Kansas Jayhawks basketball vs. Missouri Tigers: Probable starters, time, TV
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- Kansas and Missouri meet Sunday at T‑Mobile Center; both teams seek rebound.
- Missouri enters 8-1 with Mark Mitchell leading scoring; Tigers fell to Notre Dame.
- Kansas sits 6-3; Flory Bidunga and Tre White anchor offense and rebound efforts.
The Kansas Jayhawks will meet Missouri in the latest edition of the Border War men’s basketball series on Sunday at T-Mobile Center.
Both teams are coming off losses: KU to UConn and Missouri to Notre Dame.
Here’s what you need to know before tipoff:
Kansas vs. Missouri: How to watch
When: 12 p.m. noon on Sunday.
Where: T-Mobile Center, Kansas City
TV: ESPN2
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM).
Probable starters
Missouri (8-1)
F (No. 14) — Jevon Porter, 6-11, Sr., 7.1 ppg
F/G (25) — Mark Mitchell, 6-9, Sr., 18.1
C (15) —Shawn Phillips, 7-0, Sr., 9.1
G (0) — Anthony Robinson II, 6-3, Jr., 10.1
G (12) — Sebastian Mack, 6-3, Jr., 9.7
Kansas (6-3)
F (40) — Flory Bidunga, 6-10, Soph., 15.2
F ( 15) — Bryson Tiller, 6-11, Fr., 8.9
G (3) — Tre White, 6-7, Sr., 13.7
G (14) — Melvin Council Jr., 6-4, Sr., 10.9
G (11) — Jamari McDowell, 6-5, Soph, 3.9 or (22) Darryn Peterson, 6-6, Fr., 21.5
About Missouri (8-1)
Missouri lost to Notre Dame, 76-71, on Tuesday in South Bend, Indiana for the Tigers’ initial loss of the season. MU has defeated Cleveland State (86-59), South Carolina State (98-66), South Dakota (102-68), Prairie View A&M (91-73), Minnesota (83-60), VMI (106-68), SE Missouri (89-84) and Howard (88-67). … Prior to losing to Notre Dame, MU was one of 24 remaining unbeatens in Division I. … The Tigers are averaging 90.4 points per game – shooting 54.4% from the field and 37.9% from 3.
Mark Mitchell has scored 20-plus points in 10 games as a Tiger and four this season. He had 26 points against Notre Dame. Mitchell has led the Tigers in scoring 14 times in his career. … Mitchell leads Missouri with 18.1 points per game, which is the highest average by a Tiger through nine games since Jordan Clarkson (20.2) and Jabari Brown (19.4) in 2013-14. ... Jacob Crews scored 22 points vs. N.D., his most as a Tiger. Crews, a transfer from UT Martin, hit a season-high five 3’s. … Anthony Robinson had a season-high five steals against the Irish. …
Dennis Gates is 63-47 in four years as Missouri coach. … A total of 10 Tigers have scored at least 10 points in a game this season. … Six of the Tigers’ eight victories have been by at least 20 points. … Four Tigers are scoring in double figures: Mitchell (18.1) Crews (4.1), Jayden Stone (13.3) and Robinson (10.1). …
Mizzou is the only team in the SEC with three returning starters from last season in Mitchell, Trent Pierce and Robinson. Overall, it marks the first time that MU returns three starters since the 2020-21 campaign. … MU was picked to finish seventh in the media’s preseason SEC poll. …ESPN has rated MU’s class of 2026 recruits the No. 1 class in the country, MU has signed Jason Crowe Jr. (No. 5 in ESPN100), Toni Bryant (No. 14) and Aidan Chronister (No. 83).
About Kansas (6-3)
According to KU, Kansas leads the all-time series with Missouri, 176-96. MU’s record book has KU leading 175-96. The dispute is over a benefit game for the U.S. Olympic team, which KU won, 15-14, on March 16, 1924 at Convention Hall in Kansas City. MU’s 1924 Savitar Yearbook had no mention of that game; KU’s 1924 Jayhawker Yearbook did chronicle the game, as did the Kansas City Times and Lawrence Journal-World newspapers. ... The Tigers won the last meeting, 76-67, on Dec. 8, 2024 in Columbia. ... KU says it is 18-6 versus MU in games played in KC. MU says KU holds a 17-6 advantage vs. the Tigers in KC … KU has won five of the last six meetings, 10 of the last 12 and 15 of the last 18 vs. Missouri dating to March 6, 2006 …
KU is off to a 6-3 start for the first time since the 2013-14 season when the Jayhawks were also 6-3. … UConn in defeating KU on Tuesday snapped KU’s 23-game non-conference winning streak in Allen Fieldhouse. … Bill Self is 615-159 while at KU, 822-264 all-time. …
Kansas on Monday held UConn to its lowest scoring output of the season (61 points). The last time Kansas lost giving up 61 or fewer points was against Villanova on Dec. 21, 2019. KU lost 56-55. The last time Kansas lost in Allen Fieldhouse giving up 61 or fewer points was on Jan. 5, 2013 against San Diego State. KU fell, 61-57. …
UConn’s 13 turnovers tied for the most by an opponent this season, tying Princeton on Nov. 16, 2025. … Kansas is 134-24 (84.8%) following a loss in the Self era (since 2003-04), including 2-0 this season. … Senior Tre White has secured five or more rebounds in seven consecutive games. … White has made 19 consecutive free throw attempts. …
Flory Bidunga has scored 10 or more points in seven straight games. Bidunga has 10 or more boards in three games. … Melvin Council Jr. has scored 10 or more points in five consecutive games and 62 times in his career. Council has two or more steals in 34 career games. … Jamari McDowell has made two or more 3’s in three consecutive games. … Elmarko Jackson has scored in double figures in consecutive games for the first time in his career.
