Kansas Jayhawks basketball vs. Arizona State Sun Devils: Probable starters, tipoff, TV
Kansas will play host to Arizona State on Wednesday night in a battle of teams that are 1-1 in Big 12 Conference play and 10-3 overall.
Here’s what you need to know before tipoff...
Kansas-Arizona State game details
When: 8 p.m. Central, Wednesday
Where: Allen Fieldhouse (Lawrence)
TV: ESPN2
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM) in Wichita
Betting line: Kansas -12.5
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | Arizona State | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F/G | 10 | BJ Freeman | 6-6 | Sr. | 11.8 |
F | 21 | Jayden Quaintance | 6-9 | Fr. | 9.4 |
F | 8 | Basheer Jihad | 6-9 | Sr. | 13.5 |
G | 44 | Adam Miller | 6-3 | Sr. | 9.6 |
G | 1 | Alston Mason | 6-2 | Sr. | 11.0 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | Sr. | 8.7 |
C | 1 | Hunter Dickinson | 7-2 | Sr. | 16.0 |
G | 5 | Zeke Mayo | 6-4 | Sr. | 14.0 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-2 | Sr. | 10.4 |
G | 0 | Shakeel Moore | 6-1 | Sr. | 2.5 |
About Arizona State (10-3, 1-1)
The Sun Devils enter 1-1 in Big 12 Conference play after defeating Colorado 81-61 on Saturday in Tempe, Arizona. ASU opened the league slate by losing to BYU 76-56 on New Year’s Eve in Provo, Utah. … ASU fell to Gonzaga 88-80 on Nov. 10 in Spokane, Washington. The Sun Devils fell to Florida 83-66 on Dec. 14 in Atlanta and defeated UMass 78-62 on Dec. 21 in the Hall of Fame Classic in Springfield, Massachusetts. …
Former KU assistant coach Jerrance Howard is assistant coach on Bobby Hurley’s ASU staff. ... Freshman Jayden Quaintance has 41 blocked shots in 13 games. He also has 19 steals. ... Bobby Hurley is 165-134 in 10 seasons at ASU. He is the program’s second winningest coach of all time, trailing Ned Wulk (406 wins, 1957-82). …
ASU is 8-1 when the Sun Devils make eight or more 3s in a game. ASU was a torrid 13-of-28 from 3 in its win over the Buffs. … Freshman Joson Sanon is 28-of-58 (.483) from 3. Sanon missed the Sun Devils last game vs. CU because of an undisclosed lower body injury sustained in the league opener vs. BYU. … ASU is 19-8 in two-possession games over the past three seasons. … The Sun Devils have cashed 121 of 322 3s for 37.6%. Opponents have made 98 3s in 330 attempts for 29.7%. … ASU averages 77.0 points a game while allowing 70.9 ppg.
About No. 11 Kansas (10-3, 1-1)
Kansas trails ASU 6-5 in the all-time series, including a 1-2 mark in Allen Fieldhouse. ... The Jayhawks have dropped two in a row and three of five in the series. Arizona State defeated KU 80-76 on Dec. 22, 2018, in Tempe, Arizona and also won 95-85 on Dec. 10, 2017 at Allen Fieldhouse. … KU has defeated the Sun Devils twice in the NCAA Tournament. The Jayhawks won 108-76 in a second-round tourney game on March 22, 2003 in Oklahoma City. KU won 88-71 on March 15, 1981 in a second-round game in Wichita. … Bill Self is 0-2 as KU coach vs. ASU. Bobby Hurley is 2-0 vs. KU. …
KU senior Hunter Dickinson on Tuesday was named to the Wooden Award midseason top 25 watch list, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced. The list is made up of 25 players who are front-runners for the Wooden Award. A two-time Wooden All-American, at Michigan in 2021 and at Kansas in 2024, Dickinson is aiming to become the third Jayhawk to win the Wooden Award, joining Danny Manning (1988) and Frank Mason III (2017). ...
Self is 598-146 while at Kansas, 805-251 all-time. He’s two wins from 600. … Kansas had a season-high 22 offensive rebounds Sunday against UCF, most offensive rebounds since Dec. 2, 2009 vs. Alcorn State (23) and the most in conference play since March 1, 2008 vs. Kansas State (23). The last time Kansas had that many offensive rebounds on the road in a conference game was Jan. 8, 2000 at Colorado (22). … The Kansas bench combined to score 42 points vs. UCF. That is the most bench points in a conference game since March 5, 2016 vs. Iowa State (46) and the most in a conference game on the road since Feb. 1, 2011 at Texas Tech (42).
