No. 3/2 Kansas continues homestand with Oakland Friday

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 GM 5: vs. Oakland
  Nov. 24
  7 p.m.
  Allen Fieldhouse (16,300)
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 Stats KU OAK
 Record 4-0 2-2
 Pts/GM 92.2 74.0
 FG% 52.4 43.3
 3FG% 43.7 37.1
 FT% 66.1 74.3
 Reb/GM 41.8 37.0
 Ast/GM 22.5 16.0
 Blk/GM 6.0 4.3
 Stl/GM 9.0 5.0
 Pts Allowed/GM 63.3 75.0
 FG% Defense 35.9 5.0
 3FG% Defense 30.2 27.8
 Rebound Margin +7.3 -2.5
 Ast-TO Ratio 2.0 1.0

 

LAWRENCE, Kan. – No. 3/2 Kansas (4-0) plays its second HoopHall Miami Invitational campus game when it hosts Oakland (2-2) Friday, Nov. 24 at 7 p.m., in Allen Fieldhouse. KU won its first HoopHall campus game with a 114-71 victory against Texas Southern on Nov. 21. The game will be televised on the Jayhawk Television Network and can also be seen via the internet on ESPN3. Dave Armstrong (play-by-play) and Jeff Hawkins (analyst) will call the action.
 
TIP–OFF

  • Kansas is off to its first 4-0 start since the 2013-14 season and the sixth time under head coach Bill Self.
  • The Jayhawks are averaging over 22 assists per game, which ranks fifth in the NCAA. KU is seeing assists on over 64 percent of its field goals.
  • In the win against Texas Southern (11/21) Kansas broke the single-half and single-game records for 3-pointers made in a game. The Jayhawks made 12 in the first half and 19 for the game.
  • Kansas is ranked No. 3 in the Associated Press poll. Kansas has been ranked in each of the last 164 AP polls dating back to Feb. 3, 2009, which is the longest active streak in NCAA Division I.
  • The Jayhawks will face Oakland for the second time in series history. KU defeated the Golden Grizzlies 89-59 on Nov. 25, 2009, in Allen Fieldhouse.
  • With Kansas’ win against South Dakota State (11/17), KU head coach Bill Self moved into sole possession of second place on the all-time wins list for KU coaches, passing Roy Williams. Self is 420-88, while Williams was 418-101 in 15 seasons from 1989-2003. Phog Allen is No. 1 at 590-219.
  • Five Jayhawks are averaging double figures in scoring with senior Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk leading the way at 20.0 points per game. Junior Lagerald Vick is next at 18.3 ppg.
  • Sophomore center Udoka Azubuike leads NCAA Division I in field goal percentage. Through four games, Azubuike is 28-for-33 (84.8 percent), which includes 13 dunks.
  • Kansas has shot 60 percent or better in two games this season. Last year, KU shot better than 60 percent only once (62.3 percent vs. UNC-Asheville on Nov. 25, 2016). In 2015-16, KU had three games of 60 percent or better shooting.
  • Senior G Devonte’ Graham has tallied 39 assists in his first four games of the season, a mark that ties him for the most by a Jayhawk in a four game span during the Bill Self era. His 9.8 assists per game rank 4th in the NCAA.

 
ABOUT KANSAS
Kansas is 4-0 for the first time since the 2013-14 season when the Jayhawks opened the year 5-0. It is the sixth time in the Bill Self era the Jayhawks have been 4-0. KU is coming off a 114-71 win against SWAC favorite Texas Southern on Nov. 21 which included a school-record 19 3-pointers made. Through four games, Kansas averages 92.2 points and has a plus 29.3 scoring margin. The Jayhawks pull down 41.8 rebounds per game and have a plus-7.3 rebound margin. KU leads the Big 12 in 3-point field goal percentage at 43.7 percent and 3-pointers made at 13.0 per game. Kansas also averages 22.5 assists, 6.0 blocked shots and 9.0 steals.
 
Kansas uses a small lineup with only eight scholarship players available for the fall semester. Senior G Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk has scored 20-plus points in each of his last two games and leads KU in scoring at 20.0 points per game which is first in the Big 12. Mykhailiuk had made a team-high 16 3-pointers through four games and his 4.0 made per game lead the league. Junior G Lagerald Vick is fifth in the conference in scoring at 18.3 points per contest and he is also second on the team in rebounds per game with a 7.3 average, which is eighth in the Big 12. Vick has 18 assists and 11 3-pointers made this season.
 
