🏀 GAME PREVIEW: Kansas vs. Texas Tech

LAWRENCE, Kan. – No. 3 Kansas (17-3, 6-1 Big 12) returns to Lawrence when the Texas Tech Red Raiders (13-7, 4-3 Big 12) come to Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday, Feb. 1. Tipoff is slated for 3 p.m. (CT) on ESPN. Bob Wischusen (play-by-play, Dick Vitale (analyst) and Kris Budden (reporter) will call the action.

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1. Through seven games of Big 12 play, Kansas sits alone in second place at 6-1 in the league standings, one game behind Baylor (7-0). Texas Tech, West Virginia and TCU are two games behind KU.
2. KU leads the series with Texas Tech, 35-6, including an 18-1 mark in Allen Fieldhouse meetings. Kansas may have won 18 of the last 20 matchups but the series is tied at 2-2 in the last four battles.
3. KU is ranked No. 4 in the NET rankings as of Jan. 29 games. The Jayhawks’ strength of schedule is No. 1 nationally. Kansas is the only school with eight Quadrant 1 wins. KU is 8-3 against Q1.
4. Kansas is 9-1 at home this season, including 8-1 in Allen Fieldhouse, which will celebrate its 65th birthday on March 1. Overall, KU is 796-114 in Allen Fieldhouse, four wins from No. 800 in the historic venue.
5. Saturday’s game will mark the fifth time since 2015 that the Jayhawks will host a Final Four team from the previous season in Allen Fieldhouse. KU is 4-0 in the previous four instances.
6. In his eight outings since the calendar turned to 2020, senior Udoka Azubuike is averaging 12.5 ppg, 10.5 rpg and 3.8 bpg. Azubuike has also scored 16 or more points in four of those outings. KU is 24-1 during Azubuike’s career when he scores 15 or more points.
7. Six different Jayhawks have scored 20 or more points in a game this season. Devon Dotson, Isaiah Moss, Udoka Azubuike, Ochai Agbaji, David McCormack and Christian Braun have scored 20 points at least once this season.
8. Kansas has three players leading the Big 12 statistically in four stats. Devon Dotson leads the league in scoring (18.4, while Udoka Azubuike leads the nation in field goal percentage (78.1) and the Big 12 in rebounding (9.6). Marcus Garrett leads the league in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.86.
9. Udoka Azubuike was named the Big 12 Player of the Week on Jan. 27. In seven Big 12 games, Azubuike is averaging 11.7 ppg, 10.4 rpg and 3.6 bpg and is one of only two players in the NCAA averaging a double-double and 3.5 or more blocks in conference play.Sophomore Devon Dotson leads the Big 12 in scoring at 18.0 points per game. Dotson has scored 20 or more points in five outings this season.