Just three days after playing 45 minutes in Kansas’ 92-86 double-overtime loss to Houston, Hunter Dickinson will be back in Allen Fieldhouse on Tuesday night for a Big 12 battle against UCF, a team that will have revenge on its mind after losing to KU by 51 points on Jan.
Although Kansas basketball suffered a loss Saturday against Houston, what Jayhawks freshman Flory Bidunga accomplished didn’t go unnoticed.
Houston coach Kelvin Sampson, in praising his team’s maturity after it beat Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday night, uttered one of his typical aphorisms: “There’s a 94-foot slab of rectangular wood we play on.
The loss was as unlikely as they come. KenPom’s data gave Kansas a 99.6% win expectancy when the Jayhawks had the ball up six with 18 seconds to play — what followed instead were missed free throws, a Houston 3-pointer, then a stolen inbounds pass and another 3-pointer.
The Houston Cougars are one of the hottest teams in college basketball — and they finally picked up a signature victory. Houston (16-3, 8-0) came into Saturday'
Kansas basketball went through another Big 12 Conference test on Saturday. Here is what happened during this game against Houston.
Mayo committed two vital turnovers on inbounds passes off Houston’s full-court press. KU was up two points with 16.6 left in regulation when he was called for a five-second inbounds violation. Two free throws by J’Wan Robert tied it at 66 with 13.9 seconds left. KU turned it over on the Jayhawks’ final possession of regulation.
Disaster struck twice for Kansas on Saturday night. Once in regulation and once in the first overtime period, the Jayhawks held six-point leads late against higher-ranked Houston. In the second half,
A look at the No. 7 University of Houston's 92-86 double-overtime win over No. 12 Kansas on Saturday night at Allen Fieldhouse:
No. 11 Kansas finds itself in a familiar position as it prepares for a Big 12 rematch with visiting UCF on Tuesday night. The Jayhawks (14-5, 5-3 Big 12) play
Reigning Indiana Mr. Basketball Flory Bidunga scored a career-high 19 points and played a career-high 36 minutes Saturday in No. 12 Kansas’ 92-86 loss in two overtimes to No. 7 Houston in Big 12 men’s basketball action.