No. 14 Kansas to Play at Arizona State Tuesday

TEMPE, Ariz. – No. 14 Kansas (21-8, 11-5) concludes a two-game road trip at Arizona State (15-14, 6-10) on Tuesday, March 3. Tip from Desert Financial Arena is set for 8 p.m. CT and the game will be televised on FS1.

Kansas is coming off an 84-61 loss at No. 2 Arizona on Feb. 28. Arizona State snapped a two-game losing streak with a 73-60 win against Utah on Feb. 28. The Sun Devils are 9-5 at home this season.

Kansas enters the week tied with Iowa State for fourth in the Big 12 standings. KU is one game behind second-place Texas Tech and Houston.

The Kansas-Arizona State series is tied at 6-6. KU won the last meeting, 74-55, last season on Jan. 8, 2025, in Allen Fieldhouse.

Kansas is 139-24 (85.3%) following a loss in the Bill Self era (2003-04 to present), including 7-0 this season.

Kansas' strength of schedule is first in the NCAA D1. In the Bill Self era, Kansas has ranked first at season's end six times - 2005, 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, and 2023.

Kansas is No. 15 in the NET, which is fifth in the Big 12. KU's seven Quad 1 wins are tied for second most in the league, Arizona is first with 13, and tied for 11th nationally.

KU is averaging 76.1 points per game and has a plus-7.4 scoring margin. KU pulls down 38.1 rebounds per contest.

KU averages 14.4 assists, 5.3 steals, and 6.0 blocked shots per contest. KU leads the Big 12 in field goal percentage defense at 38.7%, which is sixth nationally, and three-point field goal percentage defense at 29.7%, which is 13th nationally. KU also leads the Big 12 in blocked shots (6.0), which is fifth nationally.

Freshman guard Darryn Peterson, who is on the Wooden Award Late Midseason Watch List (1 of 20), the Naismith Trophy Late-Season list (1 of 30) and the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Midseason Top 10 list, leads Kansas with a 19.7 scoring average. After his 24 points at Arizona (2/28), he has eight games of 20 or more points and has made a team-high 50 threes in 18 games played this season.

Senior guard Tre White posted a season-high 23 points against No. 5 Houston (2/23) and is averaging 18.0 ppg in his last two games. White has five double-doubles on the season and is scoring at 14.0 points per contest. White is second on the team with 45 threes made and leads KU with 116 free throws made. White's 86.6 free throw percentage ranks second in the Big 12.

Sophomore center Flory Bidunga is also on the Naismith Trophy Late-Season List and was recently named to the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Watch List and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year top 10. He scores 13.8 points per contest and leads KU with 9.0 rebounds per outing. Bidunga has a team-best 11 double-doubles for the season, which is second in the Big 12. Bidunga leads the Big 12 with 78 blocked shots, which is third nationally, averaging 2.69 blocks per game, which is third nationally, and with a 64.8 field goal percentage, which is ninth nationally. At 13.8 ppg, 9.0 rpg, and 2.7 bpg, Bidunga is the only player in NCAA Division I to average more than 13.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocked shots per game.

Senior guard Melvin Council Jr. is averaging 13.9 points per game in league games and 13.5 points per contest overall. He leads Kansas with 146 assists and with 29 steals. Council is fourth in the Big 12, 32nd nationally, with a 2.92 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Redshirt-freshman forward Bryson Tiller has two double-doubles in his last four games, including 11 points and 10 rebounds against No. 5 Houston (2/23). He had 10 points and a career-high 11 rebounds to go along with a career-high seven assists at Oklahoma State (2/18). Tiller averages 8.7 points and 6.0 rebounds per contest. Tiller is second on the team with 42 blocked shots and has started 26 games this season for KU.

Redshirt-sophomore guard Elmarko Jackson (4.8 ppg, 21 steals), redshirt-sophomore guard Jamari McDowell (3.7 ppg, 27 threes), freshman Kohl Rosario (3.1), and senior guard Jayden Dawson (2.2 ppg) round out the KU regulars.

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Kansas concludes the regular season when it plays host to Dillons Sunflower Showdown foe Kansas State on Saturday, March 7. Tip from Allen Fieldhouse is set for 1 p.m. CT and the game will be televised on CBS.

Kansas leads the overall series with Kansas State, 204-97, and the 204 wins are the most in NCAA D1 by one team over another. KU won the last meeting, 86-62, on Jan. 24, 2026, in Manhattan.

Beginning in 1983-84 under coach Larry Brown, Kansas has not lost a home finale which is a span of 42 seasons.

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No. 14 Kansas to Play at Arizona State Tuesday

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