Kansas Jayhawks vs. Cincinnati Bearcats basketball: probable starters, time, TV
The Kansas Jayhawks will meet the Cincinnati Bearcats in a Saturday afternoon Big 12 men’s basketball game in Cincinnati.
Game time is 1 p.m. Central. Here’s everything you need to know ahead of tipoff:
THE DETAILS
When/where: 1 p.m., Central time, Saturday, Fifth Third Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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. | 8.5 |
C | 1 | Hunter Dickinson | 7-2 | Sr. | 15.9 |
G | 8 | Zeke Mayo | 6-4 | Sr. | 14.6 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-2 | Sr. | 10.3 |
G | 0 | Shakeel Moore | 6-1 | Sr. | 3.3 |
P | No. | Cincinnati | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 23 | Dillon Mitchell | 6-8 | Jr. | 10.9 |
F/G | 41 | Simas Lukosius | 6-8 | Sr. | 13.0 |
F | 55 | Aziz Bandaogo | 7-0 | Sr. | 9.4 |
G | 0 | Dan Skillings | 6-6 | Jr. | 13.1 |
G | 2 | Jizzle James | 6-3 | So. | 11.1 |
About No. 11 Kansas (11-3, 2-1): The Bearcats lead the all-time series against KU, 5-4. … KU has won three of the last four meetings in the series that dates to 1949 … Cincinnati slugged KU, 72-52, in a first-round Big 12 tournament game on March 13, 2024 in T-Mobile Center. KU tripped Cincy during the 2023-24 regular season, 74-69, on Jan. 22, 2024 at Allen Fieldhouse. …. Bill Self is 1-1 vs. Cincy as KU coach; Wes Miller is 1-1 versus the Jayhawks as Cincy coach. … KU is 1-1 versus Cincinnati in the Bearcats’ Fifth Third Arena. … The teams have met once in NCAA Tournament. KU lost in a second-round game, 82-71, on March 12, 1960 in Manhattan, Kansas. ... Bill Self is one win shy of 600 victories as KU coach. He is 599-146 while at Kansas, 806-251 all-time including stops at Oral Roberts, Tulsa and Illinois. ... The Jayhawks went 13 of 13 from the free-throw line on Wednesday in a home win over Arizona State. It is the first time KU has shot 100% from the line 10 times since 1996-97 and four times in Big 12 contests, most recently against Baylor on Jan. 23, 2023 (16 of 16). ... KU has held an opponent to 60 or fewer points six times this season. ... KU has outscored the opponent’s bench 11 times this season. KU is 8-3 in those games. ... Hunter Dickinson in four of his last five games has recorded a double-double. ... Dajuan Harris hit his 100th career three-pointer in the first half against the Sun Devils. Harris played 32 minutes, moving him into second place in minutes played at KU (4,509). He passed Devonte’ Graham who played 4,498 minutes during his KU career (2015-18. ... Zeke Mayo has scored 23 or more points in four of his last five games. His five threes against Arizona State tied his season high for the fourth time this season.
About Cincinnati (10-4, 0-3): Cincinnati, which fell at Baylor, 68-48, on Tuesday has lost three in a row to open Big 12 play. Cincinnati opened with a 70-67 loss to Kansas State on Dec. 30, 2024 in Manhattan. Then the Bearcats fell to Arizona, 72-67, on Jan. 4 in Tucson. Cincinnati rallied from a 19-point deficit to tie it late but ultimately lost that game to Zona. ... In nonconference play, Cincinnati won, 81-58, at Georgia Tech and also defeated Xavier, 68-65, at home and Dayton, 66-59, on the road. … Wes Miller is 73-47 in four seasons at Cincinnati. Cincinnati announced on Dec. 14, 2022 that Miller would receive a two-year contract extension, as well as an increased salary through the 2028-29 season. … Miller is 13-8 in overtime as a head coach, including 9-6 at UNCG and 4-2 at Cincinnati. … Senior Simas Lukosius, by virtue of his father’s coaching career, has lived in seven countries: Lithuania, Russia, Kuwait, Lebanon, Germany, Bahrain and the United States. …The Bearcats have produced 32 All-Americans. The last to be so honored: Jarron Cumberland, honorable mention All-America in 2019. … Jack Twyman and Oscar Robertson are both members of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, with Robertson earning a spot on the NBA’s 75th-anniversary team last fall. … Cincinnati has made 117 of 339 3s for 34.5%. Opponents have made 72 of 252 for 28.6%. … Cincy makes 62.8% of its free throws and 47.0% of its shots. The Bearcats average 75.4 points per game and allow 61.0.
