KU basketball vs. Baylor: Lineups, tipoff time, TV information, facts and figures
The details
When/where: Noon Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kansas
TV/radio: CBS; WHB (810 AM)
Projected starters
P No. Baylor Ht. Yr. PPG
F 33 Freddie Gillespie 6-9 Sr. 8.7
F 11 Mark Vital 6-5 Sr. 6.7
G 31 MaCio Teague 6-3 Jr. 14.5
G 12 Jared Butler 6-3 So. 16.3
G 45 Davion Mitchell 6-2 So. 9.6
P No. Kansas Ht. Yr. PPG
F 33 David McCormack 6-10 So. 8.8
F 35 Udoka Azubuike 7-0 Sr. 13.1
G 30 Ochai Agbaji 6-5 So. 11.6
G 0 Marcus Garrett 6-5 Jr. 8.9
G 1 Devon Dotson 6-2 So. 18.6
ABOUT NO. 4 BAYLOR (12-1, 2-0 Big 12): Baylor has won 11 straight games since a 67-64 loss to Washington on Nov. 8 in Anchorage, Alaska. … BU is the only team in the country with four wins versus Top 25 teams. The No. 4-ranked Bears have defeated No. 17 Villanova, No. 12 Arizona, No. 18 Butler and No. 22 Texas Tech. BU is looking to win five consecutive games versus ranked teams for the first time in program history.. … BU is 0-3 all-time in matchups involving Top 5 teams and 0-2 versus KU. No. 3 Kansas beat No. 2 Baylor, 73-68, on Feb. 1, 2017 at Allen Fieldhouse; No. 3 KU beat No. 4 BU, 67-65, on Feb. 18, 2017, in Waco, Texas; No. 5 Missouri beat No. 3 Baylor, 89-88, on Jan. 21, 2012, in Waco. … Baylor is 0-22 all-time on the road against Top 5 teams. …Baylor is 35-38 in Big 12 road games since 2012, second-best mark in the league behind only Kansas (46-28). … Baylor’s No. 4 AP ranking is its highest since the Bears were No. 4 on Feb. 13, 2017. … BU this season reached double-digit non-conference victories for the sixth time in the last seven seasons and 12th time in 14 years. … Baylor is one of six Power-5 programs to win 18-plus games in each of the last 12 seasons since 2008. The others: Kansas, Duke, Kentucky, Michigan State and North Carolina. … Head coach Scott Drew is in his 17th season in Waco and is BU’s all-time wins leader (328-210). … BU returned eight letterwinners from last season, including five players who made at least seven starts – Mark Vital (34), Jared Butler (21), Tristan Clark (14), Freddie Gillespie (11) and Devonte Bandoo (7).
ABOUT NO. 3 KANSAS (12-2, 2-0 Big 12): KU leads the all-time series, 32-5 including a 17-0 record in Lawrence, 16-0 in Allen Fieldhouse. KU has won two straight games and 13 of the last 14 overall against Baylor. … Each of the last three meetings in Lawrence have been decided by single digits (73-68 in 2017; 70-67 in 2018 and 78-70 last season). Thirteen of the first 14 meetings in Lawrence were decided by double digits. … KU has won nine straight games against AP Top 5 teams in Allen Fieldhouse. Eight of those wins have been under Bill Self. … KU is 14-2 against AP Top 10 teams in Lawrence in the 17-year Self era. KU has won 20 of its last 23 regular-season games against AP Top 10 teams. … KU has won 26 in a row at Allen. … BU sophomore Jared Butler scored 31 points in the loss at KU last season. He had 23 points in the second half. … KU is 12-2 or better for the second-straight season and for the 10th time in the 17-year Bill Self era. … KU is 2-0 in the league for the 14th time in the Self era. … Self is 485-108 while at Kansas, 692-213 for his career. … Kansas is 2,287-861 all-time. … KU has limited its opponent to under 60 points eight times. The Jayhawks are 7-1 in those games with a 175-2 record in the Self era. … Devon Dotson has scored 10 or more points in 20 straight games. The last time Dotson didn’t score in double digits was against Oklahoma on Mar. 5, 2019. … Christian Braun is 6 of 9 from three over the last three games. He has 21 rebounds in his last five games, good for a 4.2 average. In his nine games prior, he averaged just 1.4 rebounds per game. …
