Yale Bulldogs vs. Kansas Jayhawks: Probable starters, tipoff, streaming details + more

THE DETAILS

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

Streaming: Big 12 Now/ESPN+.

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

PROBABLE STARTERS

About Yale (7-5): The Bulldogs, who have won two in a row — over Quinnipiac (73-66) and Colby-Sawyer (95-36) — also have victories over Stony Brook (79-71), Vassar (102-53), Loyola Marymount (83-80), Colgate (68-50) and Gardner-Webb (71-70, OT). Yale has lost to Gonzaga (86-71), Weber State (75-65, OT), Rhode Island (76-72), Vermont (66-65) and Fairfield (75-71). … Three of Yale’s five losses are by four points or less and a fourth was in overtime. …Yale is 2-3 in road games. ... Yale is coming off a 10-day break for final exams. The Bulldogs last played on Dec. 11. … Yale is second in the Ivy League in scoring defense (67.0 ppg) and third in field goal percentage defense (40.6%). … Yale averages 9.8 turnovers per game, which is the second fewest in the league. … Forward Danny Wolf (.48.0%), guard John Poulakidas (41.7%) and guard August Mahoney (41.2%) are all shooting better than 40 percent from 3 … Wolf, a 7-foot sophomore from Glencoe, Illinois, is reigning Ivy League player of the week. He posted his third double-double of the season (22 points, 12 rebounds) against Quinnipiac. He has scored in double figures in nine straight games and is second in the lvy League in rebounding (9.0 rpg) and blocked shots (16) and fourth in field goal percentage (50%). …Yale went 21-9 a year ago and shared the Ivy League title with Princeton. … Over the last eight seasons, Yale has posted an 84-28 (.750) Ivy League record, won five Ivy championships, two Ivy tournament titles and earned three NCAA Tournament berths. ... Yale defeated Baylor in the 2016 NCAA Tournament for its first-ever tourney win. … Yale won at UConn in 2014. … Coach James Jones is 380-306 in 25 seasons at Yale. … Yale was picked to finish first in the league’s preseason media poll. Yale received 14 of the 16 first-place votes, runner-up Princeton the other two. Yale was ranked No. 9 in CollegeInsider.com’s preseason mid-major top-25 poll.

About No. 2 Kansas (10-1): KU leads the all-time series against Yale 3-0 with all three wins coming at Allen Fieldhouse. KU rolled, 86-53, on Dec. 29, 2008 and, 87-46, on Jan. 4, 2006. KU also prevailed 63-54 on Dec. 19, 1975. … KU is 17-0 all-time against Ivy League schools. KU beat Harvard a year ago, 68-54, at Allen. ... Kansas enters having won six games in a row. ... KU has won 11 in a row at home. ... KU’s victory over Indiana on Saturday extended KU’s win streak against Big Ten opponents to nine consecutive games, a streak which began on Dec. 10, 2016 vs. Nebraska. … KU is 10-1 or better for the third-straight season and sixth time in the last nine seasons beginning in 2015-16. … Bill Self is 575-133 while at Kansas, 782-238 overall. … KU is 2,380-886 all-time. … Kansas is 3-0 this season in games decided by five points or less. … Kansas has assisted on 73.5% of its made field goals. … Senior center Hunter Dickinson has seven double-doubles and 38 in his career. … Dickinson has recorded three straight double-doubles and five in the last six games. The three straight double-doubles is the longest streak of Dickinson’s KU career. The longest double-double streak of Dickinson’s career is four consecutive games, which he has accomplished twice (last Feb. 23-March 5, 2023, with Michigan). … After his 12 points at Indiana, Kansas is 27-1 when Dajuan Harris score 10 or more points in a game, including 2-0 this season. ... Kevin McCullar has four games in his career with at least 10 made free throws. Three of those four have been with KU. ... McCullar has scored 20 or more points six times this season and nine times in his career. … Kansas is 27-1 when Harris scores in double figures. ... The Jayhawks are 48-1 (.980) under Self when they make 25 or more free throws in a game, the best record by any D-I team in that span (minimum 40 games).