KU Jayhawks basketball vs. Colorado Buffaloes: Lineups, time, TV, facts and figures
Update: KU basketball’s game against Colorado has been canceled because of COVID positives on the Buffaloes’ roster.
THE DETAILS
When/where: 8 p.m. Tuesday at CU Events Center, Boulder, Colorado.
TV/radio: ESPN2; WHB (810 AM)
PROJECTED LINEUPS
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
C | 33 | David McCormack | 6-10 | Sr. | 8.5 |
F | 2 | Christian Braun | 6-6 | Jr. | 16.8 |
G | 30 | Ochai Agbaji | 6-5 | Sr. | 22.0 |
G | 11 | Remy Martin | 6-0 | Sr. | 10.9 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-1 | So. | 3.7 |
P | No. | Colorado | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 23 | Tristan Da Silva | 6-9 | So. | 7.5 |
F | 21 | Evan Battey | 6-8 | Sr. | 12.7 |
F | 12 | Jabari Walker | 6-9 | So. | 13.3 |
G | 24 | Elijah Parquet | 6-4 | Sr. | 7.8 |
G | 3 | Keeshawn Barthelemy | 6-2 | So. | 11.1 |
About No. 7 Kansas (9-1): KU is 124-40 all-time vs. Colorado. The Jayhawks have won 20 of the last 21 in the series. KU won the last meeting, 72-58, on Dec. 7, 2019 in Allen Fieldhouse. KU lost the last game between the teams at CU Events Center, 75-72, on Dec. 7, 2013. That Colorado win snapped the Buffs’ 19-game losing streak versus KU. ... KU is 25-8 in CU Events Center. ... Kansas is 9-1 or better for the third time in the last four years and 11th time in Bill Self’s 19 seasons at KU. … Self is 738-224 all-time, including 531-119 while at Kansas. … KU has made at least 20 free throws in back-to-back games (21 vs. Stephen F. Austin; 22 vs. Missouri). … KU’s opponent has committed 20 turnovers in back-to-back games (MU, Stephen F. Austin). The last time that Kansas forced its opponent into 20 turnovers in consecutive games was Nov. 25-26, 2019 vs. Chaminade and BYU in the Maui Invitational. . … Stephen F. Austin attempted just four free throws Saturday, the lowest number of free throw attempts by a KU opponent since Dec. 21, 2019 at Villanova (two). .. KU has led at halftime in all 10 games. … Ochai Agbaji has 1,140 career points, which is 45th on the all-time KU scoring list. He is in 12th place in three-point field goals made by a KU player with 178. Agbaji, who has started 87 consecutive games, is ninth on the all-time list for consecutive starts at KU. … Mitch Lightfoot played a season-high 26 minutes Saturday. He was averaging 11.1 minutes per game entering the contest.
About Colorado (9-3): Colorado has defeated CSU Bakersfield (60-46), Milwaukee (65-54), Eastern Washington (60-57), Stanford (80-76), Brown (54-52), Duquesne (84-76, OT), Maine (90-46), New Mexico (87-76) and Montana State (94-90, OT) and lost to Tennessee (69-54), UCLA (73-61) and Southern Illinois (67-63). … The Buffaloes are 4-1 in games decided by five points or less after a 4-5 record in such games during the 2020-21 season. … Tad Boyle is 242-146 in 12 seasons at CU. He is 298-212 overall. … Colorado is 0-2 against ranked teams in 2021-22 (Tennessee, UCLA). CU was 3-3 against ranked teams in 2020-21. … Colorado’s 22 wins (against 38 losses) over ranked opponents in the Boyle era are the most in team history. … Colorado has the most wins (64) among Pac-12 teams since February 2019. … CU has won 12 of its last 13 and 18 of its last 20 games at CU Events Center. CU is 159-29 at home during the Boyle era. … Colorado is 110-34 in nonconference regular season games under Boyle including a 63-17 mark since the beginning of the 2014-15 season. Colorado is 82-6 in nonconference home games under Boyle. … Forward Evan Battey was named to the media’s preseason all-Pac-12 team. … Sophomore Jabari Walker was named honorable mention on the preseason all-conference squad. … CU was picked to finish sixth in the annual Pac-12 preseason media poll. UCLA was picked to finish first, followed by Oregon, USC, Arizona and Oregon State. …
This story was originally published December 21, 2021 at 5:00 AM.
