Kansas Jayhawks at UCF Knights: Tipoff time, streaming info and probable starters

KU basketball will meet UCF on Wednesday night in Orlando. Here’s what you need to know ahead of today’s tipoff...

When: 6 p.m. Central, Wednesday

Where: Addition Financial Arena, Orlando, Florida

Livestream: Big 12 Now/ESPN+

Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; ESPN Wichita (92.3 FM) in Wichita

Probable starters

About No. 3 Kansas (13-1, 1-0)

This is the first meeting between the schools. … Kansas is 13-1 or better for the third-straight season. ... The Jayhawks have won nine consecutive games. … KU has been ranked in the Associated Press top 10 in each of the last 48 polls dating to the 2021-22 preseason poll. The 48 weeks is the longest in the country for a top 10 team. ... No. 3 Kansas has played No. 4 UConn, No. 5 Tennessee, No. 6 Kentucky and No. 11 Marquette. The Jayhawks will play No. 2 Houston, No. 9 Oklahoma, No. 14 Baylor, No. 18 BYU and No. 25 Texas in Big 12 play. ...

Kansas is second in the country in assists per game at 21.3. KU is also second in the Big 12 and seventh nationally in field-goal percentage at 50.7%. ... Kansas has secured double-digit offensive rebounds in three-straight games and four of the last five contests. … Kansas in its last game outrebounded TCU 40-28 to extend the Jayhawks’ win streak to 61 games when securing more rebounds than their opponent. … Hunter Dickinson and KJ Adams had double doubles vs. TCU. It was the second time KU had two players finish with a double-double in the same game this season. The other was Nov. 20 vs. Chaminade. …

KJ Adams has at least 10 rebounds in each of the last two games. … Kevin McCullar has double-digit points in 14 games this season and 16 consecutive contests dating to last season. … Dajuan Harris has moved into 10th on the KU career assists list with 553. He’s passed Sherron Collins (2007-10) who had 552. ... KU is 29-1 when Harris scores 10 or more points.

About UCF (9-4, 0-1)

UCF opened conference play with a 77-52 loss Saturday at Kansas State. The Knights lost nonconference games to Miami (88-72), Stetson (85-82) and Mississippi (70-68) and defeated FIU (85-62), Cal State Fullerton (72-44), South Dakota State (83-80), Charlotte (74-71, OT), Lipscomb (72-57), Jacksonville (94-52), Maine (74-51), Florida A&M (69-56) and Bethune-Cookman (98-54). … UCF is in search of its first win over a ranked team since Jan. 19, 2020, when the Knights won at No. 15 Florida State, 86-74. UCF has lost seven straight meetings with ranked foes. ...

Ibrahima Diallo has 28 blocked shots in 13 games. He has led the Knights in blocks in nine games and has five games with three or more blocks. … Omar Payne has 19 blocks in 13 games, including three at K-State. … Darius Johnson has scored double-digit points in 11 of UCF’s games. … Jaylin Sellers, who averages 17.8 points a game, scored 15 points or more in UCF’s first eight games. He has scored double-digit points in all but the K-State game in which he had eight points on 3-of-13 shooting. The last UCF newcomer to score double digits in the player’s first 11 games was Aubrey Dawkins, who helped lead the Knights to an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2018-19. Dawkins scored 10 or more points in 18 consecutive contests to begin his redshirt junior season and scored 20 or more points four times during the streak. …

Sellers had a career-high 34-points against Stetson on Nov. 26. It was the first 30-point outing of his career and the fourth 20+ point performance of the season. He registered six 20-point outings in 62 career games with Ball State. … Johnny Dawkins is 140-91 in eight seasons at UCF. UCF is 89-29 at home in the Dawkins era. … UCF’s Dawkins is the only Big 12 head coach to play in the NBA and be a first round draft pick. BYU’s Mark Pope joins Dawkins as the only other Big 12 head coach to play in the league.