No. 5 Texas in Lawrence for Big Monday showdown

The No. 5 ranked Texas Longhorns are in Lawrence, Kansas for a Big Monday showdown against No. 9 Kansas.

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The Longhorns (19-4, 8-2) are coming off a huge win Saturday at Kansas State 69-66, and now look to make it a Sunflower State sweep.

Kansas (18-5, 6-4) is in “must win” mode tonight if they want to truly stay in position to claim another Big 12 crown outright. The Jayhawks lost in Ames to Iowa State 68-53 Saturday.

The Longhorns are 12-3 under interim head coach Rodney Terry, including three wins over ranked opponents. Texas is 4-1 on the road in Big 12 play under Terry.

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How to watch the game

Texas and Kansas tipoff at 8 p.m. central on ESPN with Mark Neely (play by play), Jay Bilas (analyst) and Kris Budden (reporter) calling the action.

The game will be played at Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) – Lawrence, Kansas

The Jayhawks lead the series 36-12. Kansas won the last meeting 70-63 in overtime March 5, 2022 in Lawrence.

Big 12 conference race​

No. 5 Texas Longhorns (19-4, 8-2)
Longhorns games this week: at Kansas, West Virginia

No. 11 Iowa State Cyclones (16-6, 7-3)
Cyclones games this week: at West Virginia, Oklahoma State

No. 17 TCU Horned Frogs (17-6, 6-4)
Horned Frogs games this week: at Kansas State, Baylor

No. 9 Kansas Jayhawks (18-5, 6-4)
Jayhawks games this week: Texas, at Oklahoma

No. 12 Kansas State Wildcats (18-5, 6-4)
Wildcats games this week: TCU, at Texas Tech

No. 15 Baylor Bears (17-6, 6-4)
Bears games this week: Oklahoma, at tCU

Oklahoma State Cowboys (14-9, 5-5)
Cowboys games this week: Texas Tech, at Iowa State

West Virginia Mountaineers (14-9, 3-7)
Mountaineers games this week: Iowa State, at Texas

Oklahoma Sooners (12-11, 2-8)
Sooners games this week: at Baylor, Kansas

Texas Tech Red Raiders (12-11, 1-9)
Red Raiders games this week: at Oklahoma State, Kansas State

The Rodney Terry File

Rodney Terry enters Tuesday with a career record of 175-159. He has been a head coach at the Division I level for ten year prior to joining Chris Beard’s staff in Austin.

Terry built the Fresno State program up in his time in California. The Bulldogs won 20 or more games in four of Terry’s last five seasons. That included three times in post season play. Terry has a 0-1 record in the NCAA Tournament.

The Bill Self File

Bill Self is in his 30th season as the head coach at the Division I level, including his 20th at Kansas. He has a record of 568-128 in Lawrence, including 264-65 in Big 12 play with 16 conference titles. Self sports a career record of 775-233.

Self’s teams have advanced to 23 straight NCAA Tournaments dating back to his time at Tulsa. He has a 55-21 record in the NCAA Tournament, including National Championships in 2008 and 2022. His teams have advanced to four Final Four’s.

Kansas Jayhawks starters

PG Dajuan Harris Jr., 6-1, junior (7.4 points, 2.2 rebounds, 6.2 assists)

G Kevin McCullar Jr., 6-6, senior (10.3 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists)

G Gradey Dick,  6-8, freshman (14.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists)

F Jalen Wilson, 6-8, junior (21.5 points, 8.6 rebounds, 2.5 assists)

PF K.J. Adams Jr., 6-7 sophomore (10.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists)

Key reserves

Key reserves for the Jayhawks are 6-0 junior guard Joseph Yesufu (3.5 points, 1.0 rebounds), 6-11 freshman Ernest Udeh Jr. (2.0 points, 1.9 rebounds), 6-1 junior guard Bobby Pettiford Jr. (2.9 points, 1.9 assists), 6-5 freshman guard M.J. Rice (2.8 points) and 6-10 sophomore center Zach Clemence (1.4 points, 1.4 rebounds).

Texas starters

PG Tyrese Hunter, 6-1, sophomore (10.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists)

CG Marcus Carr, 6-2, super senior (16.4 points, 2.9 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 1.6 steals)

F Timmy Allen, 6-6, super senior (10.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists)

F Dillon Mitchell, 6-8, freshman (6.0 points, 4.7 rebounds, 0.7 steals)

PF Dylan Disu, 6-9, senior (6.9 points, 3.5 rebounds, 1.5 blocks)

The reserves 

SG Sir’Jabari Rice, 6-4, super senior (11.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists)

PF Christian Bishop, 6-7, super senior (7.0 points, 3.7 rebounds, 0.9 steals)

CG Arterio Morris, 6-3, freshman (5.3 points, 1.7 rebounds, 0.8 assists)

F Brock Cunningham, 6-6, senior (4.9 points, 3.3 rebounds, 0.9 assists) 

PF Alex Anamekwe, 6-5.5, freshman (2.0 points, 0.8 rebounds)

SG Gavin Perryman, 6-1, redshirt freshman (Logged 36 minutes through 23 games)