Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball vs. TCU preview: Lineups, time, streaming, stats

The details

When/where: 7 p.m. Thursday at Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence

Streaming/radio: ESPN+; WHB (810 AM)

About TCU (19-9, 8-8 Big 12): The Horned Frogs, who have won two consecutive games and three of four, defeated Kansas, 74-64, on Tuesday night in Fort Worth, Texas. Mike Miles scored 19 points, while Emanuel Miller and Damion Baugh had 11 apiece. KU’s Ochai Agbaji and Jalen Wilson each scored 13 points. … The Horned Frogs have won two straight games over top 25 teams for the first time in school history. TCU beat No. 9 Texas Tech, 69-66, on Saturday, also in Fort Worth. … TCU committed seven turnovers versus KU for the Frogs’ lowest total of the season. … TCU is 4-4 against top 25 teams, most wins over ranked teams in a single season in program history. … TCU’s win over No. 6 KU on Tuesday marked the Frogs’ highest ranked win since a victory over No. 2 Baylor on Feb. 29, 2020. The 10-point margin of victory was TCU’s largest against a top 10 team since Feb. 17, 2004 — a 71-46 win over No. 10 Louisville. … TCU, which outrebounded KU, 47-35, is 17-5 when outrebounding its opponent and 98-31 under coach Jamie Dixon. … TCU has had 19 or more offensive rebounds in a game five times this season. … TCU is 15-1 this year and 98-21 under Dixon when outshooting its opponent. … Miles has scored in double figures in 19 games. … Jakobe Coles’ four points versus KU on Tuesday were his most in conference play this season. Micah Peavy’s seven boards were his most in 21 games. And Xavier Cork’s four field goals tied a season-high for makes. ... Dixon is 2-10 against Kansas as TCU coach. He is in his sixth season at the Fort Worth, Texas school.

About No. 6 Kansas (23-6, 12-4 Big 12): KU leads the all-time series against the Horned Frogs, 22-3. The Jayhawks had an eight-game win streak over TCU snapped on Tuesday at Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. … Bill Self is 19-3 against TCU as KU coach. … Self is 752-229 all-time, including 545-124 while at Kansas. … Kansas’ last two opponents, Baylor and TCU, have combined to hit 6 of 29 threes. Yet the Jayhawks lost both games. … KU has secured 10+ offensive rebounds in 18 games. … KU’s 64 points against TCU on Tuesday marked the first time the Jayhawks failed to score 70 in a conference game since Jan. 18 at Oklahoma, a span of 11 games. … Senior guard Ochai Agbaji has 1,484 career points, which is No. 25 on the all-time KU scoring list. He needs four points to pass Tony Guy for 24th place on the all-time list. He’s seventh on KU’s three-point field goal list (231), one behind Sherron Collins for sixth. ... Agbaji has scored in double figures in 28 straight games, fourth-longest streak in the Self era. ... Sophomore guard Dajuan Harris has seven assists in each of his last three games. It marks the first time in his career Harris has totaled at least seven straight assists in three straight games. … Senior Mitch Lightfoot has played in 157 games all-time at Kansas, which is No. 1 at KU. Danny Manning, who played in 147 games, is No. 2. Senior Jalen Coleman-Lands played in the 161st game of his career Tuesday, which is tied for fourth on the NCAA all-time games played list. He’s also played at Illinois, DePaul and Iowa State. ... KU is trying to avoid being swept home-and-home by TCU. Texas (last year) and Oklahoma State (2017-18) are the only two league teams to take two regular- season games from KU in the same season in the Self era. ... KU last lost three straight games during the 2020-21 season: at Oklahoma (75-68 on Jan. 23, 2021), at Baylor (77-69 on Jan. 18) and at Oklahoma State (75-70 on Jan. 12).

Projected lineups

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.