Baylor Bears vs. Kansas Jayhawks: Probable starters, tipoff, TV, facts and figures

THE DETAILS

When/where: 5 p.m., Saturday, Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence

TV: ESPN.

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

PROBABLE STARTERS

About No. 13 Baylor (17-5, 6-3): Baylor has won three games in a row following Tuesday’s 79-73 victory over Texas Tech in Waco, Texas. … Senior Jalen Bridges on Jan. 31 against UCF scored his 1,000th career point. … Baylor is 30-12 against ranked teams over the last four seasons with 14 of those wins coming at home. … Baylor’s three overtime games (win over Oklahoma State, loss to Kansas State, loss to TCU) are Baylor’s most OT games in a season since 2013-14. Baylor has not played three overtimes games in regular-season conference play since 1994. … The Bears have been ranked in the top 10 for a fifth-straight year, one of just four programs (Duke, Gonzaga and Kansas) to accomplish that feat. … Scott Drew is 437-238 in 21 seasons at Baylor. … Drew is 8-28 versus the Jayhawks. … Selected 16th overall by the Utah Jazz in June’s NBA Draft, Keyonte George gave Baylor three consecutive top-16 picks for the first time in program history (Jeremy Sochan ninth overall to San Antonio in 2022; Davion Mitchell ninth overall to Sacramento in 2021). The Bears have had 11 picks in the last 11 drafts, which is the most in the state of Texas and second-most in the Big 12 since 2012. Baylor is one of two schools to have three-straight top-20 picks in the NBA Draft. Duke is the other.

About No. 4 Kansas (18-5, 6-4): KU leads the all-time series 35-9 including a 19-1 record at Allen Fieldhouse. … The two teams have split the last 10 meetings. … Bill Self is 28-8 against Baylor as KU coach. … Self is 790-242 all-time, including 583-136 while at Kansas. … February is Black History Month and Kansas Athletics will honor KU legend Bud Stallworth as its men’s basketball Marian E. Washington Trailblazer Series recipient on Saturday. … Kansas leads the country in assists per game at 20.7. ... KU leads the Big 12 and is third nationally in field-goal percentage at 51.0%. … Hunter Dickinson leads the conference and is sixth in the country in rebounds per game at 11.1. With 18.9 points per game, which is second in the league, he is the only player in the Big 12 to average a double-double. His 13 double-doubles lead the league and are sixth nationally. … Kevin McCullar leads the country in triple-doubles with two. He also leads the Big 12 in scoring at 19.5 points per game, which is 39th nationally. … Dajuan Harris leads the Big 12 in assists per game at 6.7, which is seventh nationally. … Harris is one of four KU players to have 600 assists and 200 steals. The others: Aaron Miles (2002-05), Kirk Hinrich (2000-03) and Darnell Valentine (1978-81). Harris is the seventh player in KU history to record 200 career steals. He has 201. … Kansas is 30-2 when Harris scores 10 or more points in a game. … KJ Adams leads the Big 12 in field-goal percentage at 63.0%, which is 14th nationally. ... Kansas is 15-7 on days it has been part of ESPN’s GameDay. At home KU is 9-2 when part of GameDay.