Kansas Jayhawks vs. Texas Tech basketball: Lineups, TV, time, facts and figures

THE DETAILS

When/where: 3 p.m. Saturday, United Supermarkets Arena, Lubbock, Texas.

TV/radio: ESPN2; WHB (810 AM)

About No. 6 Kansas (12–1, 1-0 Big 12): KU, which has won four in a row, six of the last seven and 22 of the last 24 meetings, leads the all-time series, 39-6. KU is 12-4 at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas. KU has won two in a row in Lubbock, the last loss a 91-62 defeat on Feb. 23, 2019. … Bill Self’s KU teams are 25-5 versus Tech, 10-4 in Lubbock. … The Jayhawks have won eight straight games overall since a loss to Dayton on Nov. 26. ... KU is 12-1 or better for the ninth time in Self’s 19 seasons at KU. … Self is 741-224 all-time, including 534-119 while at Kansas. … Kansas outrebounded Oklahoma State 50-36 in Tuesday’s 74-63 victory at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The 50 boards were the most by a KU team in a conference game on the road since Jan. 13, 2014 at No. 8 Iowa State (53 rebounds). … David McCormack and Jalen Wilson, who had 15 rebounds apiece in Stillwater, became the first Kansas duo with 10+ rebounds off the bench in a single game since Markieff Morris and Thomas Robinson both had 10 rebounds at Cal on Dec. 22, 2010. KU’s 17 offensive rebounds at Oklahoma State were the highest total on the road in a conference game since Feb. 10, 2014 at Kansas State (18 offensive rebounds). KU has posted 10+ offensive rebounds in eight games. … KU has been leading or tied at halftime in all 13 games. … Ochai Agbaji is tied for 40th (with Aaron Miles) on KU’s all-time scoring list with 1,183 points. Agbaji has started 90th consecutive games, good for eighth on the all-time list for consecutive starts at KU. ... He was included on the Wooden Award midseason top 25 watch list Wednesday. ... Christian Braun has scored in double figures in 12 straight games.. ... KU will be facing its first ranked opponent this season. Michigan State has been ranked but not at the time of the game against KU.

About No, 25 Texas Tech (10-3, 0-1 Big 12): The Red Raiders have defeated North Florida, Grambling State, Prairie View A&M, Incarnate Word, Omaha, Lamar, Tennessee, Arkansas State, Eastern Washington and Alabama State and lost to Providence, Gonzaga and Iowa State … Tech had just seven players available for Wednesday’s game at Iowa State. Terrence Shannon, Daniel Batcho, Sardaar Calhoun, Chibuzo Agbo and Austin Timperman, who have all played in games this season, were not in Ames. Kevin McCullar and Mylik Wilson were with the team in Iowa, but were unavailable to play because of injury. ... McCullar and Shannon are listed as game-time decisions. ... Tech has 25 wins over top-10 teams in program history. … Texas Tech won its only Big 12 regular-season championship in 2019 by going 14-4 in conference play. Tech went 9-8 last season in the Big 12. … Mark Adams is in his first season as the head coach at Texas Tech after working as the associate head coach for the program for five seasons. Adams led Howard College to the 2010 NJCAA National Championship and Wayland Baptist to the 1985 NAIA National Championship finals with a runner-up finish. … Tech is 1-2 against ranked opponents this season after beating No. 13 Tennessee at the Jimmy V Classic but losing 69-55 to No. 5 Gonzaga in the Jerry Colangelo Classic and No. 11 Iowa State 51-47 on Wednesday. As a program, Tech is 62-217 all-time against ranked opponents after going 16-24 in the previous five seasons. The Red Raiders were 3-8 in the 2020-21 season against ranked teams with two wins over Texas (No. 4 and No. 14) and a home win over Oklahoma which was at No. 9.

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Gary Bedore

The Kansas City Star

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Gary Bedore covers KU basketball for The Kansas City Star. He has written about the Jayhawks since 1978 — during the Ted Owens, Larry Brown, Roy Williams and Bill Self eras. He has won the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year award and KPA writing awards.