Kansas Jayhawks at BYU Cougars basketball: Probable starters, tipoff time & TV info
The KU Jayhawks will meet the BYU Cougars at 8 p.m. Central on Tuesday in Provo, Utah.
KU enters the game coming off a loss to Utah on Saturday in Salt Lake City. The Jayhawks remained in the AP Top 25 despite the loss.
Here’s everything you need to know about Tuesday’s clash...
Kansas at BYU game details
When: 8 p.m. Central, Tuesday
Where: Marriott Center, Provo, Utah
TV: ESPN
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM) in Wichita
Betting line: BYU -1.5 (game prediction)
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | Sr. | 8.3 |
C | 1 | Hunter Dickinson | 7-2 | Sr. | 16.4 |
G | 5 | Zeke Mayo | 6-4 | Sr. | 15.0 |
G | 6 | Rylan Griffen | 6-3 | Jr. | 6.5 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-2 | Sr. | 9.8 |
P | No. | BYU | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 0 | Mawot Mag | 6-7 | Sr. | 5.4 |
C | 13 | Keba Keita | 6-9 | Jr. | 6.4 |
G | 3 | Egor Demin | 6-9 | Fr. | 11.0 |
G | 15 | Richie Saunders | 6-5 | Jr. | 15.0 |
G | 21 | Trevin Knell | 6-5 | Sr. | 9.2 |
About Kansas (17-8, 8-6)
KU leads the all-time series 4-2. BYU, which has dropped three of the last four to KU, won the last meeting 76-68 on Feb. 27, 2024 at Allen Fieldhouse. … KU beat BYU 71-56 in the 2019 Maui Invitational and stopped the Cougars 90-76 in a second round NCAA Tournament contest on March 20, 1993, in Chicago. KU is 0-1 in games played in Provo, Utah. BYU prevailed 80-70 on Dec. 20, 1960. The Jayhawks are 1-1 vs. BYU in Allen Fieldhouse. …
KU is 3-6 in true road games this season and 5-6 in games not played in Allen Fieldhouse … KU is 129-21 (86.0%) following a loss in the Bill Self era, including 6-1 this season. ... Bill Self is 605-151 while at KU, 812-256 all-time. … Kansas is 4-5 this season when trailing at halftime. …
Hunter Dickinson scored his 1,000th point as a Kansas Jayhawk with his 10th point Saturday against Utah, becoming the 14th player in NCAA history to score 1,000-plus points at two different schools. He is one of two active players in the NCAA to do so, alongside Arizona’s Caleb Love, who played at North Carolina. Dickinson scored 1,617 points at Michigan from 2021-23. … In 58 games played, Dickinson became the fastest to reach 1,000 points in the Self era (since 2003-04) and the sixth fastest in KU history. …
Zeke Mayo has scored 15+ points in 13 games this season, including nine times in Big 12 play. … Dajuan Harris has scored in double figures 53 times for his career, including 14 games this season.
About BYU (17-8, 8-6)
The Cougars are 12-2 at Marriott Center this season, marking the 20th consecutive season they have won 10 or more home games in Provo, Utah. … BYU recorded its 650th win at Marriott Center earlier this season with its 93-89 overtime victory over Baylor. … Three of the BYU starters are international players. Senior forward Mawot Mag (5.4 ppg) hails from Australia, freshman guard Egor Demin (11.0 ppg, 28-of-100 from 3) from Russia and junior center Keba Keita (6.4 ppg) from Mali. The other two starters, junior guard Richie Saunders and senior guard Trevin Knell are from Utah. …
BYU is 15-5 this season when leading at halftime with all five of those losses coming when the Cougars are leading by one to five points. … BYU has hit 10 or more 3-pointers in 16 games. … Trevin Knell is the 54th player in program history to score 1,000 points. … Several players on the 2024-25 roster served two-year missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Dallin Hall, Richie Saunders and Trey Stewart were to serve out of the country but stayed stateside because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Trevin Knell, Dawson Baker, Townsend Tripple and Max Triplett served in other countries. …
The Cougars have the most married players in the country with four: Saunders, Triplett, Knell and Baker. Creighton, Hawaii and Utah State are the only other schools in the country with multiple married players. … Coach Kevin Young is in his first season at BYU. He served as Phoenix Suns associate head coach from 2020-24. …
