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Game thread - Davidson @KANSAS MON DEC 22 7:00 PM CT ESPN+
1 day 19 hours ago - 1 day 19 hours ago #34292
by HawkErrant
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
(Sing it to the tune of the Bobby Helms classic... you know the smash seasonal single I'm talking about...)
Rock chalkin' around Mount Oread on a cold December Day.
Davidson Wildcats are in town and tonight they're going to play
Another game against ol' KU, may our Jayhawks win this fight
on another KU MEN'S BASKETBALL...
... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL NIGHT!
Yes, JAYHAWKS fans, our AP#17 Kansas Jayhawks (#16 overall per KenPom, and #8 KenPom defense) host those pesky Wildcats of Davidson in "THE PHOG" Monday night at 7 PM CT on ESPN+. Does "Davidson" curry any favorite thoughts in your Jayhawk basketball fan brains?
KU and Davidson have played just 3 times, with KU having the edge 2-1 thanks in no small part to stalwart Jayhawks defenders preventing Steph Curry from getting the ball so he could take what would have been the game winning three point shot in Detroit Michigan back in March 2008. Since then the two programs have played twice in December in KCMO, with Davidson winning in 2011 and KU winning in 2016. Having traveled to KC twice before to play KU, the Wildcats finally get a chance to play in historic Allen Fieldhouse. (Link to KU v Davidson history)
Last time out the 8-3 Wildcats (overall #120 in KenPom ratings) lost at home (Davidson, NC) to All Time Winningest Program #6 Temple (KenPom #149) 83-63. The Wildcats' other two losses were to the now 10-2 Gaels of St. Mary's (KenPom #33, played in Davidson) and the now 10-1 Utah State Aggies (#30 KenPom) on a neutral court in the Charleston Classic.
All of this suggest that KU will have a very good result in AFH on Monday.
And reflecting this, ESPN analystics have KU winning over 95% of the time [url=https//www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401819887/davidson-kansas](Link)[/url]
Here's a link to the KUAthletics.com pregame article
The article contains links to the pregame KANSAS Notes
and to the kuleanplayer for those who want to listen to the Jayhawk Network call with the TV sound off- but it is ESPN+, so the talking heads are Steven Davis and Wayne Simien!.
HC Bill Self today on Darryn: "...the situation is, and I’ve said it all along, when he’s ready, he’s ready. So we’ll just wait and see how that goes."
HCBS is happy with the health of everyone else.
Which means, at least in my book.- DP is DnP again.
AY2025-26 Davidson Wildcats MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER per ESPN.com
AY2025-26 KANSAS JAYHAWKS MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTERLEGEND
$ Walk on (grandfathered in, so don't count against roster limits; no new W in the future under current guidelines)
~ Redshirting this season
* Past Redshirt
# Transfer with 1 year to play
Injury Status at Covers.com Covers lists the latest Injury Status for each regular season and postseason game.
KANSAS: DnP?
DAVIDSON: Logan ?
LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!
Rock chalkin' around Mount Oread on a cold December Day.
Davidson Wildcats are in town and tonight they're going to play
Another game against ol' KU, may our Jayhawks win this fight
on another KU MEN'S BASKETBALL...
... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL NIGHT!
Yes, JAYHAWKS fans, our AP#17 Kansas Jayhawks (#16 overall per KenPom, and #8 KenPom defense) host those pesky Wildcats of Davidson in "THE PHOG" Monday night at 7 PM CT on ESPN+. Does "Davidson" curry any favorite thoughts in your Jayhawk basketball fan brains?
KU and Davidson have played just 3 times, with KU having the edge 2-1 thanks in no small part to stalwart Jayhawks defenders preventing Steph Curry from getting the ball so he could take what would have been the game winning three point shot in Detroit Michigan back in March 2008. Since then the two programs have played twice in December in KCMO, with Davidson winning in 2011 and KU winning in 2016. Having traveled to KC twice before to play KU, the Wildcats finally get a chance to play in historic Allen Fieldhouse. (Link to KU v Davidson history)
Last time out the 8-3 Wildcats (overall #120 in KenPom ratings) lost at home (Davidson, NC) to All Time Winningest Program #6 Temple (KenPom #149) 83-63. The Wildcats' other two losses were to the now 10-2 Gaels of St. Mary's (KenPom #33, played in Davidson) and the now 10-1 Utah State Aggies (#30 KenPom) on a neutral court in the Charleston Classic.
