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

THE DETAILS

When/where: 8 p.m. Monday, Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas.

TV/radio: ESPN; WHB (810 AM)

About No. 10 Kansas (19-3, 8-1 Big 12): KU leads the all-time series against Texas 35-11. The Jayhawks have dropped two consecutive games to the Longhorns. Texas, in fact, Monday will be trying to become the first Big 12 team to defeat KU three times in a row in the 19-year Bill Self era. Iowa State was the last Big 12 team to defeat KU three consecutive games. The Cyclones defeated KU five straight times in games held during the 1998-99, 1999-00 and 2000-01 seasons. ... KU is 3-3 in its last six meetings with Texas. KU has won 13 of the last 16 games. … KU is 8-1 or better in Big 12 play for the 11th time under Self. ... KU is 4-2 in games against AP-ranked opponents. ... Self is 748-226 all-time, including 541-121 while at Kansas. ... Self is 25-9 versus UT as KU coach. ... The Jayhawks are 11-8 in Frank Erwin Center. ... Kansas on Saturday against Baylor (83-59 win) had its largest victory against an AP top-10 opponent since an 87-57 victory vs. No. 9 Oklahoma State on Jan. 10, 2007. ... Kansas’ defense on Saturday held Baylor to 29.6% (21-of-71) shooting from the field. That is the lowest percentage by an AP top-10 ranked KU opponent since No, .9 Arizona shot 28.3% (17-of-60) against KU on Nov. 21, 2005. ... The Jayhawks have shot 50.0% or better in 11 games. ... Junior Christian Braun recorded his first double-double of the season Saturday with a game-high-tying 18 points and 10 rebounds in 32 minutes. The double-double was the second of Braun’s career (Feb. 8, 2021 vs. Oklahoma State). His 18 points were a season high in conference play this season.

About No. 23 Texas (17-6, 6-4 Big 12): Texas is 14-1 at home this season under first-year coach Chris Beard. … Texas has won four of its last five games. … Texas is 17-0 when holding its opponent under 60 points. … Texas leads the country in scoring defense (54.9 ppg). ... Texas was picked No. 5 in the preseason AP poll, marking UT’s highest preseason AP poll ranking since the 2009-10 season (No. 3). … Courtney Ramey has reached double digits in scoring 10 times this season and 67 times in his career (116 games). ... Beard, who moved over from Texas Tech to Texas, is a 1995 graduate of the University of Texas with a degree in Kinesiology. During his undergraduate time, he worked as a student assistant under Longhorns head coach Tom Penders. … The sellout crowd of 16,540 against No. 18/20 Tennessee on Jan. 29 marked UT’s first sellout at Frank Erwin Center since Feb. 29, 2016 against No. 1 Kansas. … Timmy Allen, a transfer from Utah, on Jan. 8 at Oklahoma State became the fifth active NCAA Division I player to reach 1,500 points, 600 rebounds and 300 assists. … Marcus Carr, a transfer from Minnesota, on Jan. 4 at Kansas State became just the fourth active NCAA Division I player to reach 1,500 points, 500 assists and 400 rebounds. … Andrew Jones has reached double digits in scoring 12 times this year and 77 times in his career. ... Texas high school signees Dillon Mitchell and Arterio Morris are two of the 24 players selected to compete in the 45th annual McDonald’s All-America Game. KU has three McDonald’s All-Americans in Gradey Dick, MJ Rice and Ernest Udeh. The game will be played at 8 p.m., March 29 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.

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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.