Kansas Jayhawks vs. Indiana Hoosiers: Probable starters, tipoff, TV, notes
THE DETAILS
When/where: 11:30 a.m., Central time, Saturday, Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana.
TV: CBS.
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM) in Wichita.
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
C | 1 | Hunter Dickinson | 7-2 | Sr. | 19.4 |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | Jr. | 12.9 |
G | 15 | Kevin McCullar | 6-7 | Sr. | 19.0 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-2 | Sr. | 6.1 |
G | 13 | Elmarko Jackson | 6-3 | Fr. | 6.2 |
P | No. | Indiana | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
C | 1 | Kel’el Ware | 7-0 | So. | 16.7 |
F | 5 | Malik Reneau | 6-9 | So. | 14.8 |
F | 21 | Mackenzie Mgbako | 6-8 | Fr. | 8.6 |
G | 32 | Trey Galloway | 6-5 | Sr. | 8.8 |
G | 2 | Gabe Cupps | 6-2 | Fr. | 2.8 |
About No. 2 KU (9-1): Indiana leads the all-time series against KU, 8-7. The Jayhawks won last year’s game, the first in a two-year home-and-home series, 84-62, on Dec. 17, 2022 at Allen Fieldhouse. Indian won the first six games in the series; KU has won seven of the last nine. … KU is 9-1 or better for the third-straight season and the fifth time in the last six seasons beginning in 2018-19. … Bill Self is 574-133 while at Kansas, 781-238 overall. …Senior center Hunter Dickinson has six double-doubles at KU and 37 overall. … Dickinson has grabbed 10 or more rebounds in four of his last five games and six times this season. His 16 rebounds versus Missouri on Saturday were the most by a player in the Kansas-Missouri rivalry since Cole Aldrich had 16 on Jan. 25, 2010 in Lawrence. … Junior forward KJ Adams has scored in doubles figures in five straight games and in eight of 10 games this season. ... Elmarko Jackson scored 11 points vs. Missouri for his first career double-digit scoring game. ... Dajuan Harris is tied for 13th with Jerod Haase on the KU all-time career steals list with 174 for his career. ... KU has won five consecutive games. ... KU is ranked 15th in the NET rankings through games of Dec. 12. KU’s three quadrant-one wins are tied for second most with Houston and Clemson. Purdue has the most quadrant-one wins with four. ... KU leads the country in assists per game (22.1). ... KU is 26-1 when Harris scores 10 or more points in a game.
About Indiana (7-2): The Hoosiers have defeated Michigan (78-75), Maryland (65-53), Harvard (89-76), Louisville (74-66), Wright State (89-80), Army (72-64) and Florida Gulf Coast (69-63). Indiana has lost to UConn (77-57) and Auburn (104-76). … Center Kel’el Ware, a transfer from Oregon, scored a career-high 28 points versus Harvard on Nov. 26. He had a career-high 14 boards against Maryland on Dec. 1. … Freshman forward Mackenzie Mgbako played in the 2023 McDonald’s All-America game. … Senior guard Anthony Walker is a transfer from Miami (Florida). … Coach Mike Woodson is 51-28 in three seasons at Indiana. … Former Indiana coach Bob Knight died on Nov. 1, 2023 at the age of 83. … Guard Xavier Johnson returned for his sixth season of college basketball after receiving a medical hardship waiver following a season-ending injury in 2022-23. He has missed the last three games because of injury. ... Sophomore forward Malik Reneau has scored in double digits in seven games. He notched a career-high 18 points against UConn. The Miami, Fla., native scored in double figures in seven games during his freshman campaign, while scoring 14 points or more just twice. … Reneau is averaging 14.7 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists, and 1.1 blocks in 27 minutes per game. ... This is the fourth straight season a top-five team has played Indiana in Bloomington. Indiana defeated No. 1 Purdue (79-74) on Feb. 4, 2023 and No. 4 Purdue (68-65) on Jan. 20, 2022. ... Indiana is 2-0 in the Big Ten for the first time since 2018-19.
