Kansas Jayhawks basketball at Oklahoma: Lineups, tipoff time, TV, facts and figures
The details
When/where: 8 p.m. Tuesday at Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Oklahoma
TV/radio: ESPN; WHB (810 AM)
Projected starters
P No. Kansas Ht. Yr. PPG
F 33 David McCormack 6-10 So. 8.2
F 35 Udoka Azubuike 7-0 Sr. 12.6
G 30 Ochai Agbaji 6-5 So. 11.2
G 0 Marcus Garrett 6-5 Jr. 9.0
G 1 Devon Dotson 6-2 So. 18.0
P No. Oklahoma Ht. Yr. PPG
F 21 Kristian Doolittle 6-7 Sr. 17.1
F 35 Brady Manek 6-9 Jr. 14.6
G 24 Jamal Bieniemy 6-5 Soph. 5.3
G 12 Austin Reaves 6-5 Jr. 15.9
G 15 Alondes Williams 6-5 Jr. 6.1
ABOUT OKLAHOMA (11-4, 2-1 Big 12): The Sooners are facing a ranked opponent for the first time this season. ... Oklahoma is 13-22 when facing top 10 teams during the nine-year Lon Kruger era, but is 6-5 when playing a top 10 squad at Lloyd Noble Center. Oklahoma has won six of its last nine home games against top 10 teams. ... A win would give Oklahoma its fourth 3-1 start in Big 12 play during the Kruger era and its first since 2017-18. ... OU leads the Big 12 in free throw percentage (76.9%). ... Oklahoma opponents are shooting an average of 12.9 foul shots per game, compared to OU’s 20.2 free throw attempts. ... The Sooners are turning the ball over 10.8 times per game, which ranks eighth in the country. Virginia Tech (9.7) and Notre Dame (9.9) are the only major-conference teams turning the ball over less. ... OU had a four-game winning streak halted on Saturday at Iowa State (81-68). OU’s losses this season are to ISU, Creighton (83-73), Wichita State (80-75) and Stanford (73-54). … Kruger is 4-12 versus Kansas as OU coach and 9-22 overall. … Junior guard Austin Reaves, a transfer from Wichita State, has averaged 15.9 points a game. … Oklahoma has made the NCAA Tournament six times in the last seven years. Oklahoma is one of only three Big 12 schools with at least six NCAA Tournament appearances during that span, joined only by Iowa State and Kansas. … OU is 6-0 at home this season, but has led just one of those games at halftime. … Oklahoma was voted eighth in the Big 12 Conference’s 2019-20 preseason coaches poll. … Doolittle was 0 for 4 from three last season. He is 15 of 30 from three this season.
ABOUT NO. 6 KANSAS (12-3, 2-1 Big 12): KU leads the all-time series against OU, 148-68. The Jayhawks have won six of the past eight games and nine of 12 in the series. … KU is the only team in the Big 12 with a winning all-time record versus the Sooners. …KU is 19-19 in Lloyd Noble Center, where the Jayhawks have lost two straight and four of seven. … KU lost, 81-68, last season in Norman and, 85-80, in 2018. … KU is 95-13 following a loss in the 17-year Bill Self era. Over the last six seasons, KU is 44-5 after losses. ... Self is 20-5 versus OU as KU coach. … Udoka Azubuike blocked a career-high seven shots in Saturday’s loss to Baylor. The blocks were most by a KU player since Joel Embiid had eight blocks versus Oklahoma State on Jan. 18, 2014. It marked the most blocks by a Jayhawk senior since Jeff Withey had nine against West Virginia on Mar. 2, 2013. Azubuike is now 14th all-time in blocked shots at KU (127). ... Isaiah Moss has 1,000 points in his career. He scored 906 points in three seasons at Iowa. … Devon Dotson was held to nine points versus Baylor, ending a streak of 20 games in which the sophomore had scored 10 or more points. The last time Dotson was held under 10 was against Oklahoma on Mar. 5, 2019. … KU is 2-1 in Big 12 play for the third-straight season. … Self is 485-109 while at Kansas, 692-214 in his career. … Kansas is 2,286-862 all-time.
