KU basketball vs. Oklahoma: Lineups, tipoff time, TV info, facts and figures
The details
When/where: 11 a.m. Saturday, Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kansas
TV/radio: ESPN; WHB (810 AM)
Projected starters
P No. Kansas Ht. Yr. PPG
F 35 Udoka Azubuike 7-0 Sr. 12.7
G 30 Ochai Agbaji 6-5 So. 10.2
G 0 Marcus Garrett 6-5 Jr. 9.2
G 2 Christian Braun 6-6 Fr. 4.9
G 1 Devon Dotson 6-2 So. 17.9
P No. Oklahoma Ht. Yr. PPG
F 21 Kristian Doolittle 6-7 Sr. 15.0
F 35 Brady Manek 6-9 Jr. 15.9
G 24 Jamal Bieniemy 6-5 So. 5.3
G 12 Austin Reaves 6-5 Jr. 14.2
G 15 Alondes Williams 6-5 Jr. 6.7
ABOUT OKLAHOMA (16-8, 6-5 Big 12): The Sooners have won two straight games entering Saturday’s contest at KU. OU beat Iowa State, 90-61, on Wednesday and West Virginia, 69-59, on Feb. 8, both in Norman, Oklahoma. ... OU had six players score in double figures against Iowa State. Kristian Doolittle led the way with 27 points versus WVU and 20 against ISU. Prior to that, he had scored 36 points total over the previous five games. ... Alondes Williams has scored in double figures four of his past six games after doing so just twice all season. … Doolittle has grabbed at least 10 rebounds in five of his last six games. … Doolittle and Brady Manek both have surpassed the career 1,000-point mark in scoring this season. … OU freshman guard De’Vion Harmon was high school teammates with KU freshman wing Jalen Wilson at Guyer High School in Denton, Texas. … Ninth-year OU coach Lon Kruger (176-113) is 4-13 versus KU as OU coach and 9-23 overal versus the Jayhawks. ... Junior guard Austin Reaves, a transfer from Wichita State, has averaged 14.2 points a game. He has scored 20 or more points five times. … Just two teams in the country, OU and Arkansas, have three players averaging over 14 points a game. ... Oklahoma is one of only three Big 12 schools with at least six NCAA Tournament appearances in the last seven years, joined only by KU and Iowa State. … Oklahoma was voted eighth in the Big 12 Conference’s 2019-20 preseason coaches poll.
ABOUT NO. 3 KANSAS (21-3, 10-1 Big 12): KU leads the all-time series against OU, 149-68. The Jayhawks have won seven of the past nine games and 10 of 13 in the series. … The Jayhawks beat the Sooners, 66-52, on Jan. 14 in Norman, Oklahoma. Since then, OU has won five in a row at Lloyd Noble Center. ... KU is 49-7 vs. OU in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks have won 18 straight over OU in Lawrence, a steak that began in 1994. … KU is the only team in the Big 12 with a winning all-time record versus the Sooners. …Bill Self is 21-5 versus OU as KU coach. … KU has won 21 or more games for the 31st-straight season beginning in 1989-90. … KU has 10 conference wins for the 26th-consecutive season, a streak which dates to 1995. … Bill Self is 494-109 while at Kansas, 701-214 for his career. KU is 2,295-862 all-time. A win over OU would give KU 799 wins in Allen Fieldhouse. KU is 798-114 in the tradition-rich building, which will celebrate its 65th birthday on March 1. … Self’s Jayhawks are 260-14 in Allen. KU is 132-9 in league home games since 2004. That’s a 93.6% clip. Only Gonzaga (94.6%) is better at home in that span… Kansas has held 15 of its 24 opponents this to below 40% shooting. … Devon Dotson has had three steals in three of his last four games. … Isaiah Moss has made three or more threes in a game seven times.
