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Game thread: KU @UCF, Orlando, SAT 12:30 PM CT Peacock and NBC SN
1 week 1 day ago - 1 week 1 day ago #34316
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"
(Come on, all you Moodies, you got this...)
Knights in black & gold
KU plays there again.
We remember the first time,
We didn't like the end.
This makes the third time
in five meets in their home.
It's the conference opener,
Bring a W home.
"Cause it's Big 12.
Yes, it's Big 12
and it's a...
... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL DAY!!
Saturday at 12:30 PM (Tipoff 1:00 PM) CT on PEACOCK and NBC SN, our 10-3 KANSAS JAYHAWKS face the Knights of Johnny Dukie, er Dawkins, once again in Orlando. The Jayhawks are 3-1 against the Knights, and have played two out of the previous four games in Orlando, losing 60-65 in January 2024 and trouncing the Black & Gold in January 2025 by 99-48. Now would be a good time to win the rubber match in Addition Financial Arena.
KUAthletics.com: KANSAS vs UCF Results
Last year for the first time in 34 years (since losing to OU in 1991 under Roy) KANSAS lost it's conference opening game.
Start a new win streak, Jayhawks! If you can't beat UCF, you are in for a verrry rough year this year. (To be accurate, it looks to be a rough year win or lose, so winning would be really, really nice!)
First and foremost on everyone's minds - Peterson is GO! . In comments late this week Self said he expects DP to play, and the linked Covers.com Injuries list does NOT have his name on it!
ESPN's Matchup Predictor favors KANSAS to win 67% of the time (link).
asteroid had not posted his predictions for this game at post time.
CorpusJayhawk has posted his Rock Chalk Challenge newsletter with the predictions for this game (and soooo much more) with KU squeaking out a road win in Orlando. (link) (Okay, his DPPI says it's a toss-up, but Corpus thinks KU wins by 6, so I stand by my interpretation.)
Here's some more links to make you think...
KUAthletics.com: KU opens Big 12 play at UCF
KUAthletics.com: KANSAS v UCF Game Notes
And of course, the link to the Jayhawk Radio Network presentation starting at 12:30 PM on the KUAthletic's Leanplayer
Welcome back (again), Darryn!
Get 'er done, Jayhawks!
AY2025-26 UCF Knights 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 REPORT
KANSAS: Thengvall (undisclosed reason)
UCF: E. Hulsewe C Questionable - Undisclosed; T. Jones G Out - Undisclosed
LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!
ROCK CHALK!
Knights in black & gold
KU plays there again.
We remember the first time,
We didn't like the end.
This makes the third time
in five meets in their home.
It's the conference opener,
Bring a W home.
"Cause it's Big 12.
Yes, it's Big 12
and it's a...
... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL DAY!!
Saturday at 12:30 PM (Tipoff 1:00 PM) CT on PEACOCK and NBC SN, our 10-3 KANSAS JAYHAWKS face the Knights of Johnny Dukie, er Dawkins, once again in Orlando. The Jayhawks are 3-1 against the Knights, and have played two out of the previous four games in Orlando, losing 60-65 in January 2024 and trouncing the Black & Gold in January 2025 by 99-48. Now would be a good time to win the rubber match in Addition Financial Arena.
KUAthletics.com: KANSAS vs UCF Results
Last year for the first time in 34 years (since losing to OU in 1991 under Roy) KANSAS lost it's conference opening game.
Start a new win streak, Jayhawks! If you can't beat UCF, you are in for a verrry rough year this year. (To be accurate, it looks to be a rough year win or lose, so winning would be really, really nice!)
First and foremost on everyone's minds - Peterson is GO! . In comments late this week Self said he expects DP to play, and the linked Covers.com Injuries list does NOT have his name on it!
ESPN's Matchup Predictor favors KANSAS to win 67% of the time (link).
asteroid had not posted his predictions for this game at post time.
CorpusJayhawk has posted his Rock Chalk Challenge newsletter with the predictions for this game (and soooo much more) with KU squeaking out a road win in Orlando. (link) (Okay, his DPPI says it's a toss-up, but Corpus thinks KU wins by 6, so I stand by my interpretation.)
Here's some more links to make you think...
KUAthletics.com: KU opens Big 12 play at UCF
KUAthletics.com: KANSAS v UCF Game Notes
And of course, the link to the Jayhawk Radio Network presentation starting at 12:30 PM on the KUAthletic's Leanplayer
Welcome back (again), Darryn!
Get 'er done, Jayhawks!
AY2025-26 UCF Knights MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER per ESPN.com
Johnny Dawkins Head Coach
# NAME POS HT WT CLASS BIRTHPLACE
0 Jeremy Foumena C 6' 11" 250 lbs JR Montreal, Canada
1 Themus Fulks G 6' 2" 185 lbs SR Winston-Salem, NC
2 Riley Kugel G 6' 5" 210 lbs SR Orlando, FL
3 George Beale Jr. G 6' 4" 200 lbs SR Suffolk, VA
4 Jamichael Stillwell F 6' 8" 225 lbs SR Atlanta, GA
5 Kris Parker G 6' 9" 201 lbs SO Tallahassee, FL
7 John Bol C 7' 2" 210 lbs SO Boma, South Sudan
9 Elijah Hulsewe C 7' 0" 270 lbs JR Orlando, FL
11 Carmelo Pacheco G 6' 5" 190 lbs JR Harrisonburg, VA
22 Chris Johnson G 6' 5" 196 lbs JR Houston, TX
24 Zach Johnson G 6' 6" 205 lbs FR Southern Pines, NC
30 Tanner Jones G 6' 4" 190 lbs FR Memphis, TN
33 Poohpha Warakulnukroh G 5' 11" 177 lbs SR Bangkok, Thailand
35 Devan Cambridge F 6' 6" 210 lbs SR Nashville, TN
99 Jordan Burks F 6' 9" 205 lbs JR Decatur, ALAY2025-26 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 REPORT
KANSAS: Thengvall (undisclosed reason)
UCF: E. Hulsewe C Questionable - Undisclosed; T. Jones G Out - Undisclosed
LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!
ROCK CHALK!
"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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