KU Jayhawks vs. Oakland Golden Grizzlies basketball: Probable starters, tip time
Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball team plays host to Oakland on Saturday.
Tipoff is scheduled for 5 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse.
Here’s the breakdown:
THE DETAILS
When/where: 5 p.m. Central on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.
Streaming: ESPN+.
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM) in Wichita.
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | Oakland | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 23 | Allen Mukeba | 6-6 | Sr. | 9.0 |
F | 12 | Tuburu Naivalurua | 6-8 | Sr. | 10.3 |
F | 25 | Cooper Craggs | 6-5 | Soph. | 6.7 |
G | 11 | Jayson Woodrich | 6-7 | Sr. | 8.3 |
G | 10 | DQ Cole | 6-3 | Sr. | 10.7 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | Sr. | 9.3 |
C | 1 | Hunter Dickinson | 7-2 | Sr. | 21.3 |
G | 8 | Zeke Mayo | 6-4 | Sr. | 15.3 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-2 | Sr. | 9.0 |
G | 6 | Rylan Griffen | 6-6 | Jr. | 7.0 |
About Oakland (1-2): The Golden Grizzlies have lost two straight road games since their 75-52 home victory over Defiance College in the season opener Nov. 4. Oakland lost to Illinois, 66-54, on Wednesday after falling to Boise State, 87-43, on Nov. 6. … Coach Greg Kampe is 700-539 in 41 seasons at the Rochester, Michigan school. … Oakland last season as a No. 14 seed defeated defeated No. 3 seed Kentucky, 80-76, in a first-round NCAA Tournament game in Pittsburgh. … The Grizzlies began competition in NCAA Div. I during the 1999-2000 season. … Oakland has 14 wins over Power Five teams throughout history including one victory apiece over Big 12 teams Houston and Oklahoma State. … Kampe is the longest-tenured coach at one school in Division I. He has led the Golden Grizzlies to four NCAA tournaments (2005, 2010, 2011, 2024) and coached six NBA players (Rawle Marshall, Keith Benson, Kay Felder, Kendrick Nunn, Jack Gohike and Jamal Cain). … Kampe became the fourth active Div. 1 coach to win 600 games at one school in 2018. … DQ Cole was named second-team all-Horizon League in a vote of league coaches. The Grizzlies were picked to finish fourth in the 11-team league behind Milwaukee, Purdue-Fort Wayne and Northern Kentucky.
About No. 1 Kansas (3-0): KU is 2-0 all-time against Oakland. The Jayhawks won the last meeting, 102-59, on Nov. 24, 2017 at Allen Fieldhouse. In 2009-10, the No. 1-ranked Jayhawks won 83-59 at Allen. … KU is 3-0 for the fourth-consecutive season and the 13th time in Bill Self’s 22 seasons at KU. … Self is 591-143 at KU and 798-248 all-time including stops at Oral Roberts, Tulsa and Illinois. … Dajuan Harris ranks No. 3 on the Kansas all-time assist list with 690. He trails Jacque Vaughn (804, 1994-97) and Aaron Miles (954 from 2002-05). … Harris has scored 10+ points 41 times in his career and has dished 5+ assists in 76 games. … With 28 points and 12 rebounds Tuesday versus Michigan State, Hunter Dickinson recorded his 50th career double-double. It marked Dickinson’s second straight 20-point game and 50th of his career. Dickinson now has 10 career 25+ point, 10+ rebound games, which leads all active Div. I players. … Zeke Mayo has recorded 10 or more rebounds in six career games including KU’s victory over Michigan State. ... KU is 155-6 in nonconference games inside Allen Fieldhouse under Self. KU has won 16 straight nonconference games at home. ... KU averages 34.0 bench points per game. Highest season-long bench points average in the Self era is 25.5 (2006-07).
