KU basketball vs. Texas Longhorns: Lineups, tipoff time, TV info, facts and figures
The details
When/where: 8 p.m. Monday at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas
TV/radio: ESPN; WHB (810 AM)
Projected starters
P No. Texas Ht. Yr. PPG
F 20 Jericho Sims 6-9 Jr. 9.8
F 33 Kai Jones 6-11 Fr. 2.9
G 2 Matt Coleman 6-2 Jr. 12.3
G 3 Courtney Ramey 6-3 So. 10.5
G 13 Jase Febres 6-5 Jr. 10.0
P No. Kansas Ht. Yr. PPG
F 35 Udoka Azubuike 7-0 Sr. 12.4
G 2 Christian Braun 6-6 Fr. 5.3
G 30 Ochai Agbaji 6-5 So. 10.5
G 0 Marcus Garrett 6-5 Jr. 9.6
G 1 Devon Dotson 6-2 So. 18.2
ABOUT TEXAS (14-7, 4-4 Big 12): Texas won two Big 12 games this past week. The Longhorns, who are .500 in the league, beat TCU, 62-61, on Wednesday in Fort Worth, Texas, then downed Iowa State, 72-68, on Saturday in Austin, Texas. UT trailed the Cyclones, 65-61, with 2:29 left, then went on an 11-0 run. Courtney Ramey had 14 points, all in the second half, while Matt Coleman and Jericho Sims also had 14 points apiece. … UT coach Shaka Smart has posted an 85-73 mark in five seasons in Austin. He has led the Longhorns to NCAA Tournament appearances in 2016 and 2018 and the 2019 NIT Championship. ... Smart is 2-9 versus KU. … Matt Coleman posted 10 assists without a turnover in 38 minutes against McNeese State on Nov. 30. … Coleman’s younger brother, Chase, is a freshman on the basketball team at the University of Virginia. … The Longhorns are 6-1 this season when reaching double digits in three-point field goals made. … Sims has reached double figures in rebounds seven times this year and leads the team in rebounding (8.0 rpg). … Jase Febres is 54 of 142 (.380) from beyond the arc. … Andrew Jones’ sister, Alexis Jones, played basketball at Baylor (2014-17) and was selected as the No. 12 overall pick of the 2017 WNBA Draft by the Minnesota Lynx. … Will Baker wears jersey No. 50 to honor former NBA standout David Robinson..
ABOUT NO. 3 KANSAS (18-3, 7-1 Big 12): KU is 51-12 on Big Monday under 17-year coach Bill Self which includes a 29-0 mark in Allen. … KU leads the all-time series against Texas, 34-9. KU is 15-1 versus UT in Allen. … The Jayhawks have won 12 of the past 13 meetings. Self is 24-7 against Texas as KU coach. … KU is nearing some milestone victories. Self (698-214) is two wins shy of 700 for his 27-year head coaching career. He (491-109) is nine shy of 500 wins as KU coach. KU (2,292-862) is eight wins shy of 2,300 as a program. KU (797-114) is three wins shy of 800 at Allen. KU is 259-14 at Allen under Self. … KU is 7-1 in Big 12 play or better for the 12th time in the Self era and the first time since 2016-17. … KU in Saturday’s 78-75 win over Texas Tech allowed 70 or more points in a non-overtime game for the first time this season, breaking a streak of 19-straight 40-minute games of holding its opponent under 70 points. The streak marked the longest of its kind during the Self era and the longest by a KU squad since the 1968 and 1969 seasons. … The Jayhawks are 9-0 when shooting 50% or better, and 260-9 under Self. … KU is 13-0 when scoring 70 points or more. … KU’s bench outscored Texas Tech 20-5 Saturday and has outscored the opponent bench 81-26 over its last four outings. … Christian Braun is 12 of 24 (50%) from three over his last four games.
