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

Here's everything you need to know to follow tonight's game between the Jayhawks and Red Raiders.

The Kansas Jayhawks are on the road tonight with a chance to start conference play 2-0 for the 16th time in the Bill Self era. The Jayhawks narrowly survived in their Big 12 conference opener against the Oklahoma State Cowboys on Saturday, and now they travel to Lubbock to play a Texas Tech Red Raiders team that has given Kansas problems in their home arena.

Contents

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

The Red Raiders are in their second season under head coach Mark Adams. They went 27-10 in his first season after taking over for Chris Beard, meeting Kansas in the Big 12 tournament championship and losing to Duke in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.

Kansas moved up in both polls this week to come in at #3 this week. Texas Tech is unranked, but receiving votes in the Coaches Poll.

Kansas leads the all-time series 41-7, including a 16-6 record in Lubbock and a 12-4 record in the United Supermarkets Arena. They have won the last two meetings and six of the last seven. The Red Raiders won the games in Lubbock last season and in 2019.

Here are the essentials:

How to Watch

Tuesday, January 3rd, 8:00 p.m. CST

Lubbock, TX: United Supermarkets Arena (15,000)

TV: ESPN2

- Jon Sciambi (Play-by-Play), Fran Fraschilla (Analyst), Kris Budden (Reporter)

Radio: Jayhawk Radio Network

Webcast: KU Athletics Radio

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

Online Streaming: fuboTV (Start your free trial)

The Numbers

#3 Kansas: 12-1 (1-0 Big 12), KenPom: 5th overall, 14th offense, 10th defense

Texas Tech: 10-3 (0-1 Big 12), KenPom: 31st overall, 61st offense, 22nd defense)

Line: KU -1.0

O/U: 141.0

Odds via SI Sportsbook

Game Coverage

Texas Tech Preview

Game Predictions from the Blue Wings Rising staff

Listen to the latest episode of the Rock Chalk Podcast.

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

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

Fun Facts

Kansas has only failed to start 2-0 in the Big 12 four times in the Bill Self era. However, three of those times came in the last 5 seasons, with Texas Tech being the team that defeated Kansas twice (2018, 2022 seasons).

Kansas transfer senior guard Kevin McCullar will be returning to Lubbock for the first time since transferring from Texas Tech last season. He leads the Big 12 in steals per game at 2.7, which is good for eighth nationally.

Texas Tech has the second longest active home winning streak at 29 games. They are 8-0 at home this season.