LAWRENCE, Kan. (KUAthletics.com) — No. 23/25 Kansas (17-9, 8-7 Big 12) returns home to host Oklahoma State (13-13, 5-10 Big 12) on Saturday, Feb. 22. The game from Allen Fieldhouse will start at 3 p.m. Central and will be televised on CBS.
Kansas men’s basketball will retire Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Arthur “Dutch” Lonborg’s jersey No. 7 at the Oklahoma State home game.
Kansas is coming off a 91-57 loss at BYU on Feb. 18. In its last outing, Oklahoma State ended a two-game losing streak with a 104-95 win against UCF on Feb. 19.
Kansas leads the all-time series with Oklahoma State, 126-60. KU has won the last seven meetings with OSU dating back to Feb. 8, 2021. Kansas is 53-10 against OSU in Allen Fieldhouse and the Jayhawks have won the last six meetings in the venue.
KU is 129-22 (85.4%) following a loss in the Bill Self era, including 6-2 this season.
Kansas is No. 22 in the NET report by the NCAA through games of Feb. 19. To show the strength of the Big 12, the No. 22 rank is fifth in the Big 12 behind No. 3 Houston, No. 7 Texas Tech, No. 8 Iowa State and No. 9 Arizona. KU’s strength of schedule is No. 12 nationally, which is fourth in the league.
Kansas is second in the Big 12 in assists per game (17.7, 8th nationally), FG Pct. Defense (39.1%, 13th nationally), assist-to-turnover ratio (1.56, 22nd nationally), 3FG Pct. Defense (28.8%, 24th nationally) and blocks per game (4.8, 29th nationally).
Graduate C Hunter Dickinson leads the Big 12 in field goals made with 174. He is second in the Big 12 in rebound average (9.7), which is 15th nationally.
Graduate G Dajuan Harris Jr. is second in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.27, which is ninth nationally. He is also second in the league in assists per game at 5.7, which is 28th nationally.
Senior F KJ Adams is a starter who is scoring 8.1 points per game. Adams pulls down 4.5 rebounds per game and has 55 assists, 18 blocked shots and 21 steals.
Freshman F Flory Bidunga leads Kansas with 41 blocked shots. Bidunga is second on the team with a 5.3 rebound average, scoring 6.5 points per game.
Junior G Rylan Griffen is second on the team with 33 threes made. He has started 12 games this season and is averaging 6.6 points per contest. Junior G AJ Storr has started four games and he is scoring 6.2 points per contest. Senior G David Coit has three starts and he is third on the team with 30 threes made. Coit averages 4.7 points per game. Graduate G Shakeel Moore has started nine games and is averaging 3.8 points per contest.
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Kansas hits the road for its second ESPN Big Monday contest at Colorado, Feb. 22. The game from the CU Events Center will tip at 8 p.m. (Central) with Jon Sciambi, Fran Fraschilla and Kris Budden on the call.
The Kansas-Colorado series dates back to 1931 and Kansas leads 125-40, including a 40-27 record in Boulder, 25-8 in the CU Events Center. Overall, KU has won 21 of the last 22 meetings with CU.
