Kansas Jayhawks vs. Omaha Mavericks: Probable starters, time, streaming info
THE DETAILS
When/where: 7 p.m. Monday, Allen Fieldhouse
Streaming: ESPN+.
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; KFH (1240 AM, 97.5 FM) in Wichita
POSSIBLE LINEUPS
P | No. | Omaha | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
C | 14 | Dylan Brougham | 6-9 | Jr. | 0.0 |
F | 10 | Marquel Sutton | 6-7 | Soph. | 0.0 |
F | 23 | Frankie Fidler | 6-7 | Soph. | 0.0 |
G | 2 | Jaeden Marshall | 6-2 | Soph. | 0.0 |
G | 1 | JJ White | 6-2 | Soph. | 0.0 |
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | Soph. | 0.0 |
F | 10 | Jalen Wilson | 6-8 | Jr. | 0.0 |
G | 15 | Kevin McCullar | 6-6 | Sr. | 0.0 |
G | 4 | Gradey Dick | 6-8 | Fr. | 0.0 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-1 | Jr. | 0.0 |
About Omaha (0-0): Omaha was picked to finish ninth in the 10-team Summit League preseason poll. … Frankie Fidler, a 6-7 sophomore forward, was named first-team preseason all-league. … Like KU, the Mavericks are opening the regular-season Monday night. Omaha defeated Mid-America Christian 96-71 in an exhibition on Tuesday in Omaha. Luke Jungers, a 6-9 freshman forward out of Omaha Creighton Prep, paced the Mavericks with a game-high 22 points on 9-of-14 shooting. He hit four threes. Kennedy Brown, a 6-9 sophomore from Chicago, had 10 rebounds and eight points. … La’Mel Robinson, a 6-0 sophomore guard and Dylan Brougham, a 6-9 junior center, are graduates of Park Hill South High School in Riverside, Missouri. … Omaha’s first-year head coach is Chris Crutchfield, an assistant coach at Oregon last season. He served eight years as an assistant on Lon Kruger’s staff at Oklahoma. Crutchfield played football and basketball at Omaha. … Omaha went 5-25 a year ago, 4-14 in the Summit League. In all, 10 new players joined the Mavericks program since last season including five freshmen, five transfers.
About Kansas (0-0): The Jayhawks are 2-0 all-time against Omaha. The Jayhawks won the last meeting 95-50 on Dec. 11, 2020 in Allen Fieldhouse. KU won 109-64 on Dec. 18, 2017 at Allen Fieldhouse. … Kansas has won 49 consecutive home openers beginning in 1973-74 under head coach Ted Owens. KU coaches Larry Brown (5-0) and Roy Williams (15-0) never lost a home opener and Bill Self is 19-0. … KU last lost a season opener to start the 2020-21 season. Gonzaga beat the Jayhawks 102-90 that season in Fort Myers, Florida. … KU forced 27 turnovers in its one exhibition game of the preseason, a 94-63 decision over Pittsburg State on Thursday at Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks scored 62 points in the paint. … In beating Pitt State, KU improved to 60-2 in exhibition play during the Self era including a 36-0 mark in Allen Fieldhouse. It was KU’s 54th consecutive home exhibition win. … KU junior Jalen Wilson has been named to the NABC Player of the Year watch list. Other Big 12 players on the list: Adam Flagler and Keyonte George, Baylor; Mike Miles, TCU. ... Norm Roberts, former head coach at St. John’s for six seasons, will coach Monday’s game. Bill Self is serving a four-game suspension assessed to him by the school in hopes of speeding the NCAA investigation into KU hoops.