Sophomore C Udoka Azubuike leads the NCAA in field goal percentage at 84.8 percent. He is coming off a career-high 20 points against Texas Southern (11/21) and averages 15.8 points and 6.3 rebounds per game with seven blocked shots.
 
Redshirt-sophomore G Malik Newman is a starter who scores 12.3 points per game and pulls down 4.3 rebounds per contest. Newman has made 10 3-pointers this season. Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year Devonte’ Graham has 22 assists and two turnovers in his last two games. He is second in the Big 12 with 9.8 assists per game and he averages 11.5 points and 5.3 rebounds per contest. Graham’s 11 steals are tops on the KU team. Freshman G Marcus Garrett, who has one start, leads Kansas with 7.8 rebounds per game, which ranks fifth in the conference. Garrett also has eight steals and averages 7.5 points per contest. He is coming off his second double-double of the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds against Texas Southern (11/21). Sophomore F Mitch Lightfoot (4.5 ppg, 2.8 rpg) leads KU with 11 blocked shots and his 2.8 per game are tied for third in the conference.
 
ABOUT OAKLAND
Located in Rochester, Michigan, with an enrollment of 20,012, Oakland (2-2) is looking to end a two-game losing streak when the Golden Grizzlies come to Allen Fieldhouse. Oakland lost at Syracuse, 74-50, on Nov. 20 in its last outing. Oakland is coached by Greg Kampe who is 585-426 in his 34th season as a head coach, all at Oakland. The Golden Grizzlies were the preseason pick to win the 2017-18 Horizon League. Oakland averages 74.0 points and make 9.0 3-pointers per game. The Golden Grizzlies pull down 37.0 rebounds per contest and averaged 16.0 assists, 5.0 steals and 4.3 blocked shots.
 
Oakland returns more than 70 percent of its points and rebounds from last season’s 25-9 team, which advanced to the postseason NIT. Through four games, Redshirt-senior G Kendrick Nunn leads the team in scoring at 24.8 points per game. Nunn also has a team-high 16 3-pointers made and seven steals and averages 4.8 rebounds per game. Redshirt-senior G Martez Walker is second in scoring at 21.8 points per game. He pulls down 5.5 rebounds on average and is 82.8 percent from the free throw line making 24-of-29 from the charity stripe. Freshman F James Beck leads Oakland in rebounds at 6.8 per game and he scores 9.0 point. Sophomore C Isaiah Brock (5.0 ppg, 6.3 rpg) is next in rebound average, while sophomore G Brailen Neely (1.8 ppg, 1.3 rpg) leads the team with 20 assists and rounds out the starters. Redshirt-senior F Jalen Hayes averaged 15.9 points and 8.0 rebounds per game last year with nine double-doubles. He missed the first four games of the 2017-18 season and is expected to play in his first game of the season at Kansas. Other Oakland regulars include redshirt-senior G Nick Daniels (6.0 ppg, 2.3 rpg), sophomore F Chris Palombizio (3.8 ppg, 2.5 rpg), junior F Julius Palmer (2.3 ppg, 2.5 rpg) and junior G Jaevin Cumberland (0.3 ppg, 1.0 rpg).
 
THE SERIES
Kansas is 1-0 all-time against Oakland having defeated the Golden Grizzlies, 89-59, on Nov. 25, 2009, in Allen Fieldhouse. The game was part of the Hall of Fame Showcase, an event KU went 4-0 in. In the game, Marcus Morris scored 19 points to lead then-No. 1 Kansas to the victory, improving to 4-0 on the season. Kansas is 2-0 against current membership of the Horizon League. KU defeated Illinois-Chicago (UIC), 77-53, on March 19, 2004, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Kansas City, Bill Self’s first season at Kansas.
 
A KANSAS WIN WOULD…
Make Kansas 5-0 for the first time since the 2013-14 season, when the Jayhawks opened the year 5-0, and the sixth time under Bill Self … Give Kansas its 23rd-straight non-conference win in Allen Fieldhouse … Make the KU-Oakland series 2-0 in favor of the Jayhawks … Make KU 3-0 vs. current membership of the Horizon League … Make Kansas 4-0 in Allen Fieldhouse this season, 761-110 all-time in the venue, including 224-10 under head coach Bill Self … Make Self 421-88 while at Kansas and 628-193 for his career … Make Kansas 2,222-841 all-time.
 
