No. 2 Kansas to host Toledo Tuesday in Lawrence

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 GM 6: vs. Toledo
  Nov. 28
  7 p.m.
  Allen Fieldhouse (16,300)
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 Stats KU TOL
 Record 5-0 3-2
 Pts/GM 94.2 79.6
 FG% 53.1 44.7
 3FG% 43.0 37.5
 FT% 69.6 77.4
 Reb/GM 42.4 38.6
 Ast/GM 20.8 14.0
 Blk/GM 6.6 4.2
 Stl/GM 10.0 4.4
 Pts Allowed/GM 62.2 75.0
 FG% Defense 35.2 42.9
 3FG% Defense 27.8 34.8
 Rebound Margin +8.0 -0.4
 Ast-TO Ratio 1.8 1.4

 

LAWRENCE, Kan. – No. 2 Kansas (5-0) plays its final HoopHall Miami Invitational campus game when it hosts Toledo (3-2) Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 7 p.m., in Allen Fieldhouse. KU has scored 100-plus points in its first two HoopHall campus games with a 114-71 win against Texas Southern, Nov. 21, and 102-59 versus Oakland, Nov. 24.
 
TIP-OFF

  • Kansas is ranked No. 2 in the Associated Press poll. Kansas has been ranked in each of the last 165 AP polls dating back to Feb. 3, 2009, which is the longest active streak in NCAA Division I.
  • The Jayhawks will face Toledo for the third time in series history. KU won both previous meetings, 68-58 on Dec. 9, 2006, in Kansas City and 93-83 on Dec. 30, 2013, in Allen Fieldhouse.
  • Toledo sophomore guard Justin Roberts is the son of Kansas assistant coach Norm Roberts. Justin has played in four of five games this season for the Rockets averaging 7.5 minutes per contest.
  • Five Jayhawks are averaging double figures in scoring with senior Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk leading the way at 18.8 points per game. Junior Lagerald Vick is next at 17.6 ppg.
  • Sophomore center Udoka Azubuike leads the NCAA Division I in field goal percentage. Through five games, Azubuike is 38-for-49 (77.6 percent), which includes 19 dunks. He is scoring 16.8 points per game followed by Malik Newman (12.8 ppg) and Devonte’ Graham (12.0 ppg).
  • The Jayhawks are averaging 20.8 assists per game, which ranks fifth in the NCAA. KU is seeing assists on over 58 percent of its field goals.
  • Kansas has shot 50 percent or better in four of five games this season, including two games of 60-plus percent this season. Last year, KU shot better than 60 percent only once (62.3 percent vs. UNC-Asheville on Nov. 25, 2016).
  • Senior G Devonte’ Graham has tallied 46 assists in his first five games of the season and leads the Big 12 with 9.2 assists per game which is second in the NCAA.
  • Kansas has sold out of 262 consecutive games in Allen Fieldhouse dating back to the second game of the 2001-02 season.
  • With Kansas’ win against South Dakota State (11/17), KU head coach Bill Self moved into sole possession of second on the all-time win list for KU coaches, passing Roy Williams. Self is 421-88, while Williams was 418-101 in 15 seasons from 1989-2003. Phog Allen is No. 1 at 590-219.

 
ABOUT KANSAS
Kansas is 5-0 for the first time since the 2013-14 season when the Jayhawks also opened the year 5-0. It is the sixth time in the Bill Self era the Jayhawks have been 5-0. KU is coming off its second-straight 100-point scoring contest with a 102-59 win versus Horizon League favorite Oakland on Nov. 24. Through five games, Kansas averages 94.2 points and has a plus-32.0 scoring margin. The Jayhawks pull down 42.4 rebounds per game and have a plus-8.0 rebound margin. KU leads the Big 12 in scoring margin (+32.0), field goal percentage (53.1), 3-point field goal percentage (43.0), assists (20.8), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.8) and 3-pointers made (11.6). Kansas also averages 6.6 blocked shots and 10.0 steals per game.
 
Kansas uses a small lineup with only eight scholarship players available for the fall semester. Senior G Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk has led KU in scoring in three of five games this season and has a team-high 18.8 points per game average which is third in the Big 12. Mykhailiuk had made a team-high 17 3-pointers through five games and his 3.4 made per game lead the league. Junior G Lagerald Vick is fourth in the conference in scoring at 17.6 points per contest and he is tied for the team lead in rebound average at 7.2 boards per game, which is ninth in the Big 12. Vick has 21 assists and 13 3-pointers made this season.
 
Sophomore C Udoka Azubuike is coming off his first career double-double with a career-high 21 points and 10 rebounds against Oakland (11/24). Azubuike is leads the NCAA in field goal percentage at 77.6 percent. He pulls down 7.0 rebounds per game and has nine blocked shots.
 
