Kansas Jayhawks vs. Texas Longhorns men’s basketball preview: Lineups, time, stats

The details

When/where: 3 p.m. Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence

TV/radio: ESPN; WHB (810 AM)

About No. 21 Texas (21-9, 10-7 Big 12): Texas has won three of its last five games. The Longhorns fell to Baylor, 68-61, on Monday in Austin, Texas. … Chris Beard is 21-9 in his first year at Texas. He is 273-112 in 12 seasons overall as a head coach. He had a 112-55 record in five seasons at Texas Tech. … . Beard is 1-0 versus KU as UT coach; 3-8 all-time versus KU counting his games at Texas Tech. … Texas leads the Big 12 and is seventh nationally in scoring defense at 59.1 points allowed per game. … Texas is 17-0 when holding its opponent under 60 points. … Former Creighton forward Christian Bishop, a senior from Lee’s Summit, scored 13 points and grabbed 11 rebounds against Baylor on Monday for his first double-double as a Longhorn. He also had three blocked shots. In his last five games, Bishop has averaged 9.0 points, 7.8 rebounds and 2.6 blocks in 30.6 minutes per contest. … Texas is 4-1 in games decided by three points or less. Texas has earned recent narrow wins against No. 18 Tennessee (52-51), No. 8 Kansas (79-76) and at Oklahoma (80-78 in overtime) in addition to an 82-81 victory Feb. 25 at West Virginia. … 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). … Beard 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. ... 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.

About No. 6 Kansas (24-6, 13-4 Big 12): KU leads the all-time series against Texas, 35-12. The Longhorns have won three straight in the series, including a 79-76 victory on Feb. 7 in Austin, Texas. … Texas is the first Big 12 team to win three consecutive games against Kansas in the 19-year Bill Self era. Iowa State, the last Big 12 team to defeat KU three consecutive times, won five straight from KU in games held in the 1998-99, 1999-00 and 2000-01 seasons. … Last year Texas was only the second team to sweep a regular-season home-and-home series in the Self era. Oklahoma State was the other, winning in Lawrence and Stillwater in 2017-18. … KU is 3-4 in its last seven meetings with Texas. KU has won 13 of the last 17 games vs. UT. … KU is 16-2 versus Texas in Allen Fieldhouse. … KU has won 38 straight games on Senior Day. Last loss in a regular-season home finale was 60-58 to Nebraska on March 2, 1983. … Bill Self is 25-10 versus Texas as KU coach. … KU is 14-1 in Allen Fieldhouse this season. … Dating to the last 24 games of the 2020-21 season, senior Ochai Agbaji has made a three-point field goal in 53 straight games which adds to his KU record and is longest active streak in NCAA Div. I. Jeff Boschee (36 straight games with a three) is second at KU. … KU has won 62 conference regular-season titles, most in NCAA Div. I history. Kentucky is second with 55 and Penn third at 38. KU’s last title was in 2019-20. KU has won 15 of the last 17 Big 12 crowns. A victory Saturday would assure KU of at least a tie for the 2021-22 title.

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.