BYU Cougars vs. Kansas Jayhawks: Probable starters, tipoff, TV, facts and figures

THE DETAILS

When/where: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Allen Fieldhouse.

Streaming: Big 12 Now/ESPN+.

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

PROBABLE STARTERS

About BYU (19-8, 7-7): The Cougars, 3-3 in their last six games, defeated No. 11 Baylor 78-71 Tuesday in Provo, Utah, then lost to Kansas State, 84-74, on Saturday in Manhattan … BYU went 40-of-46 from the free throw line in a recent win over UCF. The Cougars became the third NCAA Division I men’s basketball team to make 40 free throws in a game this season joining Auburn (vs. Alabama, Feb. 7) and Northeastern (vs. Old Dominion, Dec. 2, 2023). … BYU is 3-3 in its last six Top 25 matchups under Mark Pope. … The Cougars have hit eight or more 3-pointers in five of the last six games. BYU was 6-of-31 from 3 against K-State. … BYU is one of three schools in the country to have nine players with a career-high of 20 or more points against NCAA Division I competition after Richie Saunders scored 20 points in a win over Georgia State. TCU and New Mexico are the other schools on the list. … Pope is 106-49 in five seasons at BYU. He is one of four coaches in program history to win 20 or more games in their first three seasons. … BYU is one of two schools to rank in the Top 5 nationally in assists per game and assist-to-turnover ratio. The Cougars have had 10 turnovers or less in three straight games. ... Aly Khalifa has 12 assists and zero turnovers over the past two games. He leads the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio (3.32:1). ... With its 31 3-point attempts on Saturday, BYU broke the program record for the most 3-point attempts in a single season in program history. BYU is 307-of-876 from 3 for 35.0%.

About No. 7 Kansas (21-6, 9-5): KU leads the all-time series 4-1. The Jayhawks are 1-0 versus the Cougars in Allen Fieldhouse. KU prevailed, 83-67, on Dec. 17, 1971. ... Bill Self is 1-0 vs. BYU as KU coach. Mark Pope is 0-1 against Self and KU. The meeting was in the second round of the 2019 Maui Invitational. KU stopped the Cougars, 71-56. KU beat BYU, 90-76, in a second-round NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional game on March 20, 1993, in Chicago. … Kansas has won 21 games in 34 of its last 35 seasons, beginning in 1989-90. … Kansas is 14-0 at home this season and has won 19-straight in Allen overall. … Bill Self is 586-138 while at Kansas, just four wins from tying Phog Allen as the school’s all-time winningest coach. … Kansas has won 71 straight games in Allen Fieldhouse when leading at halftime, dating to the beginning of the 2018-19 season. … All five of Kansas’ starters scored in double-figures in three games this season. … Over the last 68 games, KU is 66-2 when outrebounding its opponent. … The Jayhawks have shot over 60% from the field in five games and are 12-2 when shooting 50% or better from the field. … Dajuan Harris has gone 105 minutes and 18 seconds without a turnover stretching back to the first half of the Texas Tech game on Feb. 12. … Harris is tied with Kirk Hinrich for sixth in KU history for all-time steals. He has 206.