Duke will travel to Indianapolis on for a Tuesday night battle with defending NCAA Champion Kansas. Kansas is led by Bill Self who in is his 20th year in Lawrence, but due to a university self imposed penalty Self will not coach the game. Norm Roberts a long time assistant and former St. Johns head coach will lead the Jayhawks. The Jayhawks are 2-0 after coming off wins against Omaha and North Dakota St. Kansas like Duke has major losses from last years team including final four MVP Ochai Agbaji , David McCormick and Christian Braun. They do return 2 starters in Jr's Jalen Wilson and Dajuan Harris.
Here are their starters and key reserves.
6-8 Rs Jr. Jalen Wilson 20.0 points, 10.0 rebounds
6-8 Fr. Gradey Dick 17.5 pts, 4.0 rebs.
6-6 Rs Sr. Kevin McCullar 8.0 pts, 2.5 rebs, Texas Tech trasnfer
6-1 Rs jr. Dajuan Harris 8.0 pts, 2.5 rebs. 6.5 assists
6-7 Soph. K J Adams 4.0 pts, 5.5 rebs.
6-5 Fr. MJ Rice 8.5 pts, 4.0 rebs
6-1 Soph. Bobby Pettiford 7.5 pts 0.5 rebs.
6-11 Fr. Ernest Udeh jr. 6.0 pts, 4.5 rebs.
6-0 jr. Joseph Yesufu 6.5 pts, 4.5 rebs. Drake transfer
The Jayhawks are averaging 85.5 points per game and allow 65.5. They are shooting 50.4% from the field and hold their opponents to 37.4% and are shooting 38.1% from three and limit their opponents to 26.4%. They are out rebounding their opponents by 14.5 per game and are committing 9.0 turnovers and forcing 13.5.
Notes: The game is scheduled for 9:30 pm or 30 minutes after the Kentucky-Michigan St game. It will be televised on ESPN. The Jayhawks have 2 players from Durham on their roster in MJ Rice who attended Oakhill last year and Sophomore Bobby Pettiford who played his high school basketball at South Granville high school.