A KANSAS LOSS WOULD…
Make Kansas 4-1 for the fourth-straight season … End a 22-game winning streak against non-conference opponents in Allen Fieldhouse … Make Kansas-Oakland series tied at 1-1 … Make KU 2-1 against current membership of the Horizon League … Make Kansas 3-1 in Allen Fieldhouse this season, 760-11 all-time in the venue, including 223-11 under head coach Bill Self … Make Self 420-89 while at Kansas and 627-195 as a head coach … Make KU 2,221-842 all-time.
 
TEXAS SOUTHERN LEFTOVERS

  • Kansas scored 114 points, which is the most since the Jayhawks scored 123 against Chaminade (NCAA Division II) on Nov. 23, 2015. It is the most points scored against a Division I school since also recording 114 points against Colorado on Feb. 15, 1997. It is just the 12th time in program history Kansas has scored 114 or more points.
  • Seven Jayhawks recorded double-digit points, with three players (Devonte’ Graham, Marcus Garrett, Lagerald Vick) notching double-doubles. The last time Kansas had seven players score in double-digits was also against Chaminade in 2015.
  • The Jayhawks made 19 3-pointers, which is a new single-game program best, surpassing the previous best of 16 set at Baylor (Jan. 25, 2005).
  • Kansas also set a new single-half record of 3-point field goals made with 12 in the first half. The previous record was nine, which happened seven times, most recently in the second against Oklahoma last season (Jan. 10).
  • The Jayhawks tied a single-half record of 20 3-point field goal attempts. Kansas also attempted 20 3-pointers in the first half against Alcorn State on Dec. 2, 2009.
  • Senior G Devonte’ Graham notched his second double-double of the season, scoring a season-high 17 points and dishing out 11 assists.
  • Junior G Lagerald Vick recorded his first-career double-double, scoring 19 points and grabbing a career-high 11 rebounds. He had 15 points in the first half.
  • Senior G Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk scored 20-plus points (21) for the second time this season (27, South Dakota State). Mykhailiuk has made 10 3-pointers in his last two games.
  • Sophomore C Udoka Azubuike scored a career high 20 points, surpassing his previous best of 17, which he reached twice, most recently against South Dakota State (Nov. 17).
  • Azubuike made a career-most nine field goals and grabbed a season-best nine rebounds.
  • Freshman G Marcus Garrett posted his second career double-double, notching career highs in points (13) and rebounds (11).
  • Sophomore F Mitch Lightfoot scored a career-high 10 points, surpassing his previous best of six against Tennessee State earlier this season (Nov. 10).

 
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Sophomore C Udoka Azubuike is 28-for-33 from the field in four games and leads the nation with a 84.8 field goal percentage. He is sixth in the league in blocked shots at 1.8. Senior G Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk leads the Big 12 in scoring average at 20.0 points per game, while junior G Lagerald Vick is fifth at 18.3 ppg. Mykhailiuk is first in 3-point field goal made at 4.0. Other Jayhawks who rank in the top five in the Big 12 stats include Devonte’ Graham (second in assists at 9.8 and tied for fourth in steals at 2.5), Mitch Lightfoot (third in blocked shots at 2.8). Marcus Garrett (fifth in rebounds at 7.8).
 
DEVONTE’ DROPPING DIMES
Through four games, senior G Devonte’ Graham has tallied 39 assists (9.8 apg). His 39 assists tie for the best four-game stretch for a Jayhawk in the Bill Self era. KU’s all-time assists leader, Aaron Miles, accomplished the feat twice during the 2003-04 season.
 
Historically, Graham’s 39 dimes in the first four games of a season are the most ever by a Jayhawk, surpassing the 38 assists Jacque Vaughn had in his first four outings of 1994-95.
 
Graham’s 9.8 assists per game currently rank him second in the Big 12 and fourth in the NCAA. His 12 dimes against Tennessee State (11/10) tie for 10th on the KU single-game assist record and his 11 versus South Dakota State (11/17) and Texas Southern (11/21) are tied for 21st.
 
