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Game Thread - KANSAS v Houston, B12T @T-MC 8:30 PM CT 2026-03-13 ESPN
1 day 19 hours ago - 1 day 14 hours ago #34838
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"
7:00 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 (link)
starting at 8:00 PM CT.
Once more… (riffing off Phil Lynott’s best tune)...
The Cougars are back in tow-ow-ow-ow-own!
Can KANSAS take them down?
The Cougars are back in town again!
Can KANSAS beat them back again?
It’s another KANSAS JAYHAWKS Men’s Basketball...
... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL NIGHT!
Friday at 8:30 PM CT on ESPN our B12T 3 seed KANSAS JAYHAWKS (23-9|12-6) once again take on the Cougars of B12T 2 seed Houston (27-5|14-4), this time in the semifinals of the Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament. KANSAS leads the series 7-5, having won the latest contest 18 days ago in AFH. KANSAS managed to top TCU to advance to tonight against Houston, who put away a stubborn, Richie Saunders-less BYU to advance. This is the first meeting of KU and UH in the B12T.
ESPN's Matchup Predictor says KANSAS wins just 27.1% of the time (link). The spread is 5.5 points in favor of UH. Our Jayhawks are going to have to play really well – MUCH better than last night, IMHO - on the newly installed hardwood floor in order to win!
asteroid’s game projections are not yet available as of post time, but I’m sure the averages will project a Houston win. I’ll update this ASAP.
Here is the link to CorpusJayhawk’s Rock Chalk Challenge newsletter with it’s postgame analysis of the TCU game (great stuff, as always!) and it’s projection for tonight’s game. The DPPI projection has Houston P(Win)=71.9%, separated by 4.4 points, a rounded score of 68-72 UH. Of course Corpus is personally projecting a 2 point KU victory, 66-64. I like the way the RCC Commish thinks, don’t you?
Here's the usual links...
KUAthletics.com: KANSAS to face Houston in Big 12 Semifinals Friday
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!
Once more… (riffing off Phil Lynott’s best tune)...
The Cougars are back in tow-ow-ow-ow-own!
Can KANSAS take them down?
The Cougars are back in town again!
Can KANSAS beat them back again?
It’s another KANSAS JAYHAWKS Men’s Basketball...
... Buh duh DUH duh DUH DUH duh duh duh duh DUH DUH DUH ... BALL NIGHT!
Friday at 8:30 PM CT on ESPN our B12T 3 seed KANSAS JAYHAWKS (23-9|12-6) once again take on the Cougars of B12T 2 seed Houston (27-5|14-4), this time in the semifinals of the Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament. KANSAS leads the series 7-5, having won the latest contest 18 days ago in AFH. KANSAS managed to top TCU to advance to tonight against Houston, who put away a stubborn, Richie Saunders-less BYU to advance. This is the first meeting of KU and UH in the B12T.
ESPN's Matchup Predictor says KANSAS wins just 27.1% of the time (link). The spread is 5.5 points in favor of UH. Our Jayhawks are going to have to play really well – MUCH better than last night, IMHO - on the newly installed hardwood floor in order to win!
asteroid’s game projections are not yet available as of post time, but I’m sure the averages will project a Houston win. I’ll update this ASAP.
Here is the link to CorpusJayhawk’s Rock Chalk Challenge newsletter with it’s postgame analysis of the TCU game (great stuff, as always!) and it’s projection for tonight’s game. The DPPI projection has Houston P(Win)=71.9%, separated by 4.4 points, a rounded score of 68-72 UH. Of course Corpus is personally projecting a 2 point KU victory, 66-64. I like the way the RCC Commish thinks, don’t you?
Here's the usual links...
KUAthletics.com: KANSAS to face Houston in Big 12 Semifinals Friday
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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