All of this suggest that KU will have a very good result in AFH on Monday.
And reflecting this, ESPN analystics have KU winning over 95% of the time [url=https//www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401819887/davidson-kansas](Link)[/url]
Here's a link to the KUAthletics.com pregame article
The article contains links to the pregame KANSAS Notes
and to the kuleanplayer for those who want to listen to the Jayhawk Network call with the TV sound off- but it is ESPN+, so the talking heads are Steven Davis and Wayne Simien!.
HC Bill Self today on Darryn: "...the situation is, and I’ve said it all along, when he’s ready, he’s ready. So we’ll just wait and see how that goes."
HCBS is happy with the health of everyone else.
Which means, at least in my book.- DP is DnP again.
AY2025-26 Davidson Wildcats MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER per ESPN.com
Matt McKIllop Head Coach
# NAME POS HT WT CLASS BIRTHPLACE
0 Manie Joses F 6' 7" 190 lbs SO London, England
3 Nick Coval G 6' 2" 175 lbs FR Orefield, PA
4 Josh Scovens G 6' 6" 220 lbs JR Greensboro, NC
5 Parker Friedrichsen G 6' 4" 200 lbs JR Bixby, OK
6 Devin Brown G 6' 6" 200 lbs FR Lewis Center, OH
7 RJ Greer G 6' 3" 175 lbs FR Centerville, OH
8 Joe Hurlburt G 6' 11" 235 lbs SR Enderlin, ND
11 Sam Brown G 6' 3" 185 lbs JR Merion Station, PA
12 Hunter Adam G 6' 7" 220 lbs JR Christchurch, New Zealand
14 Phillip Kavu G 6' 2" 175 lbs FR Manchester, England
15 Sean Logan F 6' 10" 235 lbs SR Westfield, NJ
16 Ian Platteeuw G 7' 0" 232 lbs FR Barcelona, Spain
24 JaQualon Roberts F 6' 8" 230 lbs JR Bloomington, IN
45 Roberts Blums G 6' 4" 200 lbs SO Riga, Latvia
50 John Nowland F 6' 8" 220 lbs JR Spokane, WA
51 Brock Matheny G 5' 10" 155 lbs SR Davidson, NCAY2025-26 KANSAS JAYHAWKS MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER
# NAME POS HT / WT CLASS HOME
0 Nginyu Ngala# G 5-10/180 Gr Montreal, QC Canada
1 Jayden Dawson# G 6-4/195 Sr Omaha NE
3 Tre White# G 6-7/205 Sr Dallas TX
6 Samis Calderon F 6-8/200 Fr Espirito Santo Brazil
7 Kohl Rosario G 6-5/185 Fr Miami FL
11 Jamari McDowell SG 6-4/180 So* Manvel TX
12 Wilder Evers$ G 6-4/195 Jr* Birmingham AL
13 Elmarko Jackson PG 6-3/195 So* South Kent CT
14 Melvin Council Jr# G 6-4/185 Sr Rochester NY
15 Bryson Tiller F 6-10/240 Fr* Atlanta GA
21 Will Thengvall$ G 6-3/185 So Wichita KS
22 Darryn Peterson G 6-5/195 Fr Canton OH Game day decision
25 Justin Cross$ F 6-8/200 Sr* South Kent CT
34 Paul Mbiya C 6-11/260 Fr Dem Rep Congo
40 Flory Bidunga C 6-9/220 So Dem Rep Congo
REDSHIRT THIS YEAR
2 Corbin Allen G 6-6/185 Fr~ Kansas City MO$ Walk on (grandfathered in, so don't count against roster limits; no new W in the future under current guidelines)
~ Redshirting this season
* Past Redshirt
# Transfer with 1 year to play
Injury Status at Covers.com Covers lists the latest Injury Status for each regular season and postseason game.
KANSAS: DnP?
DAVIDSON: Logan ?
LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain "Innocents Abroad"
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