KU basketball vs. Colorado: Lineups, tipoff time, TV, facts and figures
Here are projected starters with TV and radio information for the Kansas Jayhawks-Colorado Buffaloes game Saturday in Lawrence.
The details
When/where: 6 p.m., Saturday, Allen Fieldhouse
TV/radio: ESPN2; WHB (810 AM)
Projected lineups
P No. NO. 20 COLORADO (7-0) Ht. Yr. PPG
F 1 Tyler Bey 6-8 Jr. 14.0
F 21 Evan Battey 6-8 Fr. 8.7
G 5 D’Shawn Schwartz 6-7 Jr. 12.3
G 25 McKinley Wright 6-0 Jr. 12.4
G 24 Eli Parquet 6-3 Soph. 1.0
P No. NO. 2 KANSAS (6-1) Ht. Yr. PPG
F 33 David McCormack 6-10 Soph. 8.3
F 35 Udoka Azubuike 7-0 Sr. 15.1
G 30 Ochai Agbaji 6-5 Soph. 9.6
G 0 Marcus Garrett 6-5 Jr. 10.0
G 1 Devon Dotson 6-2 Soph. 19.7
ABOUT COLORADO: The Buffs are 7-0 for the first time since the 1982-83 season. CU finished 13-15 that year. … Six of Colorado’s seven wins have been by 10 or more points. … KU graduate Tad Boyle is 196-123 in 10 seasons at CU. … Colorado is 19-4 over its last 23 games, its best run since a 20-4 stretch spanning the 1961-62 and ’62-’63 seasons. … Colorado is 92-29 (.760) in nonconference regular-season games in the Boyle era, including a 45-12 mark (.789) since 2014-15. … Colorado claimed the 2019 MGM Resorts Main Event in Las Vegas by defeating Wyoming (56-41) and Clemson (71-67). CU has also beaten Loyola Marymount, Arizona State, San Diego, UC Irvine and Sacramento State. … Colorado was picked to finish second in the Pac-12 in the conference’s preseason media poll. Colorado totaled 288 points to finish right behind Oregon (291 points). … Tyler Bey and McKinley Wright were named first-team preseason all-Pac-12..
ABOUT KANSAS: Kansas leads the all-time series against Colorado, 123-40, including a 53-5 mark versus CU in Allen Fieldhouse. CU won the first meeting, 34-25, on Jan. 2, 1931 in Denver. The Jayhawks lost the last meeting, 75-72, on Dec. 7, 2013, at Coors Events Center in Boulder. … KU has won 46 of the last 48 meetings versus the Buffs dating to 1991. … CU’s last win against KU in Allen was 75-74 on Feb. 10, 1983. Since then, KU has defeated CU 29 straight times in Allen. … Bill Self is 18-1 vs. Colorado. ... KU and CU were members of the Big Seven, Big Eight and Big 12 Conferences before CU moved to the Pac-12 in 2012. … KU has won 23 straight games in Allen. KU has won 11 straight against nonconference foes in Allen, dating to the 2017-18 season. Last nonconference loss was to Arizona State. … KU is 125-5 vs. nonconference foes in Allen in the 17-year Self era. … KU is 44-6 versus ranked teams in Allen in the Self era and 98-50 overall ... The Jayhawks have won seven in a row in Allen against ranked foes. … Udoka Azubuike has a career 75.1 field goal percentage (335 of 446). The NCAA record for career FG percentage is is 67.8 by Oregon State’s Steve Johnson (1977-81). ... KU is 6-1 or better for the eighth straight season and for the 15th time in the Self era. … Self is 479-107 at Kansas and 686-212 for his career. KU’s all-time record is 2,280-860. … KU is 24-9 in overtime games under Self. KU has won its last six OT contests.
