KU Jayhawks basketball at Colorado Buffaloes: Probable starters, tipoff time, TV
The Kansas Jayhawks, 3-0 at home and 0-2 on the road in Big 12 play, will meet Colorado at 10 p.m. Central on Tuesday at CU Events Center in Boulder, Colorado.
Here’s what you need to know before tipoff:
Kansas vs. Colorado: How to watch
When: 10 p.m. Central, Tuesday.
Where: CU Events Center, Boulder, Colorado.
TV: ESPN.
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM).
Probable starters
Kansas (13-5, 3-2)
F (No. 40) — Flory Bidunga, 6-10, Soph., 14.2 ppg
F ( 15) — Bryson Tiller, 6-11, Fr., 8.1
G (3) — Tre White, 6-7, Sr., 14.9
G (14) — Melvin Council Jr., 6-4, Sr., 13.2
G (22) — Darryn Peterson, 6-6, Fr., 22.2
Colorado (12-6, 2-3)
C (No. 50) — Elijah Malone, 6-10, Sr. 6.1 ppg.
F (8) — Bangot Dak, 6-11, Jr., 11.4
F (7) — Sebastian Rancik, 6-11, Soph., 13.2
G (15) — Felix Kossaras, 6-5, Soph., 5.8
G (24) — Barrington Hargress, 6-0, Jr., 13.7
About No. 19 Kansas (13-5, 3-2)
Kansas leads the all-time series 126-40. KU has won the last three meetings. The Jayhawks are 26-8 vs. the Buffs in CU Events Center. Bill Self is 21-1 as KU coach vs. the Buffs; Tad Boyle 1-7 versus the Jayhawks as CU coach. KU is 1-1 in its last two games in Boulder, winning 71-64 on Feb. 24, 2025, and losing 75-72 on Dec. 7, 2013. …
Kansas is 13-5 or better for the fifth-consecutive season and the 21st time in Self’s 23 seasons at KU. … Self is 622-161 while at Kansas and 829-266 all-time. …
Kansas is 5-2 using the starting lineup of Tre White, Melvin Council Jr., Bryson Tiller, Darryn Peterson and Flory Bidunga. … Kansas is 11-3 when leading at halftime. … KU’s four turnovers vs. Baylor were KU’s fewest in a conference game since Jan. 13, 2024, vs. Oklahoma. KU had a school-record low two turnovers vs. the Sooners. …
Kansas has shot at least 80% from the free throw line in three-consecutive games for the first time since March 9-19, 2017. … Darryn Peterson has scored 20 or more points in four of his last five games. … Flory Bidunga has scored 20 or more points in three games this season. Bidunga has six double-doubles, eight in his career. … Bidunga has 47 blocks on the season. … Melvin Council Jr. has recorded at least five assists in nine games this season and 33 times in his career.
About Colorado (12-6, 2-3)
The Buffs lost to West Virginia 72-61 on Saturday in Morgantown, West Virginia, to fall to one game under .500 in Big 12 play. Barrington Hargress scored 15 points (with five assists to no turnovers) to lead the Buffs. CU went 7-of-26 from 3 to WVU’s 6-of-22 mark. …
CU opened with a 95-89 victory at Arizona State and 85-73 win over Utah in Boulder, Colorado. CU then lost to Texas Tech 73-71 in Boulder and at Cincinnati 77-68. … Former KU guard Tad Boyle is 324-210 in 16 seasons at Colorado. He’s the winningest coach in CU history. … Former KU forward Danny Manning is in his second season as an assistant at CU. …
Colorado has had at least four players score in double figures in 14 of 18 games, including the first nine of the season. The Buffaloes have had four games with at least five players scoring in double digits. … Over the last eight games, the Buffaloes are 139-of-164 from the free throw line (.848). During that stretch Isaiah Johnson is 47-of-53 (.887). Alon Michaeli is 11-of-12 (.917) while Sebastian Rancik is 38-of 42 (.905). …
Colorado is 0-1 against ranked opponents this season after falling to No. 14 Texas Tech on Jan. 10. Colorado went 1-8 versus ranked teams in 2024-25. … Colorado has won 10 of its last 12 at CU Events Center and 23 of the last 32. CU is 213-49 at home in the Boyle era. … The Buffs are 9-2 at home this season. … For the second-straight season, Colorado was picked to finish 15th in the Big 12 preseason coaches poll.
