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Game thread - KANSAS v Houston MON FEB 23, 8:00 PM CT ESPN
3 weeks 2 days ago - 3 weeks 1 day ago #34653
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"
6:30 PM CT The Crimson and Blue Show radio coverage begins, leading into Brian Hanni and Greg Gurley calling the game for the Jayhawk Radio Network on the
kuleanplayer
starting at 7:30 PM CT.
Everybody loves somebody sometime...
Well, it’s lonesome in this old town.
Everybody is putting us down.
We’re faces all full of pain
Since we lost in THE PHOG again…
And coming up it’s Houston,
Houston.
Houston.
It’s another KANSAS JAYHAWKS Men’s Basketball...
... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL NIGHT!
Monday at 8:00 PM CT on ESPN’s Big Monday, our AP14 KANSAS JAYHAWKS (20-7|10-4) once again host a Top 10 team in Allen Fieldhouse as the AP5 Houston Cougars (23-4|11-3) come to Mount Oread. KANSAS leads the series 6-5, but UH has won three straight of the 4 games played since joining the Big 12. And the Cougars are currently on a 2 game losing streak, having lost the first two of their 6 “Gauntlet” games, at ISU and at home against UA. They will be striving hard to break that still short string of Ls to keep alive their hopes for at least a share of a third straight Big 12 regular season title in just their third year in the conference.
ESPN's Matchup Predictor says KANSAS wins just 40% of the time (link). The spread is 2.5 points in favor of UH. Of note, when then AP#1 ranked UA came to town two weeks ago for ESPN’s Big Monday game the projections were almost identical. It’s Big Monday time again, and the story goes that Self’s Jayhawks have never lost on Big Monday in 40 (or is it 41?) previous Big Monday matchups. Here’s to history repeating itself and that goose egg still being in the L column at the end of this game!
asteroid’s game projections are not yet available as of post time. His Big 12 projections, Round 15 project a 69-70 KU home loss.
May that L never happen!
Here is the link to CorpusJayhawk’s Rock Chalk Challenge newsletter projection. The DPPI essentially predicts a toss-up, separated by just 0.4 points, with the slightest of edges to UH, essentially a rounded score of 69-70 UH. Of course Corpus is personally projecting a 1 point KU victory, 68-67. I definitely prefer the DPPI model to asteroid’s projection, and of course the Corpus personal prediction, don’t you?
Here's the links to make you think...
KUAthletics.com: KANSAS to host Houston on ESPN Big Monday
KUAthletics.com: KANSAS v Houston Game Notes
KUAthletics.com: Opponent History - Houston
Get 'er done, Jayhawks!
AY2025-26 Houston Cougars 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
LET'S GO JAYHAWKS!
ROCK CHALK!
Everybody loves somebody sometime...
Well, it’s lonesome in this old town.
Everybody is putting us down.
We’re faces all full of pain
Since we lost in THE PHOG again…
And coming up it’s Houston,
Houston.
Houston.
It’s another KANSAS JAYHAWKS Men’s Basketball...
... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL NIGHT!
Monday at 8:00 PM CT on ESPN’s Big Monday, our AP14 KANSAS JAYHAWKS (20-7|10-4) once again host a Top 10 team in Allen Fieldhouse as the AP5 Houston Cougars (23-4|11-3) come to Mount Oread. KANSAS leads the series 6-5, but UH has won three straight of the 4 games played since joining the Big 12. And the Cougars are currently on a 2 game losing streak, having lost the first two of their 6 “Gauntlet” games, at ISU and at home against UA. They will be striving hard to break that still short string of Ls to keep alive their hopes for at least a share of a third straight Big 12 regular season title in just their third year in the conference.