THIS DATE IN KANSAS BASKETBALL HISTORY
Kansas is 8-0 all-time on Nov. 24
Nov. 24, 1989: Led by tournament most valuable player Mark Randall, who scored double figures for the fourth-straight game, Kansas captured the Dodge Preseason NIT title with a 66-57 win over St. John’s at historic Madison Square Garden in New York City. Randall finished the game with 25 points, while also pulling down 10 rebounds. Senior Kevin Pritchard led all players with five assists to complement his nine points. The Jayhawks swarming defense forced St. John’s to commit 15 turnovers and held the Red Storm to 36 percent shooting from the field. Kansas would go on to finish 30-5 in 1989-90 and ranked No. 5 in the final national polls.
 
SELF MOVES TO NO. 2 IN ALL-TIME WINS AT KU
Bill Self surpassed yet another coaching milestone early this season. Now in his 15th year at the helm of the Jayhawks, Self has amassed 419 victories, which is second-most among the eight men who have roamed the sidelines in Lawrence. Self’s 419 wins surpassed his predecessor, Roy Williams, who also reached 418 victories in 15 years (1988-2003) at KU. Self sits only behind the all-time winningest coach in Kansas history, Dr. F.C. “Phog” Allen, who amassed 590 victories in 39 seasons with the Jayhawks.
 
KANSAS VS. RANKED TEAMS
With Kansas’ win over then-No. 7 Kentucky on Nov. 14 in the Champions Classic, the Jayhawks collected their 83rd win over a top-25 foe under current head coach Bill Self. In his first 14 seasons, Self’s Jayhawks have collected four wins or more over top-25 ranked foes in 11 of those seasons, which includes a 29-13 record from 2014-present. Kansas’ record against top-10 ranked opponents is even more impressive. KU is 13-3 against foes ranked inside the top-10 of the AP poll since the 2013-14. This number includes the Jayhawks victory over Kentucky on Nov. 14. Since Bill Self’s first season, the Jayhawks are 13-2 against AP top-10 teams inside Allen Fieldhouse, which includes KU’s current streak of nine-straight home victories against top-10 foes.
 
KANSAS IN THE POLLS
Kansas men’s basketball enters this week at No. 2 in the USA TODAY Coaches’ poll and No. 3 in the latest Associated Press poll released on Nov. 20.
 
Kansas has been ranked in each of the last 164 AP polls dating back to Feb. 3, 2009, which is the longest active streak in NCAA Division I. The AP ranking marks the fifth-consecutive year the Jayhawks have been preseason ranked fifth of higher and the third straight at No. 4 or higher. Under 15th-year and Hall of Fame head coach Bill Self, this is the 12th time that Kansas enters the season ranked seventh or higher in the Associated Press preseason poll and historically, the No. 4 ranking marks the 20th time since the 1992-93 season that Kansas will enter the season seventh or higher. Last season, KU entered the year No. 3 nationally in the Associated Press poll and ended at No. 3.
 
This is the fourth-straight year the Jayhawks have opened the season in the top five in the coaches’ poll. Kansas is ranked in the preseason for the 26th time in time in the 29-year history of the coaches’ poll. The No 3 ranking marks the eighth time KU has been preseason No. 3 or higher in the coaches’ poll. Additionally, it is the 12th time in the Self era the Jayhawks have been preseason seventh or higher, including each of the last six seasons. In 2016-17 Kansas opened the year No. 2 in the preseason coaches’ poll and ended No. 4.
 
DOMINATING DEFENSE
In Bill Self’s 14 seasons at Kansas, the Jayhawks have led the Big 12 in field goal percentage defense nine times and finished no lower than fourth. Nationally, Self-coached Jayhawks have ranked eighth or higher in all but four seasons in field goal percentage defense and have ranked in the top five on eight occasions, including first in 2005-06 and 2012-13.
 
After posting its highest field goal percentage defense numbers in Self’s 14 seasons a year ago (42 percent), the stingy KU defense appears to be back on the right track, having allowed its first four opponents to shoot just 35.9 percent. That number has KU among the top-50 in the NCAA so far this season.
 
PRESEASON BIG 12 POLL
For the 16th time in the 22-year history of the Big 12, Kansas men’s basketball has been selected as the preseason favorite to win the conference regular-season championship as the league released its coaches’ preseason poll Oct. 18.
 
Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams in the poll and KU received a unanimous nine first-place votes and a total of 81 points. West Virginia was second in the poll receiving 71 points, followed by TCU (64). Three teams – Texas (49), Baylor (47) and Oklahoma (43) – were clumped in spots 4-6, followed by Texas Tech (36), Kansas State (27), Iowa State (22) and Oklahoma State (10).
 
Kansas has won, or tied for, 17 of the 21 Big 12 regular-season titles, including the last 13 consecutive, a streak which ranks tied for first all-time in NCAA Division I history with UCLA (1967-79).
 
Historically, the preseason favorite has gone on to finish first in the regular season 14 times, which does not include 1996-97 as a coaches’ poll was not conducted. Kansas has been the preseason favorite in 13 of its 17 Big 12 regular-season titles, missing 1996-97 (no poll), 2005-06 (third) and 2010-11 (second).
 
PRESEASON NATIONAL HONORS
Kansas guards Devonte’ Graham and Malik Newman have both been named to preseason watch lists by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Graham is one of 20 candidates for the 2018 Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award, while Newman is one of 20 on the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award. A national committee comprised of top college basketball personnel determined the watch lists for each award.
 
Named after Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtic and Holy Cross guard Bob Cousy, the annual honor, now in its 15th year, recognizes the top point guard in NCAA Division I men’s basketball. Graham is vying to become the second-straight Jayhawk to win the award as Frank Mason III was KU’s first-ever Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award winner last season.
 
Named after Hall of Famer and 1959 NCAA Final Four Most Valuable Player Jerry West, the annual honor, in its fourth year, recognizes the top shooting guard in Division I men’s college basketball.
 
On Nov. 6, the USBWA named Graham one of 32 on the Oscar Robertson Trophy Watch List, an award also won by Mason last season.
 
KANSAS SIGNS FOUR
Guard Devon Dotson, forward/center David McCormack, forward Silvio De Sousa and guard Quentin Grimes have signed National Letters of Intent (NLI) to play with Kansas.
 
A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Dotson (6-foot-2, 175 pounds) is ranked No. 17 by Rivals.com, No. 24 by 247Sports.com and No. 26 by ESPN100.
 
As a junior, Dotson averaged 24.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 5.1 assists per game at Providence Day School for coach Brian Field. In 2016-17, the Chargers won their fifth-straight CISAA conference title and were nationally ranked for the fourth-consecutive season. As a sophomore, Dotson helped guide Providence Day to the 3A state championship. This past summer, Dotson averaged 19.0 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.5 steals per game for Team Charlotte AAU.
 
From Norfolk, Virginia, McCormack (6-foot-10, 285 pounds) is playing his senior year at Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia. He is ranked the No. 4 center in the 2018 class. Overall, he is No. 33 by ESPN100, No. 35 by Rivals.com and No. 39 by 247Sports.com.
 
McCormack averaged 10.6 points and 8.6 rebounds a game at Oak Hill his junior season and 14.8 points (on 60 percent shooting) and 9.8 rebounds for Team Loaded AAU last spring and summer. McCormack played for Norfolk (Va.) Academy his sophomore year of high school.
 
Ranked No. 18 nationally by Rivals.com, No. 28 by ESPN100 and No. 31 by the 247Sports.com national rankings, De Sousa plays for IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. The 6-foot-9, 245-point Luanda, Angola, native has been living in Florida for nearly four years.
 
Last season, De Sousa averaged 13.0 points and a 7.0 rebounds for IMG Academy and shot 61 percent from the floor. IMG went 28-2 and lost in the quarterfinals of the Dick’s High School National Championship. This past summer, De Sousa represented Angola in the FIBA AfroBasket 2017 in Tunis, Tunisia, where his team advanced to the quarterfinals and he led Angola with 17.0 points and 13.0 rebounds per game.
 
Grimes is ranked No. 11 by Rivals.com, No. 13 by ESPN100 and No. 16 by 247Sports.com. From The Woodlands, Texas, Grimes (6-foot-5, 195 pounds) averaged 28.1 points, 8.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game his junior year at College Park High School in 2016-17.
 
