Game Primer: How To Watch, Things To Know for Kansas at Texas

Everything you need to know to prepare for and follow tonight's game between the Kansas Jayhawks and Texas Longhorns.

It's the end of the most brutal stretch on the schedule for the Kansas Jayhawks, as they look to wrap up 5 straight ranked contests in Austin against a Texas Longhorns team that has absorbed the defensive prowess for which coach Chris Beard is known.

Contents

1. The Numbers
2. How to Watch
3. Game Coverage
4. Fun Facts

Kansas enters the contest with a ranking of #8 in both the AP and Coaches Polls, while Baylor comes in at #20 in both polls.

Kansas leads the all-time series 35-11, with an 11-8 record in the Erwin Center. The Jayhawks have won 13 of the last 16 meetings, but the Longhorns have won the last 2. A matchup in the Big 12 tournament was cancelled last season due to COVID issues in the Kansas program.

Here are the essentials:

The Numbers

(8) Kansas: 19-3, 8-1 Big 12

(20) Texas: 17-6, 6-4 Big 12

Line: KU -1.5

O/U: 131

KenPom Rankings:

• Kansas: 10th Overall (3rd Offense, 30th Defense)
• Texas: 14th Overall (42nd Offense, 9th Defense)

How to Watch

Monday, Feb 7, 8:00 p.m. CST

Austin, TX: Erwin Center (16,540)

TV: ESPN

- Jon Sciambi (Play-by-Play), Jay Bilas (Analyst), Kris Budden (Reporter)

Radio: Jayhawk Radio Network

- Brian Hanni (Play-by-Play), Greg Gurley (Analyst)

Online Streaming: www.espn.com/watch or the ESPN app (subscription required)

Game Coverage

Game Preview & Players To Watch

Game Predictions from the Blue Wings Rising staff

Follow along during the game with live updates and analysis from both the Blue Wings Rising and Rock Chalk Podcast Twitter accounts.

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Fun Facts

Both teams come into tonight's game with 20+ point wins in their last outing, Kansas over Baylor at home 83-59 and Texas over Iowa State on the road 63-41.

A Kansas win would give the Jayhawks 20 or more wins in 33 straight seasons, the longest active streak in the nation.

If the season ended today, Ochai Agbaji's 20.8 points per game would be the second highest by a Jayhawk in the Bill Self Era, just behind Frank Mason's 20.9 points per game in the 2016-17 season.

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