Kansas basketball at Iowa State Cyclones: Probable starters, tipoff time, TV, notes
The No. 9-ranked Kansas Jayhawks, 3-1 in the Big 12, travel to Hilton Coliseum to face the No. 4-ranked Iowa State Cyclones, 4-0 in conference action, on Wednesday night.
Here’s how to watch the top-10 showdown.
Kansas-Iowa State game details
When: 6 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa
TV: ESPN2
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. | 15.8 |
G | 8 | Zeke Mayo | 6-4 | Sr. | 14.3 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-2 | Sr. | 9.9 |
G | 0 | Shakeel Moore | 6-1 | Sr. | 3.9 |
P | No. | Iowa State | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 2 | Joshua Jefferson | 6-9 | Jr. | 12.0 |
F | 22 | Milan Momcilovic | 6-8 | Soph | 10.3 |
C | 1 | Dishon Jackson | 6-11 | Sr. | 9.5 |
G | 3 | Tamin Lipsey | 6-1 | Jr. | 10.4 |
G | 10 | Keshon Gilbert | 6-4 | Sr. | 16.1 |
About No. 9 Kansas (12-3, 3-1)
KU leads the all-time series 190-68. The Jayhawks are 28-24 at Hilton Coliseum. KU has won eight of the last 10 in the series. Prior to that stretch, ISU had won three of five vs. KU. … KU has dropped two in a row in Ames, a 79-75 decision on Jan. 27, 2024 and 68-53 result on Feb. 4, 2023. Prior to those two defeats, KU had won four of five in Hilton. … KU is 6-6 in its last 12 at Hilton. …
Bill Self is 34-12 vs. ISU as KU coach. T.J. Otzelberger is 2-5 vs. KU as ISU coach. … Self is 600-146 while at Kansas and 807-251 all-time including stops at Oral Roberts, Tulsa and Illinois. … Kansas is 3-2 in games not played in Allen Fieldhouse this season and is 2-2 in true road games ...
Hunter Dickinson has nine double-doubles this season, most of any player in the Big 12. He has scored in double figures in six of his past seven games. He has 26 double-doubles at KU and 57 in his career. … Dickinson has earned Big 12 Player of the Week three times this season and six times in his two-year career at Kansas. ... KU senior transfer guard Zeke Mayo has been named the co-Big 12 newcomer of the week twice. …
In the Self era, KU is 129-77 against AP-ranked opponents, including 52-30 versus top-10 foes. KU is 24-15 against teams ranked inside the top 10 of the AP poll since 2013-14. Since Self’s first season, 2003-04, the Jayhawks are 25-4 against AP top-10 teams inside Allen Fieldhouse.
About No. 2 Iowa State (14-1, 4-0)
Iowa State is 9-0 at home this season. The Cyclones have won 27-straight games at Hilton Coliseum, currently the third-longest active home winning streak in the country. The longest home win streak in ISU history is 39 games from Feb. 16, 1999 to Nov. 30, 2001. … The Cyclones moved from No. 3 to 2 in the AP poll this week after an 85-84 overtime win over Texas Tech on Saturday in Lubbock. ISU had been No. 3 for five consecutive weeks. …
Iowa State notched its first ranked win of the season with an 81-70 victory over then No. 5 Marquette on Dec. 4, 2024. The Cyclones also beat No. 25 Baylor 74-55 on Jan. 4 in Ames. … The Cyclones are now 28-8 playing as a team ranked in the top 5 in the country. … The Cyclones’ only loss this season was 83-81 to then-No. 4 Auburn on Nov. 25 in the Maui Invitational. ISU went on to beat Dayton and Colorado in that event. … Iowa State has been ranked in the AP top 10 for 18-straight weeks, the longest streak in the country. Iowa State has been ranked in the top 15 for 20-straight weeks. …
ISU has a 36-21 record in its last 57 games against ranked foes in Hilton Coliseum. … Otzelberger is 23-19 against ranked teams. This will be the sixth top 10 matchup in Hilton Coliseum history, with three of those contests coming against the Jayhawks. No. 1 Kansas beat No. 6 Iowa State 69-62 on Feb. 9, 1997, while No. 7 ISU beat No. 6 Kansas 79-71 on Feb. 17, 2001. ... Iowa State is 4-0 in conference play for the second time under Otzelberger. The 2022-23 team also started 4-0. It is just the fourth time in program history a team has started conference play 4-0, joining the 1944, 2000 and 2023 teams.
This story was originally published January 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM.
