Kansas takes on the Red Raiders in Kansas City

by Owen Kemp on Mar 11, 2010 7:00 AM CST in Basketball Comment 36 comments

Kansas vs. Texas Tech

Conference Championship Time

Big 12 regular-season champion Kansas (29-2, 15-1) enters the 2010 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship as the No. 1 seed for the seventh time in the 14-year history of the league. KU won its sixth straight, 10th Big 12 and 53rd conference regular-season championship in 2010. Kansas will face No. 9 Texas Tech at 11:30 a.m. at the Sprint Center in Kansas City.

Kansas has won 10 conference tournament titles, including three of the last four and six of the 13 Big 12 championships. Since the Big 12's inception in 1997, Kansas is 12-1 in its first games, 11-2 in the quarterfinals, 7-4 in semifinals and 6-1 in championship games.

	PPG	FG%	FT%	3P%	RPG	ORPG	DRPG	APG	TPG	SPG	BPG	FPG
TTU	76.5	44.1	71.8	37.7	36.0	11.6	24.4	14.1	13.8	6.9	4.3	21.6
KU	82.2	48.9	69.7	40.4	40.6	13.2	27.4	17.1	12.8	8.6	6.4	18.4
TTU Opponents	76.1	43.3	70.3	33.2	38.5	13.2	25.3	12.5	15.2	6.9	3.7	21.7
KU Opponents	63.6	37.6	67.6	33.3	33.8	12.9	20.9	12.3	14.5	6.3	3.6	20.2

One Win from 2,000

Kansas enters the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship with 1,999 all-time victories. When KU wins its next game, it will become only the third school in NCAA Division I to amass 2,000 wins. Kentucky has 2,017 wins, while North Carolina earned its 2,000th win last week.

Rank and Records	TTU	KU
RPI	#68	#1
Strength of Schedule	#16	#11
Overall	17-14	29-2
Conference	4-12	15-1
Home	13-5	18-0
Away	4-9	9-2
Top 25	1-7	5-1
RPI Top 50	2-11	10-2

The Kansas-Texas Tech Series

Kansas leads the series with Texas Tech 18-4 as this series dates back to 1959. Since the inception of the Big 12, KU is 11-4 against Tech with a 10-4 record in the regular season and 1-0 mark in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship. The Jayhawks defeated the Red Raiders 90-50 in the 2002 semifinals in Kansas City. Earlier this season, Kansas won its conference home opener with an 89-63 win against Texas Tech in Allen Fieldhouse on Jan. 16.

NCAA Basketball Stats

Kansas in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship

Kansas has won more Phillips 66 Big 12 Championships than any other school with six. Oklahoma is next with three titles (2001-02-03). KU won the first three events in 1997-98-99, then the 2006-07-08 titles. KU is 6-1 in tourney title games having only lost the 2002 title to Oklahoma.
Kansas is the only team to have won at least 20 games in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship. The Jayhawks are 25-7 in the event, while Oklahoma is next at 19-10.
With an 11-3 (78.6 percent) record, KU head coach Bill Self has the highest winning percentage in Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship history.
Kansas has been the No. 1 seed seven times (1997, ‘98, ‘02, ‘03, '07, '09, ‘10), No. 2 seed four times (2001, ‘05, ‘06, '08), No. 3 seed twice (1999, ‘04), and the No. 5 seed in 2000.
Kansas has won 12 of its 13 first games in the Big 12 Championship with last year's loss to Baylor being the only blemish. The Jayhawks are 1-0 in opening round games and 11-2 in quarterfinal contests.
Kansas has reached the semifinals in 11 of the 13 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championships. The Jayhawks did not reach the 2000 and 2009 semis.
Kansas has won three of its six titles as the No. 1 seed - 1997, 1998 and 2007. KU was the No. 3 seed in its 1999 title run and the No. 2 seed in 2006 and 2008. The lowest seed to win the event was No. 3 - Kansas in 1999, Oklahoma in 2003 and Oklahoma State in 2005.

