LAWRENCE, Kan. — No. 17/20 Kansas (16-7, 7-5 Big 12) returns home to host Colorado (9-14, 0-12 Big 12) on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Tip from Allen Fieldhouse is set for 8 p.m. and the game will be televised on ESPN2.
Kansas is coming off an 81-73 loss at Dillons Sunflower Showdown foe Kansas State on Feb. 8. Colorado is looking to end a 12-game losing streak after its 69-59 home loss to No. 5 Houston on Feb. 8.
Colorado head coach Tad Boyle and CU assistant coach Danny Manning are Kansas graduates and former KU men's basketball teammates. Boyle played at KU from 1982-85, while Manning played from 1985-88. The 1988 national player of the year in leading Kansas to the NCAA National Championship, Manning is Kansas' all-time leading scorer with 2,951 points and rebounder with 1,187 boards.
Kansas leads the overall series with Colorado, 124-40, including a 63-7 record in Lawrence, 54-5 in Allen Fieldhouse. KU has won 20 of the last 21 meetings with CU dating back to Feb. 19, 2003.
Kansas is No. 11 in the NET report by the NCAA through games of Feb. 9. To show the strength of the Big 12, the No. 11 rank is fourth in the Big 12 behind No. 3 Houston, No. 7 Arizona, No. 9 Texas Tech and No. 10 Iowa State. KU's strength of schedule is No. 8 nationally, which is second in the league behind No. 6 Baylor.
Kansas is 11-2 at home this season. The Jayhawks averages 76.7 points per game with a +10.0 scoring margin. KU pulls down 38.9 rebounds per contest with a +4.9 rebound margin. Kansas is making 47.8% from the field, including 34.4% from three-point range. KU leads the Big 12 and ranks 17th nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.59. KU is second in the conference, and eighth nationally, in assists per game at 18.0 and also second in the league and 10th nationally field goal percentage defense at 38.7% and second in the Big 12, 16th nationally, in 3FG% Defense at 29.5%. KU also averages 6.3 steals and 4.9 blocked shots per game.
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Hunter Dickinson has eight 20-point efforts on the season and leads Kansas in scoring at 16.5 ppg which ranks fourth in the Big 12. Dickinson also leads KU in rebounding at 9.6 rpg, which is second in the Big 12 and is 17th nationally. A three-time Big 12 Player of the Week, Dickinson is second in the Big 12 in double-doubles (9), which is 27th nationally. Dickinson is second on the team 33 blocked shots and is also second on the team with 24 steals.
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Zeke Mayo is next in scoring at 15.1 points per contest and he leads Kansas with 57 threes made. He has made 16 threes in his last four games. A two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, Mayo is second on the team with 70 assists and pulls down 4.8 rebounds per contest.
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Dajuan Harris Jr. has 28 assists in his last four games. A four-year starter, Harris averaging 9.6 points per game. At Baylor (2/1), Harris moved into second on the Big 12 career assists list, currently at 804, which is tied for second on the KU career list. Harris is second in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.46, which is eighth nationally, and second in the conference in assists per game at 5.8, which is 27th nationally. Senior F
KJ Adams is a starter who is scoring 8.4 points per game. Adams pulls down 4.7 rebounds per game and has 46 assists and 17 blocked shots.
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Flory Bidunga has two double-doubles in Big 12 play and he leads Kansas with 37 blocked shots. Bidunga is second on the team with a 5.4 rebound average, scores 6.8 points per game. He is shooting 77.3 percent (68-for-88) from the field. Junior G
Rylan Griffen is second on the team with 29 threes made and has drained nine threes in his last five games. Griffen, who has started 10 games this season, is averaging 6.7 points per contest.
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AJ Storr has started four games and he is scoring 6.6 points per contest. Senior G
David Coit has three starts and he is third on the team with 24 threes made. Coit averages 4.3 points per game. Graduate G
Shakeel Moore has started nine games and is averaging 4.0 points per contest.
UP NEXT
Kansas hits the road to two games starting at Utah on Saturday, Feb. 15. Tip from Jon M. Huntsman Center is set for 9 p.m. (Central) and the game will be televised on ESPN.