Redshirt-sophomore G Malik Newman is a starter who scores 12.3 points per game and pulls down 4.6 rebounds per contest. Newman has made 11 3-ters this season. Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year Devonte’ Graham leads the Big 12 with 9.2 assists per game, which is second in the NCAA. Graham averages 12.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per contest and his 12 steals are tops on the KU team. Freshman G Marcus Garrett, who has one start, is tied with Vick for the team lead with 7.2 rebounds per game. Garrett also has nine steals and averages 8.0 points per contest. He has two double-doubles this season. Sophomore F Mitch Lightfoot (5.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg) leads KU with 13 blocked shots and his 2.6 per game are third in the conference. Lightfoot is coming off a career-high 11 points against Oakland (11/24).
 
ABOUT TOLEDO
Located in Toledo, Ohio, with an enrollment of 20,648, Toledo is looking to end a two-game losing streak when it visits Allen Fieldhouse after its 80-77 loss at Cornell (11/24). The Rockets are coached by Tod Kowalczyk who is 122-112 in his eighth season at Toledo and 258-224 in his 16th season overall. Toledo averages 79.6 points per game and has a plus-4.6 scoring margin. The Rockets pull down 38.6 rebounds per game and average 9.6 3-point field goals made per game. Toledo also averages 14.0 assists, 4.2 steals and 4.4 blocked shots per contest.
 
Senior G/F Tre’Shaun Fletcher leads Toledo in scoring at 19.8 points per game, which is third in the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Fletcher’s 9.6 rebounds per contest led Toledo and are second in the MAC. He also has a team high 22 assists and six steals. Junior G Jaelan Sanford is next in scoring at 18.2 points per game and he is second on the team with 17 assists.
 
Junior F Nate Navigato has a team-high 17 3-pointers made this season and he averages 16.6 points and 5.2 rebounds per contest. Freshman G Marreon Jackson (5.8 ppg, 2.6 rpg) and junior F Taylor Adway (3.8 ppg, 4.0 rpg, six blocked shots) round out the Toledo starters. Sophomore F/C Luke Knapke has a team-high nine blocked shots. He averages 12.2 points and is second on the team with 6.8 rebounds per game. Freshman G Dylan Alderson (2.2 ppg, 2.4 rpg) and sophomore G Justin Roberts (7.5 minutes per game) round out the Toledo regulars. Roberts is the son of KU assistant coach Norm Roberts.
 
THE SERIES
Kansas has won both meetings with Toledo with the first being the final game KU played in Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, a 93-83 win on Dec. 9, 2006. Kansas City native Brandon Rush led the Jayhawks with 19 points in the victory, while Sasha Kaun added 10. Kansas played 106 games in Kemper Arena with an 81-25 record. Included was the 1988 NCAA National Championship victory versus Big Eight Conference foe Oklahoma. From 1997 to 2006, Kansas went 26-4 in Kemper Arena. The last KU-Toldeo meeting was a Kansas 93-83 win on Dec. 30, 2013, in Allen Fieldhouse. Perry Ellis three KU 20-point scorers in the win with 21 points, while Andrew Wiggins and Naadir Tharpe added 20 each. Joel Embiid posted a double-double in the victory with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
 
Kansas is 13-1 against current membership of the Mid-American Conference: 3-0 vs. Ohio, 2-0 vs. Kent State, 2-0 vs. Toledo, 2-1 vs. Ball State, 1-0 vs. Bowling Green and 1-0 vs. Western Michigan.
 
A KANSAS WIN WOULD…
Make Kansas 6-0 for the first time since the 2010-11 season, when the Jayhawks opened the year 10-0 … Make KU 6-0 for the fifth time under head coach Bill Self … Give Kansas its 24th-straight non-conference win in Allen Fieldhouse … Make the KU-Toledo series 3-0 in favor of the Jayhawks … Make KU 14-1 vs. current membership of the Mid-American Conference … Make Kansas 5-0 in Allen Fieldhouse this season, 762-110 all-time in the venue, including 225-10 under head coach Bill Self … Make Self 422-88 while at Kansas and 629-193 for his career … Make Kansas 2,223-841 all-time.
 
A KANSAS LOSS WOULD…
Make Kansas 5-1 for the sixth-straight season … End a 23-game winning streak against non-conference opponents in Allen Fieldhouse … Make Kansas-Toledo series 2-1 in favor of KU … Make KU 13-2 against current membership of the Mid-American Conference … Make Kansas 4-1 in Allen Fieldhouse this season, 761-11 all-time in the venue, including 224-11 under head coach Bill Self … Make Self 421-89 while at Kansas and 628-195 as a head coach … Make KU 2,222-842 all-time.
 