ESPN's Matchup Predictor says KANSAS wins just 40% of the time (link). The spread is 2.5 points in favor of UH. Of note, when then AP#1 ranked UA came to town two weeks ago for ESPN’s Big Monday game the projections were almost identical. It’s Big Monday time again, and the story goes that Self’s Jayhawks have never lost on Big Monday in 40 (or is it 41?) previous Big Monday matchups. Here’s to history repeating itself and that goose egg still being in the L column at the end of this game!
asteroid’s game projections are not yet available as of post time. His Big 12 projections, Round 15 project a 69-70 KU home loss.
May that L never happen!
Here is the link to CorpusJayhawk’s Rock Chalk Challenge newsletter projection. The DPPI essentially predicts a toss-up, separated by just 0.4 points, with the slightest of edges to UH, essentially a rounded score of 69-70 UH. Of course Corpus is personally projecting a 1 point KU victory, 68-67. I definitely prefer the DPPI model to asteroid’s projection, and of course the Corpus personal prediction, don’t you?
Here's the links to make you think...
KUAthletics.com: KANSAS to host Houston on ESPN Big Monday
KUAthletics.com: KANSAS v Houston Game Notes
KUAthletics.com: Opponent History - Houston
Get 'er done, Jayhawks!
AY2025-26 Houston Cougars MEN'S BASKETBALL ROSTER per ESPN.com
Head Coach - Kelvin Sampson (Year 12)
# NAME POS HT WT CLASS BIRTHPLACE
0 Kordel Jefferson G 6' 3" 195 lbs SO Bogue Chitto, MS
1 Isiah Harwell G 6' 6" 220 lbs FR Pocatello, ID
3 Ramon Walker Jr. G 6' 5" 215 lbs SR Pearland, TX
4 Kingston Flemings G 6' 4" 190 lbs FR San Antonio, TX
5 Chris Cenac Jr. F 6' 11" 240 lbs FR New Orleans, LA
6 Bryce Jackson G 6' 6" 210 lbs FR Pearland, TX
7 Milos Uzan G 6' 4" 195 lbs SR Las Vegas, NV
8 Cedric Lath C 6' 10" 265 lbs JR Abidjan, Ivory Coast
11 Joseph Tugler F 6' 8" 230 lbs JR Monroe, LA
13 Jacob McFarland C 6' 11" 225 lbs SO Moreno Valley, CA
14 Kalifa Sakho F 6' 11" 230 lbs SR Rouen, France
21 Emanuel Sharp G 6' 3" 205 lbs SR Tampa, FL
24 Chase McCarty F 6' 5" 215 lbs FR Huntsville, AL
25 Mercy Miller G 6' 4" 200 lbs SO Sherman Oaks, CAAY2025-26 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
None
HOUSTON
K. Jefferson G Out - Knee Jan 02, '26
B. Jackson G Out - Redshirt Dec 08, '25LET'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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3 weeks 1 day ago #34678
by Bayhawk
The end is nothing; the road is all.
-- Jules Michelet
So good to see Tre fall back into form!! 
--RC
--RC
The end is nothing; the road is all.
-- Jules Michelet
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3 weeks 1 day ago #34679
by HawkErrant
AIn't it the Truth? AIn't it the Truth?
"All you really need is heart!"
And from that latter treasure trove, if whatever Lola wants, Lola gets,
here's hoping Lola wants a nice long winning streak for Bill's Boys in Crimson & Blue!
Not a particularly long one, just oh, say 13 wins in a row?
Yeah, THAT'S the ticket!
Oh, I'm gettin' old!
"Honey, I promise that one day I will grow up!"
(HE to Mrs HE... pick a date, any date...)
"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"
Bayhawk wrote: So good to see Tre fall back into form!!
--RC
AIn't it the Truth? AIn't it the Truth?
"All you really need is heart!"
And from that latter treasure trove, if whatever Lola wants, Lola gets,
here's hoping Lola wants a nice long winning streak for Bill's Boys in Crimson & Blue!
Not a particularly long one, just oh, say 13 wins in a row?
Yeah, THAT'S the ticket!
Oh, I'm gettin' old!
"Honey, I promise that one day I will grow up!"
(HE to Mrs HE... pick a date, any date...)
"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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