Kansas Jayhawks vs. North Dakota State Bison: Probable starters, time, streaming info
THE DETAILS
When/where: 7 p.m., Thursday, Allen Fieldhouse
Streaming: ESPN+
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; KFH (1240 AM, 97.5 FM) in Wichita
POSSIBLE LINEUPS
P | No. | North Dakota State | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 4 | Grant Nelson | 6-11 | Jr. | 17.0 |
F | 23 | Andrew Morgan | 6-10 | Soph. | 7.0 |
G | 12 | Lance Waddles | 6-3 | Fr. | 3.0 |
G | 14 | Boden Skunberg | 6-5 | Jr. | 17.0 |
G | 5 | Luke Yoder | 6-0 | Jr. | 2.0 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | Soph. | 4.0 |
F | 10 | Jalen Wilson | 6-8 | Jr. | 19.0 |
G | 15 | Kevin McCullar | 6-6 | Sr. | 10.0 |
G | 4 | Gradey Dick | 6-8 | Fr. | 23.0 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-1 | Jr. | 11.0 |
About North Dakota State (0-1):
North Dakota State was picked to finish fourth of 10 teams in the Summit League preseason poll. … The Bison hit 15 threes en route to a 98-64 exhibition victory over Minnesota Crookston, then lost to Arkansas 76-58 in the season opener on Monday in Fayetteville, Arkansas. …
NDSU junior Grant Nelson was voted to the preseason all-Summit League first team. The Devils Lake, North Dakota., native is the top returning scorer for the Bison from a year ago at 11.6 points per game. Nelson shot 43% from three-point range in league play and was named to the all-Summit League tournament Team in March. He had 17 points vs. Arkansas in the 2022-23 season opener as did Boden Skunberg. …
NDSU’s last victory over a ranked opponent was an 80-75 first-round win over No. 20 Oklahoma in the 2014 NCAA Tournament. The highest-ranked opponent that NDSU has ever defeated in men’s basketball was No. 8 Marquette on Dec. 2, 2006. ... The Bison finished the 2021-22 campaign with a 23-10 record (13-5 in Summit League). …
The Bison have played in four consecutive Summit League Tournament championship games from 2019-22, winning the title in 2019 and 2020. Over the past three seasons, NDSU ranks 50th out of 358 Division I schools in winning percentage. … North Dakota State is led by ninth-year head coach David Richman who is 159-98 at the school.
About No. 5 Kansas (1-0):
KU is 2-0 all-time against North Dakota State. KU beat N.D. State, 84-74, on March 20, 2009, in the opening round of the 2009 NCAA Tournament in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ...
KU defeated North Dakota State, 65-61, on Dec. 5, 2020, in Allen Fieldhouse. The Bison led for more than 28 minutes in that meeting. KU trailed 61-58 following a free throw by freshman Dezmond McKinney (6-0 junior, Raytown South HS) with 3:57 remaining, but the Jayhawks scored the final seven points. Five of Kansas’s final seven points came at the free-throw line. NDSU held a seven-point lead at 51-44 with 12 minutes remaining. Aside from ties at 51-51 and 58-58, NDSU led from 17:52 until 1:20 remaining. …
Having won its final 11 games en route to the NCAA title, KU has the longest win streak in NCAA Division I at 12 games. Xavier (six) is next followed by Fresno State (five). … KU is 1-0 for the 17th time in Self’s 20 seasons. … KU is 831-116 in Allen Fieldhouse, 2,358-877 all-time. …
Redshirt junior Dajuan Harris dished eight assists against Omaha on Monday, tying his career-high. He also had eight assists at Iowa State last season (Feb. 1, 2022)
