KU Jayhawks men’s basketball vs. Michigan State: Lineups, tipoff, TV, facts & figures
THE DETAILS
When/where: 6 p.m. Tuesday, Madison Square Garden, New York
TV/radio: ESPN; WHB (810 AM)
PROJECTED LINEUPS
P | No. | Michigan State | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 44 | Gabe Brown | 6-8 | Sr. | 0.0 |
F | 10 | Joey Hauser | 6-9 | Sr. | 0.0 |
F | 30 | Marcus Bingham | 7-0 | Sr. | 0.0 |
G | 2 | Tyson Walker | 6-0 | Jr. | 0.0 |
G | 5 | Max Christie | 6-6 | Fr. | 0.0 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 33 | David McCormack | 6-10 | Sr. | 0.0 |
G | 2 | Christian Braun | 6-6 | Jr. | 0.0 |
G | 30 | Ochai Agbaji | 6-5 | Sr. | 0.0 |
G | 11 | Remy Martin | 6-0 | Sr. | 0.0 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-1 | So. | 0.0 |
About Michigan State: MSU is 4-6 in the Champions Classic. The Spartans have lost four of their last five in the event. The Spartans beat Duke, 75-69, in last year’s Champions Classic. That game was played on Dec. 1, 2020, in Durham, North Carolina because of the pandemic. … The Spartans were picked to finish sixth of 14 teams in the Big Ten’s preseason men’s basketball media poll. There is no official poll put out by the conference. … The Spartans return nine letterwinners from last year’s team that finished 15-13 overall and 9-11 in the Big Ten and reached the NCAA Tournament for the 23rd-straight season, the second-longest active streak in Division I. Kansas has the longest streak at 31, an NCAA record. … Michigan State won both of its exhibition games, first topping Ferris State, 92-58, on Oct. 27, then upending Grand Valley State, 83-60, on Nov. 4. Both games were played in East Lansing, Michigan. Freshman guard Max Christie averaged 15.5 points on 57.9% shooting and 3.5 rebounds in the two games. Senior forward Gabe Brown averaged 15.0 points on 58.8% shooting and 5.0 rebounds. … MSU won five of its last seven regular season games a year ago, including three against teams ranked in the AP top five. … Tom Izzo is 643-254 in 26 seasons at Michigan State. He led MSU to eight Final Four appearances between 1999 and 2019. … MSU’s nonconference schedule includes a home game versus Louisville in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge as well as a game at Butler. MSU will open the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament against Loyola of Chicago. The field includes Baylor, Auburn, UConn, Arizona State, Syracuse and VCU.
About Kansas: Kansas has won four of its last five games in the Champions Classic and is 5-5 overall in the event. Last year’s 65-62 victory over Kentucky came in the third game of the season, instead of the opener, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gonzaga beat the Jayhawks, 102-90, in the opener on Nov. 26, 2020 in Indianapolis. … KU is 15-3 in season openers during the Bill Self era, losing the last two openers (Gonzaga, Duke). … KU is 7-7 all-time against Michigan State, 1-2 versus the Spartans in the Champions Classic. Kansas has won three of the last four games in its series against MSU. KU took the last meeting, 92-87, in the 2018 Champions Classic in Indianapolis. … Bill Self is 522-118 through his first 18 seasons at Kansas and 729-223 all-time. … KU has 2,323 all-time wins (against 871 losses) and trails Kentucky (2,327-728) by four games on the all-time wins list. … KU returns four starters and eight letterwinners from last season’s 21-9 team that finished second in the Big 12 at 12-6. Returning starter Jalen Wilson will miss Tuesday’s game because of suspension…. Kansas is the preseason favorite in the Big 12 for the 19th time in the 26-year history of the conference.
