Kansas Jayhawks basketball vs. Arizona Wildcats: Starters, tipoff time & TV info
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- Arizona enters unbeaten at 23-0 and set program record for best start.
- Kansas hosts Monday tipoff at Allen Fieldhouse on ESPN.
- Jaden Bradley on defensive watch list; Flory Bidunga strong in the paint.
The Kansas Jayhawks will play host to Arizona on Monday night at Allen Fieldhouse.
Here’s what you need to know before tipoff:
Arizona vs. Kansas: How to watch
When: 8 p.m. Monday
Where: Allen Fieldhouse
TV: ESPN
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM)
Probable starters
ARIZONA (23-0, 10-0)
C (No. 13) — Motiejus Krivas, 7-2, Jr., 11.0 ppg.
F (10) — Koa Peat, 6-8, Fr., 14.6
F (8) — Ivan Kharchenkov, 6-7, Fr., 9.4
G (0) — Jaden Bradley., 6-3, Sr., 13.8
G (5) — Brayden Burries, 6-4, Fr., 15.3
KANSAS (18-5, 8-2)
F (No. 40) — Flory Bidunga, 6-10, Soph., 14.6 ppg
F ( 15) — Bryson Tiller, 6-11, Fr., 8.7
G (3) — Tre White, 6-7, Sr., 14.6
G (14) — Melvin Council Jr., 6-4, Sr., 13.7
G (22) — Darryn Peterson, 6-6, Fr., 20.5
About Arizona (23-0, 10-0)
Former KU guard Evan Manning is in his first season as assistant coach on Tommy Lloyd’s staff at Arizona. He spent two seasons as the program’s director of operations. Manning has also worked at Army-West Point, Gonzaga and Wake Forest. …
Arizona’s victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday assured the 2025-26 Wildcats the longest winning streak in school history. The Wildcats won 22 straight games during the 1914 through ’17 seasons. The Wildcats, 23-0, have set a program record for best start to a season. Arizona went 21-0 in 2013-14. … Arizona also set the record for best start by a Big 12 team, surpassing KU’s 22-0 mark to begin the 1996-97 campaign. ...
Arizona picked up five wins against AP Top 25 opponents (Florida, UCLA, UConn, Auburn, Alabama) in nonconference play, tying the school record set in 1987-88. The last time that any team in the country won five games against top 25 teams in the non-conference campaign was UMass in 1995-96 when the Minutemen won seven against top 25 teams. …
Lloyd is 135-33 in five seasons at Arizona. … Under Lloyd, Arizona is 27-13 against top 25 opponents. … Jaden Bradley is one of 25 players named to the 2026 Naismith defensive player of the year watch list. Bradley has 42 steals in 23 games. …
Arizona’s 34 road wins since the start of the 2021-22 season are second-most in the country among major conference teams. (Duke 36, Arizona 34). … Arizona is 9-0 in Quad 1 games this season. …Brayden Burries leads Arizona with seven 20-point games after a 29-point outing at BYU. … Koa Peat has four double-doubles. … Tobe Awaka scored a career-high 25 points against Arizona State. He has grabbed 10+ rebounds in a game 10 times this year. … Bradley had 26 points on 10-of-15 shooting in an 86-83 win at BYU.
About KU (18-5, 8-2)
KU leads the all-time series 9-5 and the Jayhawks have won two of the last three meetings. KU is 3-1 versus Arizona in Allen Fieldhouse. The two teams have split the last eight meetings. KU had won five of the first six meetings spanning from 1979 through 2001. … Arizona won the last matchup 88-77 in the 2025 Big 12 tournament quarterfinals.
Arizona, which went on to win the NCAA title, ended KU’s season in the Sweet 16 on March 21, 1997 in Birmingham, Alabama. The fourth-seeded Wildcats beat KU 85-82. That KU team finished 34-2. … KU beat Arizona 78-75 on March 29, 2003 in an Elite Eight game in Anaheim, California. … KU beat Arizona 83-80 in a Sweet 16 game on March 22, 1996 in Denver. …
KU is 9-18 all-time versus the No. 1 team in the AP poll, including 4-4 in the Bill Self era. Kansas is 1-5 versus the No. 1 team in Lawrence, including 0-5 in Allen Fieldhouse. The last No. 1 team to play in Allen Fieldhouse was Arizona on Jan. 25, 2003, a 91-74 Arizona win. ... Under Self, Kansas is 26-5 in Allen against teams ranked higher than KU. ... Under Self, Kansas is 27-7 against top-10 teams in games played in Allen Fieldhouse, including 1-1 this season. ... Self is 4-6 against Arizona, including 3-3 while at KU. Arizona coach Loyd is 1-1 versus Kansas.
Since the inception of the Big 12, Kansas is 83-25 all-time on ESPN Big Monday, including 64-17 under head coach Self (since 2003-04). Kansas is 50-1 in Allen Fieldhouse on ESPN Big Monday, including 39-0 in the Self era. ...
KU is 8-2 or better in Big 12 play for the 14th time in Bill Self’s 23 seasons at Kansas (since 2003-04) and the first since 2021-22. … KU is 10-1 in Allen Fieldhouse this season, 879-122 all-time in the venue, including 342-22 under head coach Bill Self. … KU is 16-3 when leading at halftime. … Kansas is 13-1 when outrebounding its opponent. Kansas has shot 50% or better nine times and is 9-0 in those games. …
Flory Bidunga has shot over 70% from the field in seven consecutive games. Bidunga had seven blocks vs. Utah on Saturday, most in a game by a Jayhawk since Udoka Azubuike recorded seven against Baylor on Jan. 11, 2020. Bidunga became the first Jayhawk since Azubuike with five blocks in three or more games in a single season. Bidunga now has 65 blocks this season and 119 over his career.
