KU basketball at Texas Tech: Lineups, tipoff time, TV info, facts and figures
The details
When/where: 1 p.m. Saturday at United Supermarkets Arena, Lubbock, Texas
TV/radio: ESPN; WHB (810 AM)
Projected starters
P No. Kansas Ht. Yr. PPG
F 35 Udoka Azubuike 7-0 Sr. 13.7
G 4 Isaiah Moss 6-5 Sr. 8.1
G 30 Ochai Agbaji 6-5 So. 9.9
G 0 Marcus Garrett 6-5 Jr. 9.2
G 1 Devon Dotson 6-2 So. 18.2
P No. Texas Tech Ht. Yr. PPG
C 54 Russell Tchewa 7-0 Fr. 1.6
G 0 Kyler Edwards 6-4 So. 11.7
G 25 Davide Moretti 6-3 Jr. 12.8
G 15 Kevin McCullar 6-6 Fr. 6.0
G 3 Jahmi’us Ramsey 6-4 Fr. 15.4
ABOUT TEXAS TECH (18-12, 9-8): The Red Raiders have played host to a No. 1-ranked Kansas team two times prior to this season — in 1997 and 2016 — losing both games. Tech is 1-6 all-time against AP No. 1-ranked teams. The victory came against then-No. 1 ranked Louisville on Dec. 10, 2019 at the Jimmy V. Classic in New York. Tech is 0-4 against the Jayhawks when they have been No. 1. ... The Red Raiders are 1-3 against top-10 opponents this season and 2-5 against ranked opponents. ... Texas Tech enters Saturday’s regular-season finale on a three-game losing streak. The Red Raiders fell to Baylor, 71-68, in overtime Monday in Waco, Texas. The three-game slide also includes a 68-58 loss to Texas in Lubbock and a 65-51 loss at Oklahoma. … Fourth-year coach Chris Beard is 94-43 at Tech. He was named AP national coach of the year after leading the Red Raiders to last year’s NCAA title game. He won Big 12 coach of the year the past two seasons. … Beard is 2-5 all-time against KU. … Tech is 13-3 at home this season. … Tech is 8-2 in the NCAA Tournament over the past two years after making the 2018 NCAA Elite Eight and reaching the Final Four a year ago. … Grad transfer TJ Holyfield, who had KU on his list of transfer possibilities, starts and averages 8.8 points a game. He began his career at Stephen F. Austin… Davide Moretti leads the Big 12 in free throw shooting percentage. He’s 88 of 98 from the line for 89.8%. … Tech’s players are wearing a No. 14 patch on their jerseys in memory of former Tech player Andre Emmett, who was murdered on Sept. 23, 2019, in Dallas. Emmett is all-time leading scorer in program history with 2,256 points from 2001-04.
ABOUT NO. 1 KANSAS (27-3, 16-1 Big 12): KU leads the all-time series against Texas Tech, 36-6, including a 10-4 mark in United Supermarkets Arena. … KU defeated the Red Raiders, 78-75, on Feb. 1 in Lawrence. The Jayhawks have won three of the past five meetings. Prior to that, KU had won 16 straight in the series. … Bill Self is 22-5 versus Texas Tech in his 17 seasons at KU. … KU has 27 wins for the fifth time in the last six seasons and the 12th time in the Self era. … KU has 16 Big 12 wins for the fourth time since the league began in 1996-97 and the third time in the Self era. … Self is 500-109 while at Kansas and 707-214 for his career. … Kansas has won 15 games in a row, its longest win streak since the Jayhawks won 18 straight from Nov. 15, 2016 to Jan. 25, 2017. … KU is 22-3 when outrebounding its opponent. … Udoka Azubuike’s 31 points Wednesday vs. TCU were the most by a KU senior since Lagerald Vick scored 33 points against Louisiana on Nov. 16, 2018 and were the most by a senior against a conference opponent since Elijah Johnson scored 39 points against Iowa State on Feb. 25, 2013. … Azubuike’s 13-of-14 shooting vs. TCU was best percentage by a Jayhawk with 10 or more attempts since Danny Manning went 10 of 10 against Oklahoma State on Jan. 18, 1986. It was the best field goal percentage by a Jayhawk with at least 14 attempts since Manning went 15 of 16 against Oklahoma State on Mar. 2, 1985. … Devon Dotson’s four steals against TCU marked the 12th time this season he has had three or more steals in a game.
