KU Jayhawks basketball vs. Colorado Buffaloes: Probable starters, tipoff, TV, notes
Kansas will play host to Colorado on Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse.
Here’s everything you need to know before tipoff...
Kansas vs. Colorado game details
When: 8 p.m., Tuesday
Where: Allen Fieldhouse (Lawrence)
TV: ESPN2
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM) in Wichita
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | Colorado | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 23 | Andrej Jakimovski | 6-8 | Sr. | 9.7 |
F | 7 | Sebastian Rancik | 6-9 | Fr. | 5.1 |
F | 8 | Bangot Dak | 6-11 | Soph. | 7.3 |
F | 35 | Assane Diop | 6-8 | Soph. | 4.1 |
G | 3 | Julian Hammond | 6-2 | Sr | 13.7 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | Sr. | 8.4 |
C | 1 | Hunter Dickinson | 7-2 | Sr. | 16.5 |
G | 5 | Zeke Mayo | 6-4 | Sr. | 15.1 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-2 | Sr. | 9.6 |
G | 6 | Rylan Griffen | 6-6 | Jr. | 6.7 |
About Colorado (9-14, 0-12)
Colorado has dropped its last 12 games, the programs longest losing streak since CU dropped its final 12 games of the 2008-09 season. It’s Colorado’s first 0-12 start to conference play since a similar start to the 1985-86 season (finished 0-14 in the Big Eight). … RJ Smith is 25-of-59 from 3 for 42.4%. … Bangot Dak had eight blocks vs. Cincinnati, third most in a game in CU history. He had two blocks in CU’s last game, Saturday’s 69-59 home loss to Houston …
Colorado’s 28 wins over ranked teams in the 15-year Tad Boyle era is the best in team history; Boyle-coached teams, with a record of 28-53, have accounted for 39% of wins over ranked opponents (72) since 1949-50. ... Colorado is 1-5 against ranked opponents in 2024-25 … CU’s win over then No. 2-UConn on Nov. 26 in Maui, marked the highest-ranked win away from Boulder in program history. Colorado has two previous wins over No. 2 teams, both in Boulder (57-53 over Oklahoma State on Feb. 12, 1992 and 79-63 over Arizona on Feb. 26, 2022). … Andrej Jakimovski has surpassed 1,000 points for his college career. …
Former KU great Danny Manning is a first-year assistant coach on former Jayhawk guard Boyle’s Buffs coaching staff. … Julian Hammond has six 20-point games this season. He scored a career-high 26 points at UCF. He hit five 3s and had 22 points against Houston. No other CU player had more than six points. … Elijah Malone was the 2024 Bevo Francis Award winner as best small school player in the country. He played at Grace College of Indiana. Against Harvard he went over the 2,000-point scoring milestone. …
Seven of CU’s 12 league losses have been by 10 points or less. Colorado trailed Houston by four points with 3:45 to go but allowed seven straight points and eventually lost 69-59 Saturday at CU.
About No. 17 Kansas (16-7, 7-5)
KU leads the all-time series 124-40. The Jayhawks are 54-5 versus the Buffs in Allen Fieldhouse. … KU has won 20 of the last 21 between the schools and 30 straight games vs. CU in Allen. … Colorado’s last win in Allen Fieldhouse was on Feb. 10, 1983, a 75-74 decision. ... Bill Self is 19-1 versus Colorado as KU coach; Tad Boyle is 1-5 versus KU as CU coach. … KU is 128-21 (85.9%) following a loss in the Bill Self era, including 5-1 this season. ...
Kansas has shot 50.0% or better in four Big 12 games. … Kansas had 22 assists in Saturday’s 81-73 loss to K-State, which is KU’s second-highest total in Big 12 play this season (30 vs. UCF, Jan. 5). … Dajuan Harris eclipsed the 800 assist mark with six assists against Kansas State. He is the third Jayhawk with 800 or more career assists. Harris now has 804 assists for his career and is tied for No. 2 with Jacque Vaughn (804) on Kansas’ all-time career assist list. … Center Hunter Dickinson has scored 20 or more points in eight games. … Zeke Mayo has four games with 5-plus rebounds and 5-plus assists. … KJ Adams has scored 10 or more points in seven games this season, 53 for his career. ...
Former KU guard Darnell Valentine and former KU rower Erika Oliver have been named the 2025 honorees for Marian E. Washington Trailblazer Series and will be recognized at the game. According to KU, the series, which began in 2020, “recognizes the notable achievements and accomplishments of African-Americans who have helped shape the Jayhawk program throughout the years by creating the Marian E. Washington Trailblazer Series.”
