Kansas Jayhawks basketball vs. N.C. State Wolfpack: Probable starters, time, TV
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- Kansas visits N.C. State Saturday 4:30 p.m. CT at Lenovo Center; game on ESPN.
- Kansas holds 13-1 series lead, 13-game win streak against the Wolfpack.
- KU sits 7-3; Darryn Peterson leads scoring, Flory Bidunga leads blocks.
The Kansas Jayhawks, who have lost to Duke and North Carolina this season, will take on a third Triangle men’s basketball team on Saturday.
KU and North Carolina State will meet at Lenovo Center in Raleigh.
Here’s what you need to know before tipoff:
Kansas vs. N.C. State: How to watch
When: 4:30 p.m., Central time, Saturday.
Where: Lenovo Center, Raleigh, North Carolina.
TV: ESPN
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM).
Probable starters
Kansas (7-3)
F (40) — Flory Bidunga, 6-10, Soph., 14.7 ppg
F ( 15) — Bryson Tiller, 6-11, Fr., 9.3
G (3) — Tre White, 6-7, Sr., 14.3
G (14) — Melvin Council Jr., 6-4, Sr., 10.7
G (22) — Darryn Peterson, 6-6, Fr., 20.0
North Carolina State (7-3)
F (No. 22) — Ven-Allen Lubin, 6-9, Sr., 13.3 ppg
F (1) — Darrion Williams, 6-6, Sr., 15.9
G (2) —Paul McNeil, Jr., 6-5, Soph., 11.6
G (5) — Tre Holloman, 6-2, Sr., 11.3
G (11) — Quadir Copeland, 6-6, Sr., 14.1
About Kansas (7-3)
Kansas leads the all-time series with North Carolina State, 13-1. KU won the last meeting, 75-60, on Dec. 14, 2024 at Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks have won 13 in a row versus the Wolfpack. … The teams have met twice in the NCAA Tournament. KU won, 60-57, in a Sweet 16 game on March 23, 2012 in St. Louis and also won in the Elite Eight, 75-67, on March 23, 1986 in Kansas City. …
KU is 7-3 or better for the 20th consecutive season and the 22nd time in Bill Self’s 23 seasons at KU. … KU is 4-2 in games not played in Allen Fieldhouse. … Self is 616-159 at Kansas, 823-264 all-time. … KU is 6-2 when leading at halftime. … The Jayhawks hit five 3-pointers in the first half of Sunday’s win over Missouri, the second time the Jayhawks have hit five or more 3-pointers in a half. KU hit six versus North Carolina in the first half on Nov. 7. …
With its win against Missouri, Kansas improved to 135-24 (84.9%) following a loss in the Self era (since 2003-04), including 3-0 this season. … Kansas is 7-0 when outrebounding its opponent. KU is 7-0 when it has a higher shooting percentage than its opponent. … KU is 2-0 when scoring 80 or more points. The Jayhawks are 5-0 when holding opponents to 60 or fewer points. …
Senior Tre White has scored 20 or more points twice this season and 13 times in his career. White has scored at least 10 points in eight games this season and 56 times over his career. White has recorded five or more rebounds in eight-consecutive games. … Sophomore Flory Bidunga leads the Big 12 with 25 blocked shots and his 2.5 blocks per game are first in the Big 12 and 17th nationally. He has had two or more blocked shots in five straight games. … Senior Melvin Council Jr. has recorded five or more assists in six games this season, and 30 times in his career. Council’s eight assists vs. Missouri were his most this season and the most since recording eight assists at Fordham on Jan. 4, 2025, while at St. Bonaventure.
About North Carolina State (7-3)
North Carolina State defeated Liberty, 85-45, on Wednesday in Raleigh. The 45 points for Liberty were the fewest for an N.C. State opponent since the Wolfpack held Jacksonville to 43 in a 79-43 win on Nov. 20, 2014. … The Wolfpack this season has also defeated UNC Asheville (75-63), Boise State (81-70), VCU (85-79), UNCG (110-64), UAB (94-70) and North Carolina Central (114-66). N.C. State has lost to Auburn (83-73), Texas (102-97) and Seton Hall (85-74). …
In its loss to Auburn, N.C. State forced the Tigers into 20 turnovers. The Wolfpack had 14 steals. … Quadir Copeland, who has also played at McNeese and Syracuse, scored 28 points in a loss to Texas in Maui. … Former Texas Tech standout Darrion Williams scored a career high 32 points against UNCG on Nov. 12. He is ACC preseason player of the year. He earned first-team all-Big 12 a year ago. …
Paul McNeil Jr., is the only returning scholarship player from last year’s 12-19 team. … Tre Holloman was a co-captain at Michigan State last season. … Ven-Allen Lubin played at University of North Carolina last season. … Will Wade is in his first season as N.C. State coach. …
The Wolfpack finished fourth of 18 teams in the 2025-26 ACC preseason poll. KU is 1-2 vs. the ACC (losses to Duke and North Carolina and win over Notre Dame). …
N.C. State lost its leading scorer from the 2024-25 season as Marcus Hill and his team-high 11.5 points per game transferred to Texas A&M. As a program, N.C. State has not had a player repeat as scoring leader since C.J. Leslie in 2011-12 and 2012-13. Just 11 players from the 18-team ACC entered the 2025-26 season with more than 250 career assists ... and the Wolfpack has three of them on the roster: Williams, Copeland and Holloman.