CELEBRATING 120 YEARS IN 2017-18
Kansas Athletics will host numerous events throughout the 2017-18 season to celebrate 120 years of KU men’s basketball and other Jayhawk basketball milestones. The first celebration will be for 120 years of Kansas basketball. It will be held Saturday, Feb. 3 when KU hosts Oklahoma State in Allen Fieldhouse. Players, coaches and staff from every era of KU basketball will be recognized during the game; the weekend’s festivities will also celebrate the 30-year anniversary of KU’s 1988 NCAA National Championship team.
 
The 2017-18 season marks the 10th anniversary of the 2008 NCAA National Championship team, which will be honored when KU hosts West Virginia on Saturday, Feb. 17. That weekend, which is also the NBA All-Star Game weekend, KU will retire the jersey of former Jayhawk All-American Cole Aldrich. Additionally, plans are in place to retire the jersey of 2010 Consensus All-America First-Team selection Sherron Collins on KU’s ESPN Big Monday game against Oklahoma on Feb. 19.
 
BILL SELF INDUCTED INTO NAISMITH BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME
Kansas head coach Bill Self, along with 10 others, was officially enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame at a ceremony on Sept. 8 at Springfield Symphony Hall in downtown Springfield, Massachusetts.
 
Joining Self in the evening’s enshrinement festivities were the other 10 Class of 2017 inductees: Zack Clayton (player, posthumous), Nick Galis (player), Robert Hughes (coach), Mannie Jackson (contributor), Tom Jernstedt (contributor), Jerry Krause (contributor, posthumous), Tracy McGrady (player), Rebecca Lobo (contributor), George McGinnis (player) and Muffet McGraw (coach). 
 
Self becomes the 19th person associated with Kansas basketball to be inducted, the last being coaching legend John McClendon, who was inducted in 2016 for the second time. As only the eighth coach in KU history, Self is the fifth KU mentor to be inducted into Hall joining James Naismith, Dr. F.C. “Phog” Allen, Larry Brown and Roy Williams. Kansas has the highest percentage of coaches in the Hall of Fame, 63 percent, than any other school. KU’s five matches North Carolina’s five for the most inducted in college coaching with St. John’s third with four.
 
CONFERENCE SUCCESS
Including 2016-17, Kansas has won 17 of the 21 Big 12 regular-season titles (includes ties), including the last 13, which is tied for the NCAA record. Kansas’ 60 conference titles are the most in NCAA Division I. Kentucky is second with 54 and Penn third at 37. KU’s 13-straight league titles are the longest active streak in NCAA Division I and the longest streak in school history. Kansas is now tied with UCLA, which from 1967-79, also won the NCAA record of 13 straight, which was under two coaches. Kansas’ current run has been under head coach Bill Self.
 
WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN 2017-18

  • Entering 2017-18 with a 247-48 (83.7 percent) record since 2010, Kansas is the winningest program, by percentage, this decade: 1. KANSAS (247-48, 83.7%); 2. Gonzaga (239-47, 83.6%); 3. Kentucky (249-53, 82.5%); 4. Wichita State (233-53, 81.7); 5. Duke (238-56, 81.0%).
  • The Jayhawks are pursuing their 14th-conseuctive Big 12 regular-season championship. A 14th-league title would break UCLA’s NCAA record mark of 13-consecutive conference championships from 1967-79.
  • Should Kansas advance to the 2018 NCAA Tournament it would be its 29th-consecutive NCAA tourney appearance. The current 28 straight is the NCAA Tournament longest consecutive appearance streak with North Carolina (1975-2001) second at 27.
  • Senior G Devonte’ Graham ranks seventh on KU’s career 3-point field goal list, currently with 193 career 3-pointers.  Jeff Boschee holds the school record at 338-career treys and Billy Thomas is second with 269.
  • Graham is at 44th on KU’s career points list with 1,104. If he maintains his career average (10.4 ppg) for the regular season, he would reach approximately 1,400 career points, which would move him near the top-25 of KU’s all-time scorers.

 
UP NEXT
The Jayhawks play their final campus round game of the HoopHall Miami Invitational the Toledo Rockets come to Allen Fieldhouse on Tuesday, Nov. 28. Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m., and will be broadcast on Jayhawk TV and ESPN3. Dave Armstrong (play-by-play) and Chris Piper (analyst) will call the action.
 
Kansas will face the MAC foe for the third time. KU leads the series, 2-0. The Jayhawks and Rockets last met on Dec. 30, 2013, a 93-83 KU win in Lawrence.

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