KU Jayhawks vs. Oklahoma Sooners men’s basketball: Probable starters, tipoff time, TV
THE DETAILS
When: 12 p.m., Saturday
Where: Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Oklahoma
TV: CBS
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; KFH (1240 AM, 97.5 FM) in Wichita
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | So. | 10.4 |
F | 10 | Jalen Wilson | 6-8 | Jr. | 20.7 |
G | 15 | Kevin McCullar | 6-6 | Sr. | 10.5 |
G | 4 | Gradey Dick | 6-8 | Fr. | 14.5 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-1 | Jr. | 7.8 |
P | No. | Oklahoma | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 1 | Jalen Hill | 6-6 | Sr. | 10.1 |
F | 35 | Tanner Groves | 6-10 | Sr. | 9.7 |
G | 3 | Otega Oweh | 6-6 | Fr. | 3.4 |
G | 12 | Milos Uzan | 6-4 | Fr. | 6.4 |
G | 25 | Grant Sherfield | 6-2 | Sr. | 16.8 |
About Oklahoma (12-12, 2-9):
The Sooners have lost three straight games and six of seven. OU lost to Baylor 82-72 on Wednesday in Waco, Texas. The only win in the last seven games was a 93-69 victory over No. 2-ranked Alabama on Jan. 28 in Norman. It was the Sooners’ first win over an AP top 2-ranked team since the Sooners knocked off No. 1 Kansas in the 2002 Big 12 Tournament. The 24-point victory margin was the largest in program history against an AP top-five team and it was the third-largest victory margin by an unranked team against an AP top-two team. …
Oklahoma holds a 62-23 record at Lloyd Noble Center since 2017. The Sooners have won 82.9% (595-123) of their games at Noble Center since the building opened in 1975. … Otega Oweh had five steals against Baylor on Saturday, Jan. 21. He had two more vs. BU in the rematch earlier this week. Oweh is one of seven OU freshman since 1996 to have five or more steals in a game and he is one of three to do so in Big 12 play, joining Hollis Price (five vs. Texas A&M, 3/1/00) and Kameron McGusty (five, vs. Texas, 2/14/17). … Second-year coach Porter Moser is 31-28 at OU. … He is 0-3 versus KU. … Two Sooners average double-figure points: Grant Sherfield (16.8 ppg) and Jalen Hill (10.0). ... Sherfield dished his 500th career assist Wednesday at Baylor. ... OU defeated Nebraska, Seton Hall and Ole Miss to win the ESPN Events Invitational title. …
Doc Sadler, a former director of basketball operations at KU, joined the OU staff as special advisor to the head coach on Nov. 17, 2022. ... Sadler, Ryan Humphrey (assistant coach) and Tad Glibert (director of operations) are new to the OU staff this season. … Brothers Tanner and Jacob Groves in the 2021 NCAA Tournament played against KU as members of Eastern Washington’s team. KU won, 93-84, in a first-round game in Indianapolis. Tanner scored 35 points and Jacob 23 in that game.
About No. 9 Kansas (19-5, 7-4):
Kansas leads the overall series with Oklahoma 155-69 including a 54-45 record against OU in games played in Norman, Oklahoma. KU is 21-20 in games played in Lloyd Noble Center, including 6-5 in the last 11 matchups. OU has won three of the last five battles in Norman. … Kansas has won four in a row, seven of the last eight and 13 of 16 meetings with Oklahoma. … Bill Self is 27-6 against OU as KU coach. … KU beat OU 79-75 on Jan. 10 in Lawrence. KJ Adams had 22 points and six boards and Jalen Wilson 17 for KU. Grant Sherfield had 25 points for Oklahoma. ... KU beat Oklahoma 83-79 in the 1988 NCAA title game in Kansas City. …
Self has a 575-129 record at Kansas, 778-234 all-time. … KU has had five players score in double figures in five games this season. … Kansas has 10 or more offensive rebounds in 17 of 24 games. ... Kansas is 15-0 when it outrebounds its opponents. … Gradey Dick has scored 20 or more points in six games. .. KJ Adams had seven offensive boards Monday against Texas, the most since David McCormack had seven offensive boards at Baylor, on Feb. 26, 2022. … KU hit two threes Monday vs. Texas, fewest in a conference game since Feb. 3, 2020 vs. the Longhorns. ...
Kansas junior Jalen Wilson has been named to the 2023 Naismith men’s player of the year midseason team, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced this week. There are 30 total players named to the midseason squad and Wilson is looking to become the third Jayhawk to win the Naismith Trophy, joining Danny Manning (1988) and Frank Mason (2017).
