What a great win for Texas football last night! Congrats to Coach Herman and the team, and to new AD Chris Del Conte. He’s 1-0!
I am going to be doing short posts for some of the basketball games, including the official UT stuff, which is always well done.
Kansas Jayhawks vs. Texas Longhorns
Texas and Kansas tip off at 8:00 p.m. Friday night in the Frank C. Erwin Center.
The Jayhawks are the gold standard of basketball success in our conference and one of the perennially elite programs in the nation. That’s why beating them will be so much fun.
Y’all know the story: the first Kansas coach, James Naismith, literally invented basketball. Quite a history.
Kansas has won 17 Big 12 regular season titles. The only years they haven’t won included 1999, when Texas won. They shared with Texas in 2006 and 2008, and shared a few others. For those interested, the only other Big 12 regular season champs: Iowa State 2000 and 2001, Oklahoma State in 2004.
10 Big 12 tournaments titles.
More consensus All-Americans than any other school (22 players, with 29 All-American Honors).
Kansas has made 28 consecutive NCAA tournaments; Jayhawks are 103-45 all-time in the tourney.
14 Final Fours.
5 National championships (3 NCAA NC’s – 1952, 1988, 2008).
Texas is 8-29 against the Jayhawks. In 2004, we beat them twice, but since then: 2006, 80-55 win in Austin; 2008, 72-69 win in Austin; 2011, 74-63 win at Kansas (that was huge); 2014, 81-69 win in Austin. They have beat us 7 in a row. Time to change that!
The UT official preview:
http://www.texassports.com/news/2017/12/27/mens-basketball-preview-no-11-11-kansas.aspx
The Jayhawks official preview:
Texas (9-3, 0-0 Big 12) vs. #11/11 Kansas (10-2, 0-0 Big 12)
Friday, Dec. 29, 2017 – 8 p.m. Central
Frank Erwin Center (16,540) – Austin, Texas
GameDay Quick Facts
- TELEVISION: The game will be televised nationally by ESPN2. Jon Sciambi (pxp) and Jay Bilas (analyst) will call the action.
- RADIO: The Longhorn IMG Radio Network broadcasts every UT game on the statewide network. Craig Way (pxp) and Eddie Oran (analyst) will call the action. Check www.TexasSports.com for a listing of affiliates carrying the game.
- SERIES: Kansas leads, 29-8. Last meeting: Kansas 77-67 (Feb. 25, 2017; Austin).
Notables
- SUCCESS IN BIG 12 HOME OPENERS: UT enters Friday’s contest with a 17-4 record in Big 12 Conference home openers.
- BAMBA SHINES IN WIN AT BAMA: Freshman forward Mohamed Bamba recorded season highs in points (17), field goals made (7-10) and blocks (6) while adding 11 rebounds (4 offensive) in 29 minutes during Friday’s win at Alabama.
- DEFENSE WINS: The Longhorns have held their first 12 opponents to an average of 60.4 ppg on a combined 37.4% FG shooting, including a 28.2% mark from three-point range. UT limited Alabama to 50 points on 34.4% FG shooting, including a 20% (3-15) mark from beyond the arc in Friday’s win.
- ROACH II PLAYS HIS PART: Junior guard Kerwin Roach II had primary defensive responsibility on Alabama G Collin Sexton and limited Sexton to 8 points (4-12 FG) in 32 minutes. Roach added 11 points and 5 assists against 1 turnover. On the year, he has converted 73.2% (41-56) of his two-point field goal attempts.