Game Primer: How To Watch, Things To Know For Texas Southern vs Kansas

Everything you need to know to prepare for and follow today's Round of 64 game between the Texas Southern Tigers and Kansas Jayhawks in the NCAA Men's Tournament.

The Kansas Jayhawks enter the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament as one of the top four seeds, earning the top spot in the Midwest Regional that will be held in Chicago next weekend. But before they get there, they will need to win two games in Fort Worth this week to advance to the Sweet 16. The Jayhawks are Big 12 regular season and tournament champions, and face the Southwestern Athletic Conference tournament winning Texas Southern Tigers.

Contents

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

Kansas enters the contest with a ranking of #3 in both polls and are the 1st seed in the Midwest Region. Texas Southern is unranked as the 16th seed in the Midwest Region.

Kansas leads the all-time series 4-0, with all of those meetings coming in Allen Fieldhouse. The last meeting was a 114-71 Kansas win on November 21st, 2017.

Here are the essentials:

The Numbers

(3) Kansas: 28-6

Texas Southern: 19-12

Line: KU -22.0

O/U: 145.5

KenPom Rankings:

• Kansas: 7th Overall (6th Offense, 27th Defense)
• Texas Southern: 183rd Overall (269th Offense, 101st Defense)

How to Watch

Thursday, Mar 17, 8:57 p.m. CST*

Fort Worth, TX: Dickies Arena (13,300)
*or 30 minutes after the conclusion of the previous game

TV: truTV

- Brian Anderson (Play-by-Play), Jim Jackson (Analyst), Allie LaForce (Reporter)

Radio: Jayhawk Radio Network

Online Webcast: KUAthletics.com/Radio

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

Online Streaming: www.ncaa.com/march-madness-live/watch or the March Madness app (tv subscription required)

Game Coverage

Game Preview & Players To Watch

Game Predictions from the Blue Wings Rising staff

Listen to the podcast recap of yesterday and preview of today:

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

Come join the conversation in the Blue Wings Rising Discord Server.

Fun Facts

The Jayhawks have 12 Quadrant 1 wins, the most of any team in NCAA Division I this season. They are 6-4 against ranked teams

This is the 21st-straight tournament that the Jayhawks have earned a top-4 seed in the NCAA Tournament, a streak that dates back to the 2000 NCAA Tournament. Had the seedings been released for the cancelled 2020 tournament, Kansas would have earned a 1-seed in that year as well.