KU Jayhawks vs. West Virginia Mountaineers: Probable starters, tipoff time, how to watch
THE DETAILS
When 5 p.m. Central, Saturday,
Where: WVU Coliseum (Morgantown, West Virginia)
TV: ESPN+
Radio: WHB (810) in Kansas City; KFH (1240 AM, 97.5 FM) in Wichita
PROBABLE STARTERS
P | No. | Kansas | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 24 | KJ Adams | 6-7 | Soph. | 9.4 |
F | 10 | Jalen Wilson | 6-8 | Jr. | 20.6 |
G | 15 | Kevin McCullar | 6-6 | Sr. | 11.2 |
G | 4 | Gradey Dick | 6-8 | Fr. | 14.6 |
G | 3 | Dajuan Harris | 6-1 | Jr. | 8.3 |
P | No. | West Virginia | Ht. | Yr. | PPG |
F | 1 | Emmitt Matthews | 6-7 | Sr. | 10.7 |
F | 3 | Tre Mitchell | 6-9 | Sr. | 13.3 |
F | 15 | Jimmy Bell | 6-10 | Sr. | 6.3 |
G | 10 | Erik Stevenson | 6-4 | Sr. | 14.1 |
G | 0 | Kedrian Johnson | 6-3 | Sr. | 9.1 |
About No. 3 Kansas (13-1, 2-0 Big 12):
KU leads the all-time series, 18-6. KU is 4-6 at WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia. ... KU has won the last three meetings. ... The Jayhawks are 14-6 versus WVU in conference play and 4-0 in the Big 12 tournament. ... The Jayhawks have won seven of the last eight and 12 of the last 14 meetings between the teams. … West Virginia’s last win over KU was 91-79 on Feb. 6, 2021, in Morgantown. ... Bill Self is 18-6 all-time versus WVU as KU coach. … The Jayhawks went 3-0 vs. WVU a year ago, first winning 85-59 on Jan. 15, 2022, in Allen Fieldhouse, then 71-58 on Feb. 19 at WVU Coliseum and finally 87-63 in the first round of the Big 12 tournament. …
KU is 13-1 or better for the eighth time in Self’s 20 seasons at KU. … KU is 2-0 in league play for the third time in the last four years and 16th time in the Self era. … KU has won seven in a row since a loss to Tennessee. … Kansas dished 22 assists in Tuesday’s win at Texas Tech, the most in a conference road game since Feb. 14, 2007, at Colorado (22). … KU is 4-0 in games decided by five points or less or overtime. The Jayhawks have won their last nine games decided by five points or less or overtime dating to last season. …
KU has at least 10 offensive rebounds in 12 of 14 games. … Jalen Wilson ranks 57th on KU’s all-time scoring list with 1,041 career points. In scoring 16 points at Texas Tech, he passed Thomas Robinson (1,026), Bill Bridges (1,028), Jerry Gardner (1,030) and Cole Aldrich (1,038).
About West Virginia (10-4, 0-2):
Bob Huggins is 6-22 all-time against KU including a 6-18 mark while at West Virginia. … West Virginia in the nonconference season defeated Pittsburgh, Mount St. Mary’s, Navy, UAB, Buffalo, Morehead State, Penn, Portland State, Florida and Stony Brook and lost to Purdue and Xavier. … With a win against Portland State on Nov. 25, Huggins moved past Jim Calhoun (920) into third place all-time in Division I victories. Huggins’ record now stands at 926-402 in his 41st season as a head coach. ... Huggins is the second-winningest active coach behind Jim Boeheim. ...
On Jan. 4, 2021, at Oklahoma State, Bob Huggins recorded his 300th career victory at his alma mater, WVU. Only Gale Catlett (1979-2002) has won more games at WVU with 439. Huggins now has 336 victories at West Virginia. ... Huggins is the second coach to win at least 300 games at two different Division I schools (WVU 336 and Cincinnati 399), joining Roy Williams (Kansas 418 and North Carolina 485). ...
WVU is 75-70 in the Big 12 regular season in the last nine seasons. ... Emmitt Matthews Jr. returned to WVU after playing last season at Washington. He is believed to be the second Mountaineer player to start his career at WVU, transfer to another school, then finish his career in Morgantown. Levi Phillips played at WVU in 1971-72, transferred to Oklahoma State in 1973 and finished at WVU in 1974. ... West Virginia has had 13 first-team All-Americans, headlined by Jerry West, who went on to become one of basketball’s all-time greats with the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers.
