LAWRENCE, Kan. — No. 16/17 Kansas (16-6, 7-4 Big 12) plays at Kansas State (11-11, 5-6 Big 12) in the Dillons Sunflower Showdown on Saturday, Feb. 8. Tip from Bramlage Coliseum is set for 1 p.m. and the game will be televised on ESPN.
Kansas is coming off a 69-52 win versus No. 8 Iowa State on Feb. 3. Kansas State is coming off its fourth-straight win after a 71-70 victory at Arizona State on Feb. 4.
Kansas leads the overall series with Kansas State, 203-96, including a 28-7 record in Bramlage Coliseum. Earlier this season, Kansas won the first meeting between the two schools, 84-74, on Jan. 18 in Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas' 203 wins against K-State are the most of any one team against another in NCAA history.
Kansas is No. 8 in the NET report by the NCAA through games of Feb. 5. The No. 8 rank is third in the Big 12 behind No. 3 Houston and No. 7 Texas Tech. KU's strength of schedule is No. 6 nationally, which is second in the league behind No. 3 Baylor.
KU leads the Big 12 and is 16th nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.59. KU is also second in the league, 10th nationally, in assists per game at 17.8 and in three-point field goal percentage defense at 20.9%, which is 14
th nationally.
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Hunter Dickinson leads the Big 12 in field goals made with 149. He is second in the Big 12 in rebound average (9.6), which is 16th nationally, second in double-doubles (9), which is 18th nationally.
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Dajuan Harris Jr. moved into second on the Big 12 career assists list, currently at 798. He is seven assists from No. 2 on the KU all-time list - 1. Aaron Miles, 954, 2002-05; 2. Jacque Vaughn, 804, 1994-97.
Harris is second in the Big 12 and 11th nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.30. Harris is also second in the conference, 28th nationally, with 5.8 assists per game. Harris had a career-high 12 assists with one turnover against No. 7 Houston (1/25) and has 24 dimes in his last three games.
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Zeke Mayo is next in scoring at 15.1 points per contest and he leads Kansas with 54 threes made after his 5-for-6 effort against Iowa State (2/3). Mayo has scored 20 or more points in seven games this season. A two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, Mayo is second on the team with 65 assists and pulls down 4.7 rebounds per contest.
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KJ Adams is a starter who is scoring 8.2 points per game. He pulls down 4.6 rebounds per game and has 45 assists and 17 blocked shots. Junior G
Rylan Griffen (6.9 ppg) is second on the team with 28 threes made and has drained eight threes in his last four games. Griffen, who has started nine games this season, is averaging 6.9 points per contest.
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Flory Bidunga has two double-doubles in Big 12 play and he leads Kansas with 37 blocked shots, including 10 in his last three games and 14 in his last five. Bidunga is second on the team with a 5.5 rebound average, scores 6.8 points per game. He is shooting 78.3 percent (65-for-83) from the field.
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AJ Storr has started four games and he is scoring 6.5 points per contest. Senior G
David Coit has three starts and he is third on the team with 24 threes made, including a 4-for-8 effort versus UCF (1/28). Coit averages 4.5 points per game. Graduate G
Shakeel Moore has started nine games for Kansas and is averaging 4.1 points per contest.
UP NEXT
Kansas returns home to host Colorado on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m. Central on either ESPN or ESPN2.
The Kansas-Colorado series dates back to 1931 and Kansas leads 124-40, including a 40-27 record in Lawrence, 25-8 in Allen Fieldhouse. Overall, KU has won 20 of the last 21 meetings with CU.
The two schools were members of the Big Seven Conference starting in 1947-48 when Colorado joined the league. CU and KU were part of the Big Eight Conference from 1958-59, then the Big 12 from 1996-97, until Colorado left the league for the Pac-12 in 2011-12. The Buffs rejoined the Big 12 in 2024-25.