N.C. State Wolfpack vs. Kansas Jayhawks basketball: Probable starters, tip time
The Kansas Jayhawks of the Big 12 play host to NC State of the ACC in a men’s basketball showdown at 2:15 p.m. Saturday inside Allen Fieldhouse.
Here’s more about the game, including probable starters:
THE DETAILS
When/where: 2:15 p.m., Saturday, Allen Fieldhouse
TV: ESPN.
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM) in Wichita.
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | North Carolina State | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 34 | Ben Middlebrooks | 6-10 | Sr. | 9.2 |
F/G | 3 | Dontrez Styles | 6-6 | Sr. | 10.6 |
G | 8 | Jayden Taylor | 6-4 | Sr. | 12.5 |
G | 12 | Michael O’Connell | 6-2 | Sr. | 6.8 |
G | 10 | Marcus Hill | 6-4 | Sr. | 13.0 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | Sr. | 9.8 |
C | 1 | Hunter Dickinson | 7-2 | Sr. | 15.0 |
G | 5 | Zeke Mayo | 6-4 | Sr. | 10.9 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-2 | Sr. | 10.7 |
G | 8 | David Coit | 5-11 | Sr. | 6.8 |
About North Carolina State (7-3): The Wolfpack have won two games in a row entering Saturday’s game. The Wolfpack defeated Coppin State, 66-56, on Tuesday after stopping Florida State, 84-74, in overtime Saturday, both games in Raleigh, North Carolina. The FSU game was the ACC opener for both teams. Before that, the Wolfpack had lost three in a row: vs. Texas (63-59 in Raleigh), vs. BYU (72-61 in San Diego) and vs. Purdue (71-61 in San Diego). N.C. State has defeated William & Mary (84-61), Colgate (72-49), Coastal Carolina (82-70), Presbyterian (81-72) and USC Upstate (97-66). … N.C. State has won five of its last six overtime games … Over the last three games, Marcus Hill has scored 56 points on 19-of-34 shooting while Dontrez Styles has scored 53 points on 20-of-40 shooting. Styles has made nine 3-pointers in the last three games after connecting on five 3s in the first seven games. … Ben Middlebrooks has 16 blocks in 10 games. He had 24 blocks last season in 41 games. … Michael O’Connell has 42 assists to 10 turnovers. … Of the Wolfpack’s starters, Styles is a transfer from Georgetown, Jayden Taylor from Butler, Hill from Bowling Green, O’Connell from Stanford and Middlebrooks from Clemson. … Kevin Keatts is 146-97 in eight seasons at N.C. State. … N.C. State after its 2024 Final Four season was picked eighth of 18 teams in the preseason ACC poll. … N.C. State went 5-0 in the ACC tournament last March then advanced all the way to the Final Four where the Wolfpack lost to Purdue in the national semifinals.
About No. 10 Kansas (7-2): KU leads the all-time series against the Wolfpack 12-1. Only KU loss was a 66-63 decision on Dec. 20, 1958 in Lawrence. In the last meeting, KU won, 80-74, in a first-round Battle4Atlantis game on Nov. 23, 2022 in Bahamas. … KU is 2-0 versus N.C. State in the NCAA Tournament. KU won, 75-67, in the Midwest Regional finals on March 23, 1986 in Kansas City and won, 60-57, in a Sweet 16 game on March 23, 2012 in St. Louis. … KU has lost two consecutive nonconference games. Last time KU dropped two nonconference games in a row was in 2017-18 (to Washington and Arizona State). Last time KU dropped three nonconference games in a row was 1982-83 (Kentucky, Ohio State, Oral Roberts). Last time KU dropped three in a row all games included was 2022-23 when the Jayhawks fell to Kansas State, TCU and Baylor. … KU has two losses through its first nine games for the first time since the 2017-18 season. … Bill Self is 595-145 while at KU, 802-250 all-time. … Kansas is 158-6 (96.3%) against nonconference opponents inside Allen Fieldhouse under Self. The Jayhawks have won their last 19 nonconference games at home beginning Nov. 7, 2022. … The Jayhawks are 6-1 when outrebounding their opponent. … Hunter Dickinson has four double-doubles this season and 52 in his career. Dickinson’s 52 career double-doubles rank third on the NCAA Div. I active career list. … Guard David Coit scored his 1,100th career point against Missouri last Sunday. … Dajuan Harris has started 88 consecutive games, which rank 10th on the Kansas career list. Harris has 4,356 career minutes, which place him third on the KU career minutes played list. … KJ Adams has scored in double figures four times this season and 50 times overall. … Dajuan Harris is second in the conference and is 26th nationally with 5.9 assists per game.
