Three-minute preview: Kansas men’s basketball vs. Maryland

No. 1 seed Kansas vs. No. 5 seed Maryland

P, No., Kansas, Ht., Yr., PPG

F, 33, Landen Lucas, 6-10, Jr., 5.5

F, 34, Perry Ellis, 6-8, Sr., 16.9

G, 1, Wayne Selden, 6-5, Jr., 13.6

G, 4, Devonte' Graham, 6-2, So., 11.4

G, 0, Frank Mason, 5-11, Jr., 12.8

P, No., Maryland, Ht., Yr., PPG

F, 4, Robert Carter, 6-9, Jr., 12.4

F, 10, Jake Layman, 6-9, Sr., 11.7

C, 33, Diamond Stone, 6-11, Fr., 12.7

G, 0, Rasheed Sulaimon, 6-4, Sr. 11.1

G, 2, Melo Trimble, 6-3, So., 14.8

▪ WHEN/WHERE: About 8:40 p.m. Thursday at the KFC Yum Center in Louisville, Ky.

▪ TV/RADIO: CBS; KCSP (610 AM)

▪ ABOUT KANSAS (32-4): The top-seeded Jayhawks will look to extend a 16-game winning streak when they take on the Terrapins. KU’s resurgence has come with improved interior defense, as opponents have made just 40 percent of their two-pointers in the Jayhawks’ last 15 games. Maryland should test KU there, ranking seventh nationally in two-point percentage. The last time the two teams met was in the 2002 Final Four, where the Terrapins took a 97-88 victory.

▪ ABOUT MARYLAND (27-8): The fifth-seeded Terrapins advanced to the Sweet 16 with victories over South Dakota State and Hawaii last week. Maryland, which rose to as high as No. 2 in Feb. 8’s Associated Press poll, struggled down the stretch, losing five of its final eight regular-season games. The Terrapins have talent, with two starters projected by DraftExpress to go higher than any KU player in the 2016 NBA Draft. That includes 6-11 center Diamond Stone, who is ranked 22nd, and 6-3 point guard Melo Trimble, who is 33rd.

This story was originally published March 23, 2016 at 4:51 PM with the headline "Three-minute preview: Kansas men’s basketball vs. Maryland."