Game Primer: How To Watch, Things To Know For West Virginia vs Kansas

Everything you need to know to prepare for and follow today's quarterfinal game between the West Virginia Mountaineers and Kansas Jayhawks in the Big 12 Championship.

It's the opening game of the Big 12 Championship Tournament for the Kansas Jayhawks, and they face the West Virginia Mountaineers, who advanced after defeating the Kansas State Wildcats last night.

Contents

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

Kansas enters the contest with a ranking of #6 in both polls, while West Virginia is unranked.

Kansas leads the all-time series 17-6, with a 3-0 record in the Big 12 Championship Tournament. The Jayhawks have won 11 of the last 13 meetings between these two teams, including six of the last seven and both meetings this season.

Here are the essentials:

The Numbers

(6/7) Kansas: 25-6, 14-4 Big 12

West Virginia: 16-16, 4-14 Big 12

Line: KU -9.0

O/U: 146

KenPom Rankings:

• Kansas: 9th Overall (7th Offense, 32nd Defense)
• Texas: 68th Overall (83rd Offense, 58th Defense)

How to Watch

Thursday, Mar 10, 2:00 p.m. CST*

Kansas City, MO: T-Mobile Center (18,972)
*or 30 minutes after the end of the TCU-Texas game.

TV: ESPN

- Rich Hollenberg (Play-by-Play), Chris Spatola (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

Kansas has the same number of Big 12 Championship titles (11) as all other active Big 12 members combined. Iowa State has five titles, while Oklahoma has three, Oklahoma State has two and Texas has one.

Head Coach Bill Self has the highest winning percentage of any coach who has participated in more than one tournament. His 33-8 record equates to an 80.5% winning percentage.