No. 11 Kansas Hosts UCF Tuesday for Big 12 Matchup

LAWRENCE, Kan. — No. 11/11 Kansas (14-5, 5-3 Big 12) hosts UCF (13-6, 4-4 Big 12) on Tuesday, Jan. 28. The contest from Allen Fieldhouse will start at 7 p.m. CT and be televised on ESPN+ with Mark Neely and former KU guard Jerod Haase calling the action.

Haase played at Kansas for three seasons, from 1995-97, and scored 1,264 career points. He ranks 10th on the KU career three-point field goals made list at 461, 14th in steals (174) and 21st in assists (343).

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Kansas is coming off a 92-86 double overtime loss to No. 7 Houston on Jan. 25. UCF ended a two-game losing streak with an 85-58 win against TCU on Jan. 25.
Kansas is 126-21 (85.7%) following a loss in the Bill Self era, including 3-1 this season.

The Kansas and UCF series is tied at 1-1 and this will be the first meeting in Lawrence. Kansas won the last meeting, 99-48, on Jan. 5, 2025, in Orlando. The 51-point KU win was the largest margin of victory in the Big 12 era.

Kansas is No. 8 in the NET report by the NCAA through games of Jan. 26. The No. 8 rank is third in the Big 12 behind No. 3 Houston and No. 6 Iowa State. Kansas' strength of schedule is No. 8 nationally, which is second in the league (Arizona State at No. 6).

Kansas leads the Big 12, and is ninth nationally, in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.67. KU is second in the league, and ninth nationally, in assists per game at 18.3.

Graduate C Hunter Dickinson leads Kansas in scoring at 15.8 ppg and rebounding at 10.1 rpg, which is second in the Big 12 and is 12th nationally. A three-time Big 12 Player of the Week, Dickinson is also first in the Big 12 in double-doubles (9), which is 11th nationally. Dickinson is second on the team 26 blocked shots and is also second on the team with 22 steals.

Senior G Zeke Mayo is next in scoring at 14.9 points per contest and he leads Kansas with 41 threes made. Mayo has scored 20 or more points in five games this season. A two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, Mayo is second on the team with 54 assists and pulls down 4.3 rebounds per contest.

Graduate G Dajuan Harris Jr. is a four-year starter who is averaging 9.6 points per game. Harris is coming off a career-high 12 assists against Houston (1/25). He is second in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.44, which is ninth nationally, and third in the conference in assists per game at 5.8, which is 27th nationally.

Senior F KJ Adams is a starter who is scoring 8.2 points per game. Adams pulls down 4.6 rebounds per game and has 37 assists and 16 blocked shots. Adams has missed the last three games with a shoulder injury.

Coming off a career-high 19 points scored against Houston (1/25), freshman F Flory Bidunga leads Kansas with 27 blocked shots, including four at TCU (1/22). Bidunga is second on the team with a 5.6 rebound average, scores 7.1 points per game and is shooting 78.7 percent (59-for-75) from the field.

Junior G Rylan Griffen was 5-for-6 from three-point range against Houston (1/25), scoring a KU career-high 17 points. Griffen, who has started seven games this season, is second on the team with 25 threes and is averaging 6.9 points per contest.

Junior G AJ Storr had a 12-point effort at TCU (1/22), which included 10 second-half points. Storr has started four games and he is scoring 6.6 points per contest.

Graduate G Shakeel Moore (4.9 ppg) has started the last seven games for Kansas and is averaging 7.1 ppg, 2.1 assists and 1.0 steals in that span.

Senior G David Coit has three starts and he is tied with Harris for third on the team with 18 threes made. Coit averages 4.2 points per game.

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Kansas plays at Baylor on Saturday, Feb. 1. Tip from Foster Pavilion is set for 3 p.m. CT and the game will be televised on ESPN.

Kansas leads the overall series with Baylor, 36-10, including a 16-5 record in Waco, Texas, meetings, 0-1 in Foster Pavillion. Kansas has won two of the last three meetings but the series is 5-5 in the last 10 meetings.

No. 11 Kansas Hosts UCF Tuesday for Big 12 Matchup

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Players Mentioned

KJ Adams

Flory Bidunga

David Coit

Hunter Dickinson

Rylan Griffen

Dajuan Harris Jr.

Zeke Mayo

Shakeel Moore

AJ Storr

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No. 11 Kansas Hosts UCF Tuesday for Big 12 Matchup

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Players Mentioned

KJ Adams

Flory Bidunga

David Coit

Hunter Dickinson

Rylan Griffen

Dajuan Harris Jr.

Zeke Mayo

Shakeel Moore

AJ Storr

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