KU Jayhawks basketball vs. Creighton Bluejays: Probable starters, tipoff time, TV
THE DETAILS
The Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball team will play Creighton at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in Omaha, Nebraska.
The game is part of the Big 12/Big East Battle series.
When/where: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, CHI Health Center, Omaha, Nebraska.
TV: FS1.
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM) in Wichita.
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | Sr. | 10.4 |
C | 1 | Hunter Dickinson | 7-2 | Sr. | 15.7 |
G | 5 | Zeke Mayo | 6-4 | Sr. | 11.7 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-2 | Sr. | 9.7 |
G | 2 | AJ Storr | 6-7 | Jr. | 8.9 |
P | No. | Creighton | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 41 | Isaac Traudt | 6-10 | Soph. | 5.1 |
F/G | 5 | Jamiya Neal | 6-5 | Sr. | 10.3 |
G | 11 | Ryan Kalkbrenner | 7-1 | Sr. | 18.1 |
G | 2 | Pop Isaacs | 6-2 | Jr. | 14.7 |
G | 1 | Steven Ashworth | 6-0 | Sr. | 15.6 |
About No. 1 Kansas (7-0): KU leads the all-time series against Creighton 11-6. Most recent meeting was a 79-72 Jayhawk victory on March 19, 2022, in a second-round NCAA Tournament game in Fort Worth, Texas. KU went on to win the national title that postseason. The Jayhawks defeated CU, 55-54, on March 14, 1974 in a first-round NCAA Tournament game in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Jayhawks advanced that season to the Final Four where they lost to Marquette in the national semifinals, 64-51. … KU has won six in a row vs. Creighton and seven of eight. … Bill Self is 4-3 in his career against Creighton (0-3 as Oral Roberts coach, 1-0 as Tulsa coach, 1-0 as Illinois coach, 2-0 as Kansas coach). ... KU averages 82.7 ppg while allowing 65.9 ppg. … Kansas is 7-0 for the first time since the 2018-19 season and the seventh time in Bill Self’s 22 seasons at KU. … Bill Self is 595-143 while at Kansas and 802-248 all-time. … Self completed November with an all-time record of 108-16 in the month. ... Kansas has won its last 24 games in the month of December beginning with the final game of the 2019-20 season. That is the longest active streak in the country. ... KU has hit the 2,400 mark in victories (against 896 losses). … Dajuan Harris has tied Danny Manning for second in most games played in Kansas history at 147. Mitch Lightfoot is first at 168 games played. … Harris has 43 assists against 10 turnovers. .... KU is 4-1 in the Big 12/Big East Battle. Last season, Kansas defeated UConn, 69-65, on Dec. 1, 2023, in Allen Fieldhouse. The previous season, the Jayhawks defeated Seton Hall, 91-65, on Dec. 1, 2022, in Allen Fieldhouse. KU won at St. John’s, 95-75, in 2021 and defeated Creighton, 73-72, in 2020 in Lawrence. Kansas’ sole loss in the battle was at Villanova, 56-55, in 2019.
About Creighton (5-3): Creighton is 1-6 all-time versus teams ranked No. 1 in the AP poll. The Bluejays beat No. 1 UConn, 85-56, last season in Omaha. ... Creighton has defeated a Top 10 team in each of the last nine seasons. ... CU is 2-20 against teams ranked either 1, 2 or 3. ... Creighton won four straight games to open the season (over UTRGV, FDU, Houston Christian and Kansas City) before falling to rival Nebraska, 74-63, on Nov. 22 in Omaha. After that, CU dropped a pair of games at the Players Era Festival in Las Vegas: to San Diego State (71-53) and Texas A&M (77-73) before picking up a win on Saturday at the event vs. Notre Dame (80-76). … Creighton is receiving votes in the AP poll despite its three losses. ... Creighton is 2-3 in the Big 12/Big East Battle. CU beat Oklahoma (83-73) in 2019 in Omaha, lost at No. 5 KU (73-72) in 2020, lost to No. 19 Iowa State (64-58) in 2021 in Omaha; fell at No. 2 Texas (72-67) in 2022 at UT and last year won at Oklahoma State (79-65). ... Senior center Ryan Kalkbrenner who missed the Notre Dame game because of injury, was named preseason Big East player of the year and has been named a preseason first team All-American by CBS Sports, Fox Sports and Field of 68. ... Kalkbrenner is two points shy of 1,900. ... Greg McDermott (Northern Iowa, 1988) owns a 330-163 record in his 15th season with the Bluejays. He passed Dana Altman (327-176) as the winningest coach in program history on Nov. 13, 2024. … McDermott is 0-10 all-time against the Jayhawks. The first eight meetings came between 2006-10 when he was the head coach at Iowa State. The past two have been as CU head coach. ... Creighton is 38-54 under McDermott against Top 25 teams, compared to an 18-116 mark before his arrival. ... McDermott is 105-10 in nonconference home games at Creighton.
