KU Jayhawks basketball vs. Green Bay Phoenix: Probable starters, tipoff time, TV
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- Kansas opens 2025-26 season vs Green Bay at Allen Fieldhouse, 7 p.m., ESPN+.
- Probable starters list features Kansas freshmen and seniors, Green Bay veterans.
- Green Bay finished 4-28 in 2024-25; Marcus Hall and LeBron Thomas lead Phoenix.
The Kansas Jayhawks will open the 2025-26 regular season with a nonconference game against the Green Bay Phoenix on Monday night.
Here’s what you need to know before tipoff.
KU basketball vs. Green Bay: Game details
When: 7 p.m., Monday
Where: Allen Fieldhouse (Lawrence)
TV: ESPN+
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM)
Probable starters
Green Bay (0-0)
- F (No. 00) — Ramel Bethea, 6-9, Soph., 0.0 ppg
- F (13) — Marcus Hall, 6-6, Jr., 0.0
- G (10) — C.J. O’Hara, 6-4, Soph, 0.0
- G (22) — LeBron Thomas, 6-3, Jr., 0.0
- G (2) Dontrell Hewlett, 6-4, Sr., 0.0
Kansas (0-0)
- F (40) — Flory Bidunga, 6-10, Soph., 0.0
- G (3) — Tre White, 6-7, Sr., 0.0
- G (2) — Darryn Peterson, 6-6, Fr., 0.0
- G (14) — Melvin Council Jr., 6-4, Sr., 0.0
- G (7) — Kohl Rosario, 6-6, Fr., 0.0
About Green Bay:
Green Bay went 1-1 in its exhibition season. The Phoenix lost to Bradley, 83-78, on Oct. 11, then defeated St. Norbert, 75-48, on Thursday. Both games were played in Green Bay, Wisconsin. … Green Bay trailed Bradley, 47-31, at halftime, but outscored the Braves, 47-36, in the second half. Marcus Hall had 15 points and six assists, while Rob Stroud scored 14 points off the bench. C.J. O’Hara added 12 points and six rebounds for the Phoenix. … Josh Hines scored 13 points in 15 minutes in the St. Norbert’s game. …
Green Bay went 4-28, 2-18 in the Horizon League in 2024-25, Doug Gottlieb’s first season as Phoenix coach. … Green Bay was picked to finish 11th (of 11 teams) in the Horizon League’s preseason poll. … Gottlieb currently hosts the Doug Gottlieb show on Fox Sports Radio. …
Forward Marcus Hall averaged 13.9 points and 4.2 rebounds in 33.8 minutes per game a year ago. He hit 42.2% of his shots, 36.7% of his 3’s. Hall was named preseason first-team all-conference on Oct. 8. … LeBron Thomas was a two-time NJCAA All-American at Vincennes University. He averaged 14.3 points, 5.8 assists, and four rebounds per game in the 2024-25 season. Thomas finished last season scoring in double figures 17 times with four double-doubles. Thomas scored a season-high 39 points against Triton. …
The Phoenix roster features players from two foreign countries and 11 U.S. states. Maruan Cicic is from Montenegro, and Vukasin Todorovic is from Slovenia. … Green Bay sophomore Ramel Bethea is the oldest player in college basketball at 29-years-old. Bethea spent his freshman season in 2024-25 at MiraCosta College, a junior college in San Diego, after spending five years in the military. He had four blocked shots against St. Norbert.
About KU basketball:
This is the first meeting between the teams. … KU is 8-0 all-time against current membership of the Horizon League: 4-0 vs. Detroit, 3-0 vs. Oakland and 1-0 vs. Robert Morris. … Bill Self is 609-156 in 23 seasons at KU. …
Kansas posted a 2-0 record in exhibition play with a 90-82 win at Louisville and a 71-35 win versus Fort Hays State in Allen Fieldhouse. … KU has won 52 consecutive home openers, beginning in 1973-74 under coach Ted Owens. Owens won his final 10 home openers. KU coaches Larry Brown (5-0) and Roy Williams (15-0) never lost a home opener and Bill Self is 22-0. …
KU is 869-121 all-time in Allen. … Kansas is 218-2 when holding opponents to 59 points or less in the Self era. … Kansas is coming off a 21-13 season where it advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 34th time in the last 35 years, a run that started in 1990. Kansas finished sixth in the Big 12 with an 11-9 record.
This story was originally published November 3, 2025 at 5:30 AM.
