Kansas Jayhawks vs. West Virginia Mountaineers basketball: Starters, tipoff time, TV
The Kansas Jayhawks and West Virginia Mountaineers will meet Tuesday in a New Year’s Eve matinee at Allen Fieldhouse shown on ESPN+.
Here’s what you need to know before tipoff.
Kansas-West Virginia game details
When: 1 p.m., Tuesday
Where: Allen Fieldhouse (Lawrence)
TV: ESPN+
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM) in Wichita.
Betting line: Kansas -12.5 (game prediction)
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | West Virginia | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 13 | Amani Hansberry | 6-8 | Soph. | 10.6 |
G | 7 | Javon Small | 6-3 | Sr. | 19.7 |
G | 5 | Toby Okani | 6-8 | Sr. | 9.0 |
G | 10 | Sencire Harris | 6-4 | Soph.. | 4.8 |
G | 11 | Jonathan Powell | 6-6 | Fr | 8.5 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | Sr. | 9.5 |
C | 1 | Hunter Dickinson | 7-2 | Sr. | 15.5 |
G | 5 | Zeke Mayo | 6-4 | Sr. | 13.5 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-2 | Sr. | 10.3 |
G | 6 | Rylan Griffen | 6-6 | Jr. | 6.9 |
About West Virginia (9-2)
West Virginia is 6-6 in Big 12 openers. This marks the 10th time in 13 seasons WVU has opened league play on the road. ...
The Mountaineers have won five in a row since a 79-70 overtime loss to Louisville on Nov. 28 in the Battle4Atlantis in Bahamas. WVU in the stretch has defeated Mercyhurst (67-46), Bethune-Cookman (84-61), North Carolina Central (79-45), Georgetown (73-60) and Arizona (83-76, OT). The Mountaineers played three consecutive overtime games for the first time in school history in the Battle4Atlantis. WVU defeated Arizona and Gonzaga (86-78, OT) and lost to Louisville (79-70, OT). WVU’s other loss this season was to Pitt (86-62) on Nov. 15 at Pitt. … With a win over No. 3 Gonzaga, WVU has defeated a Top 5-ranked team for the second consecutive season. Last season, the Mountaineers downed No. 3 Kansas in Morgantown, 91-85. …
Darian DeVries, who led Drake to six consecutive 20-win seasons and has a career .734 winning percentage as a head coach, was named the 23rd head basketball coach at WVU on March 24, 2024. DeVries has a record of 159-57 (.734) in seven seasons as a head coach, including a 64-17 (.785) mark in the last two-plus seasons. … The Mountaineers are led by a pair of transfers in Tucker DeVries (Drake) and Javon Small (Oklahoma State). Last season, DeVries was named an AP All-America honorable mention selection, while Small earned all-Big 12 honorable mention honors.
In addition, Eduardo Andre (Fresno State), Joseph Yesufu (Washington State, KU, Drake), Sencire Harris (Illinois), Amani Hansberry (Illinois) and Jayden Stone (Detroit Mercy) were added from the transfer portal. DeVries has missed the last three games because of an upper body injury. ...
About No. 7 Kansas (9-2)
KU leads the all-time series 21-7. The Jayhawks are 11-0 versus WVU in Allen Fieldhouse and 5-7 at WVU Coliseum. KU is 11-2 in the last 13 games versus WVU. The Mountaineers won the last meeting, 91-85, last season in Morgantown. … Bill Self is 21-7 versus WVU. ...
KU is 9-2 or better for the 11th-consecutive season beginning in 2014-15 and the 18th time in Bill Self’s 22 seasons at Kansas. … Kansas is 7-0 in Allen Fieldhouse this season, 861-118 all-time in the venue, including 320-18 under Self. ... Self is 597-145 at Kansas, 804-250 all-time. … KU has won 33 straight conference openers dating to the 1991-92 season with 14. of those in Allen Fieldhouse and 19 on the road. Last loss in a league opener was 88-82 at Oklahoma on Jan. 8, 1991. ...
Kansas recorded a season-low five personal fouls in its last game against Brown. The five personal fouls were the lowest in a game for Kansas since at least the 1988-89 season. It also set a new Allen Fieldhouse record for the fewest fouls by any team. … Dajuan Harris has started 90 consecutive games, ranking ninth all-time at Kansas. Harris has also played in 151 games, which is second all-time at Kansas and leads the NCAA active career games list. ...
Hunter Dickinson has pulled down 10-plus rebounds in each of his last three games, six times this season, 24 times while at Kansas and 57 times for his career.
