LAWRENCE, Kan. — No. 1 Kansas (6-0) returns home to host Furman (7-0) on Saturday, Nov. 30, at 5 p.m. Central. The game is part of the Vegas Showdown and will be televised on ESPN+. Kansas is vying to post its 2,400
th all-time victory, becoming only the second school to achieve 2,400 wins.
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Kansas is coming off a 75-72 win against No. 11 Duke in the Vegas Showdown in Las Vegas on No. 26. Furman defeated Seattle, 61-56, in the Vegas Showdown on Nov. 26.
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Through games of Nov. 28, there are 23 teams that remain undefeated in NCAA Division I with both Kansas and Furman among them. With 355 DI teams, that is six percent of DI teams that remain undefeated.
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Kansas leads the overall series with Furman, 1-0. The Jayhawks defeated the Paladins, 101-60, on Dec. 20, 1993, in Allen Fieldhouse.
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Kansas is 157-6 (96.3%) in non-conference opponents inside Allen Fieldhouse under
Bill Self. The Jayhawks have won their last 18 non-conference games at home beginning No. 7, 2022.Â
With its win against No. 11 Duke on Nov. 26, Kansas is 2-0 against ranked teams this season. KU has won at least seven games versus ranked foes in each of the last four seasons and is 129-77 against ranked opponents in the
Bill Self era.
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Kansas ranks second in the Big 12 and seventh nationally in both assist-to-turnover ratio (1.95) and assists per game (20.2).
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Kansas will play its first true road game of the season at No. 21 Creighton in the Big 12-BIG EAST Battle on Wednesday, Dec. 4. The tip from CHI Health Center Omaha will be at 7:30 p.m. Central and the game will be televised on FS1.
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Kansas leads the overall series with Creighton, 11-6, and the Jayhawks have won the past six meetings. The two teams last met on March 19, 2022, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Fort Worth, Texas, a KU 79-72 win en route to the 2022 NCAA National title.
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