Kansas Jayhawks vs. UCF Knights: Probable starters, streaming, facts and figures
Kansas, 0-1 in the Big 12 Conference, will travel to Orlando to meet the UCF Knights on Sunday.
UCF is a 10-2 team that has won six consecutive games.
THE DETAILS
When/where: 3 p.m., Sunday, Addition Financial Arena, Orlando, Florida.
Streaming: ESPN+
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. | 8.8 |
C | 1 | Hunter Dickinson | 7-2 | Sr. | 15.1 |
G | 8 | Zeke Mayo | 6-4 | Sr. | 14.7 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-2 | Sr. | 10.3 |
G | 2 | AJ Storr | 6-7 | Jr. | 7.3 |
P | No. | UCF | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F/G | 4 | Keyshawn Hall | 6-7 | Jr. | 15.8 |
C | 52 | Moustapha Thiam | 7-2 | Fr. | 8.0 |
G | 6 | Dallan ‘Deebo’ Coleman | 6-6 | Sr. | 6.8 |
G | 3 | Darius Johnson | 6-1 | Sr. | 15.5 |
G | 0 | Jordan Ivy-Curry | 6-3 | Sr. | 15.7 |
About No. 7 Kansas (9-3, 0-1): KU has lost the only meeting between the schools, 65-60, on Jan. 10, 2024 in Orlando, Florida. … KU is 124-21 following a loss in the Bill Self era. ... KU ranks third in the Big 12 and 18th nationally in assists per game at 18.1. ... Senior Dajuan Harris leads the Big 12 and is 10th nationally in assist/turnover ratio at 3.63. Harris is second in the conference, 33rd nationally, with 5.8 assists per game. ... Harris scored his 1,000th career point against N.C. State on Dec. 14. He is the 67th all-time Jayhawk to eclipse 1,000 points, including the 22nd KU player in the Self era. ... Hunter Dickinson leads the Big 12 in double-doubles with seven, which is seventh nationally. He is second in the Big 12 and 10th nationally in rebounds per game at 10.4. ... KU is trying to become 1-1 or better in conference play for the 34th consecutive season, a streak that started in 1991-92 .... Kansas is trying to avoid a 9-4 start which would be the first 9-4 start since the 2005-06 season and only the second time in the Self era. KU last opened 0-2 in conference action in 1990-91. ... KU is 2-2 in games not played in Allen Fieldhouse this season and 0-2 in true road games ... Bill Self has 597 victories at KU, three shy of 600. He’s 597-146. ... Senior guard Zeke Mayo went 13 of 13 from the free-throw line versus West Virginia. The last Kansas player to shoot a perfect 100% (minimum 10 attempts) was Kevin McCullar on Dec. 30, 2023 vs. Wichita State (10 of 10). Devonte Graham was the last Jayhawk to go a perfect 13 of 13 from the free-throw line (Jan. 2, 2018 vs. Texas Tech). That ties the most free throws made in a game without a miss since at least the 1965-66 season.
About UCF (10-2, 1-0): UCF has won six consecutive games including its Big 12 opener, an 87-83 victory Tuesday at Texas Tech. During the win streak UCF has defeated Jacksonville (86-66), Tulsa (88-75), Tarleton State (66-51), California Baptist (74-59), Milwaukee (84-76) and Texas Tech. The Knights opened the season with wins over Texas A&M (64-61), Purdue Fort Wayne (75-68), Florida Atlantic (100-94) and Tennessee Tech (80-69) then dropped back-to-back games to Wisconsin (86-70) and LSU (109-102, 3 OT). … Johnny Dawkins is 158-105 in nine seasons at UCF. … Darius Johnson had seven steals against California Baptist (Dec. 1), tying a career high and tying the most steals in a game by any NCAA Division-I player this season. Johnson has 35 steals in 12 games. … Johnson went 8 for 10 on 3-pointers against Milwaukee. … Johnson has made four or more 3s in four of UCF’s 11 games thus far and is 32 of 68 for a sizzling 47.1% from beyond the arc. He scored 24 points and hit 2 of 3 3s versus Texas Tech. … Keyshawn Hall, who was 4 of 4 from 3 at Texas Tech, has five 20-point games this season. ... Moustapha Thiam has three games with five or more blocks. … UCF beat a program-record three ranked opponents during the 2023-24 season, including its highest ranked win over No. 3 Kansas. … UCF is 101-35 at home under Dawkins. … Currently, the Knights are on an eight-game home winning streak, the second longest in the Dawkins era (longest under Dawkins is 10). ... Dawkins and the Knights have earned six wins against ranked foes on their home floor, with an overall record of 6-9. … Prior to Dawkins’ arrival, the program had won two total games against ranked foes from 1984-2016. UCF had never won two games against ranked teams in a single season until Dawkins accomplished the feat twice. It first happened during the 2018-19 campaign, taking down No. 6 Houston and then No. 19 Cincinnati in Orlando in a span of five days in March.
