 2012, unranked Villanova lost at home to No. 1 Syracuse. … Villanova of the Big East had its six-game winning streak snapped Tuesday at Penn (78-75). Villanova opened the season by defeating Morgan State (100-77) and Quinnipiac (86-53), then losing to Michigan (73-46) and Furman (76-68, OT). After that came wins against Saint Joseph’s (70-58), Temple (69-59), LaSalle (85-78), Florida State (66-60), Oklahoma State (77-58) and Canisius (83-56). … VU dropped back-to-back games for the first time in 179 games, to Michigan and Furman, in November. … Villanova is back in the AP poll at No. 17 after falling out on Nov. 19, snapping a stretch of 50 consecutive weeks in the poll. … Senior guard Joe Cremo (6.9 ppg) is a graduate transfer from the University of Albany who chose the Wildcats over KU and others. He suffered a facial fracture in October. Over the last four games, Cremo is 14 of 26 from the field. … Villanova was the preseason pick to win the 10-team Big East. Eric Paschall was named first-team all-league and Phil Booth second-team. … Booth during Tuesday’s loss to Penn became the 66th player in program history to record 1,000 points. … Saturday’s game will be Villanova’s fifth in 15 days. … Jahvon Quinerly (19 points, eight assists, 11 turnovers all season) was named preseason Big East co-freshman of the year. … Wright is 430–168 in 18 seasons at Villanova. He is 4-2 versus KU.
ABOUT NO. 1 KANSAS (8-0): KU is 3-4 all-time against Villanova. The Wildcats have won three in a row and four of five in the series. Nova beat KU, 95-79, on March 31 in a 2018 Final Four semifinal in San Antonio and also, 64-59, in an Elite Eight game on March 26, 2016 in Louisville. Nova beat KU, 63-59, in the Battle4Atlantis tourney on Nov. 29, 2013 in Bahamas. KU beat Nova, 72-57, in a Sweet 16 contest on March 28, 2008 in Detroit. Nova beat KU, 83-62, on Jan. 22, 2005 in Philadelphia. KU won, 86-79, on Jan. 2, 2004 at Allen Fieldhouse and won, 55-49, on March 18, 1968 in the NIT in New York. … This marks the third time in 63 years KU will play host to the defending NCAA champion at Allen Fieldhouse. KU fell to Cincinnati (1962 champs), 64-49, on Dec. 16, 1962 and beat 1995 champ UCLA, 85-70, on Dec. 1, 1995. … KU is looking to go 9-0 for the first time since the 2010-11 team opened 18-0. … KU is 46-3 in Allen when it is No. 1 in the AP poll, including 20-0 under Bill Self. KU has won 38 straight games in the fieldhouse when ranked No. 1 dating to the 1994-95 season. The last KU loss as a No. 1 team in Allen was to Kansas State, 68-64, on Jan. 17, 1994. … KU is 92-45 against AP ranked opponents in the Self era. … Self is 455-96 at Kansas and 662-201 overall as a head coach. He is 2-4 versus Villanova. … KU has trailed by seven points or more in six of its eight outings and has gone on to win each game. … Lagerald Vick had five assists Saturday against New Mexico State after totaling five assists in his previous four outings.
This story was originally published December 14, 2018 at 5:15 PM with the headline "KU basketball vs. Villanova: Lineups, tipoff time, TV info, facts and figures."