OAKLAND LEFTOVERS & NOTABLES

  • Kansas scored 100 or more points in consecutive games for the first time since 2015-16 when they posted 109 and 102 against Oklahoma in three overtimes and Baylor.
  • The last time KU scored 100 or more points in back-to-back 40-minute contests occurred on Jan. 2 and Jan. 4, 2003, with 102-50 and 100-46 wins over UNC Asheville and UMKC.
  • The Jayhawks had seven players with more than 10 points for the second-straight game. Kansas had seven double-figure scorers in a victory over Brown on Jan. 3, 1989, and then followed that up with nine double-figure scorers in a 127-82 victory over Iowa State on Jan. 7, 1989.
  • Dating back to the South Dakota State game on Nov. 17, Kansas has shot over 50 percent in each of the six halves it has played. The 2013-14 Jayhawks made more than half of their shots in nine-straight halves midway through their season.
  • Kansas dominated the paint throughout the game, pouring on 58 points from the lane. The last time the Jayhawks had more than 58 points in the paint, KU bullied Chaminade for 60 points down low on Nov. 23, 2015. KU last had 58 or more points in the paint against a Division I team, in regulation, was on Nov. 11, 2011 against Towson.
  • Kansas disrupted Oakland for 20 turnovers on the night – the fifth-straight game the Jayhawks have pestered an opponent into 10 or more miscues.
  • Senior G Devonte’ Graham recorded half of KU’s 14-total assists, with seven. Graham has led KU in assists in all five games this season.
  • Graham moved into a tie for 20th on the KU career steals list, currently at 147. He is tied with Paul Pierce (1996-98).
  • Sophomore C Udoka Azubuike posted his first career double-double with a career-high 21 points and 10 rebounds. His 16 field goals attempts and 10 made field goals were also career highs. Azubuike has a team-high 19 dunks through five games.
  • Sophomore F Mitch Lightfoot had a perfect shooting night going 3-for-3 from the field and 4-for-4 from the line. He also made his lone 3-point attempt. Lightfoot entered the game making just three of his 14-career free throw attempts.

 
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Sophomore C Udoka Azubuike is 38-for-49 from the field in five games and is second in the nation with a 77.6 field goal percentage. He is sixth in the league in blocked shots at 1.8. Senior G Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk is No. 3 in the Big 12 in scoring average at 18.8 points per game and leads the conference in 3-point field goals made per game at 3.4. Junior G Lagerald Vick is fourth in the league in scoring at 17.6 ppg. Other Jayhawks who rank in the top five in the Big 12 stats include Devonte’ Graham (first in assists at 9.2 and third in steals at 2.4) and Mitch Lightfoot (third in blocked shots at 2.6).
 
DEVONTE’ DROPPING DIMES
Through five games, senior G Devonte’ Graham has tallied 46 assists (9.2 apg). His 46 assists are the third most in a five-game stretch for a Jayhawk in the Bill Self era. KU’s all-time assists leader, Aaron Miles, twice dished out 51 assists during five-game stretches during the 2003-04 season.
 
Historically, Graham’s 46 dimes in the first five games of a season are the most since Jacque Vaughn also had 46 assists in the first five games of the 1994-95 season.
 
Graham’s 9.2 assists per game currently rank him first in the Big 12 and second 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 DAY IN KANSAS BASKETBALL HISTORY
Kansas is 8-2 all-time on Nov. 28
Nov. 28, 1977: Kansas opened up the 1977-78 season with a 121-65 win against Central Missouri State in Allen Fieldhouse. It was a game for big men as KU junior center Paul Mokeski recorded 23 points and 11 rebounds and senior center Ken Koenigs added 18 points on 9-of-11 shooting to go along with eight rebounds. Kansas outscored the Mules 60-37 in the first half. Senior guard/forward John Douglas scored 17 points in the game and the freshmen duo of Wilmore Fowler and Darnell Valentine scored 11 each. Under head coach Ted Owens, KU went on to win the Big Eight Conference Holiday Tournament and the league’s regular-season title. The Jayhawks went 24-5 overall and 13-1 in league play.
 
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 421 victories, which is second-most among the eight men who have roamed the sidelines in Lawrence. Self’s 421 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. 2 in the latest Associated Press poll released on Nov. 27.
 
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 five opponents to shoot just 35.2 percent. That number has KU among the top-10 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
Senior G Devonte’ Graham is four assists from becoming the 16th KU player in school history to record 400 career assists. Graham is six 3-pointers from becoming the seventh KU player with 200 all-time threes.
 
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.
 
UP NEXT
Kansas will face Syracuse, Saturday, Dec. 2, in the Hoophall Miami Invitational, at American Airlines Arena in Miami. The game start at 4:30 p.m. (Central) and will be televised on ESPN with Rich Hollenberg and Dick Vitale calling the action. This will be the second of three NBA venues Kansas will play in this season.
 
Syracuse leads the Kansas, 3-2, and the Orange has won the last two meetings – 89-81 in overtime in the title game of the 2008 CBE Classic in Kansas City and 81-78 in the 2003 NCAA Tournament title game in New Orleans.

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