		GP	GS	MPG	PPG	FG%	FT%	3P%	RPG	ORPG	DRPG	APG	TPG	SPG	BPG	FPG
#21	J. Roberson	31	31	35.742	14.581	43.0	81.1	41.2	2.161	0.387	1.774	5.484	2.645	1.258	0.032	2.516
#32	M. Singletary	31	31	33.774	14.839	44.9	71.8	29.3	6.774	1.516	5.258	2.194	2.806	1.226	0.742	2.742
#23	N. Okorie	30	21	25.9	11.067	43.8	75.0	41.0	2.633	0.467	2.167	1.9	2.067	1.433	0.133	2.733
#5	D. Roberts	30	26	21.6	6.467	56.1	74.2	0.0	5.567	2.167	3.4	0.5	0.933	0.667	1.233	2.667
#31	D. Cohadarevic	30	27	21.467	6.533	43.2	73.3	0.0	4.933	1.933	3.0	1.1	1.533	0.267	0.333	2.933
#13	D. Tairu	31	6	20.516	9.774	47.9	71.0	45.8	2.968	1.419	1.548	0.548	1.065	0.258	0.161	1.968
#1	B. Reese	31	9	20.097	7.226	38.3	65.7	33.8	2.71	0.581	2.129	1.032	1.194	0.742	0.839	2.419
#15	R. Lewandowski	28	3	10.464	2.107	35.4	48.1	0.0	1.929	0.429	1.5	0.393	0.5	0.321	0.75	1.321
#20	T. Jenkins	29	0	9.655	3.103	42.5	65.6	12.5	2.069	0.655	1.414	0.517	0.828	0.586	0.207	1.621
#2	M. Davis	28	1	7.571	1.893	41.8	20.0	30.8	0.893	0.429	0.464	0.571	0.357	0.286	0.0	1.071
#10	W. Dunn	9	0	2.889	1.111	42.9	50.0	33.3	0.111	0.111	0.0	0.111	0.222	0.222	0.0	0.333
#4	C. Ray	2	0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
		GP	GS	MPG	PPG	FG%	FT%	3P%	RPG	ORPG	DRPG	APG	TPG	SPG	BPG	FPG
#4	S. Collins	31	31	32.806	15.258	42.3	83.9	37.6	2.032	0.129	1.903	4.258	2.355	1.194	0.065	1.516
#1	X. Henry	31	31	27.484	13.935	45.9	78.3	40.7	4.226	1.258	2.968	1.581	1.935	1.548	0.516	1.935
#45	C. Aldrich	31	31	26.677	11.323	55.3	68.3	0.0	9.71	3.032	6.677	0.903	1.387	0.774	3.548	2.516
#22	M. Morris	31	28	24.871	12.419	55.9	67.9	33.3	6.226	2.71	3.516	1.097	1.194	0.968	0.323	2.484
	T. Taylor	31	20	22.742	7.677	46.1	71.4	40.4	2.452	0.484	1.968	3.323	1.806	1.194	0.194	2.323
#21	M. Morris	31	2	16.742	6.548	57.3	58.7	52.9	5.323	1.742	3.581	1.0	1.29	0.452	0.839	2.581
#12	B. Morningstar	22	9	22.455	4.273	41.2	66.7	39.0	2.5	0.773	1.727	3.045	1.045	1.136	0.182	1.455
#14	T. Reed	31	0	15.194	4.613	48.1	88.9	44.9	1.387	0.129	1.258	1.161	0.355	0.871	0.065	0.871
#0	T. Robinson	29	1	7.552	2.828	51.6	40.0	0.0	2.759	1.103	1.655	0.31	0.828	0.241	0.483	1.379
#15	E. Johnson	21	2	7.095	2.667	55.3	66.7	28.6	1.143	0.381	0.762	1.381	0.714	0.333	0.048	1.095
#13	C. Henry	12	1	8.25	4.083	53.1	50.0	50.0	1.0	0.167	0.833	0.417	0.5	0.5	0.083	1.167
#2	C. Teahan	15	0	4.667	1.267	31.8	66.7	33.3	1.2	0.667	0.533	0.4	0.267	0.2	0.067	0.467

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2,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Only worried about Roberson and Singletary in this game, if one or both go off then we might have a game, if not, we’re marchin’ to the history books!

by I need more Esteban on Mar 11, 2010 7:41 AM CST reply actions

we better take care of biz today...

can’t lose two years in a row to the #9 seed in the conference tourney.

53 Conference Championships!! and now 6 IN A ROW!!! Holy Hell...Good Luck with That!!

by Owen Kemp on Mar 11, 2010 7:51 AM CST up reply actions

Yeah

Hopefully we jump on them early. I’m mad its on whilst I’m at work.

I moight be inclined to take a 2 hour lunch break today starting at about 11:30…

Shit happens when you win championships

by KU Grad 08 on Mar 11, 2010 8:50 AM CST up reply actions

It'll be on in the classroom today...

For math, we’re learning to add by two’s and three’s.

Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.

People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.

by Warden11 on Mar 11, 2010 8:55 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs

I'm working from home for the occasion

53 Conference Championships!! and now 6 IN A ROW!!! Holy Hell...Good Luck with That!!

by Owen Kemp on Mar 11, 2010 8:57 AM CST up reply actions

And hopefully (only in our case)

Some 4’s too. That’d be sick!

Shit happens when you win championships

by KU Grad 08 on Mar 11, 2010 9:07 AM CST up reply actions

what about the elusive five point play?

i think it goes…

make a three pointer while getting fouled
miss the free throw
slam down the rebound

i predict four or five today, minimum

by PhillyJayhawk on Mar 11, 2010 10:08 AM CST up reply actions

I love this

Rec’d, for sure.

Operation Final Four is a go. Proceed to target.

by Bensa on Mar 11, 2010 9:14 AM CST up reply actions

Do you also do Civil War week during the runup to the Mizzou games?

by DCJayhawk0208 on Mar 11, 2010 9:32 AM CST up reply actions

Of course

and it is taught as fact that Missouri is full of slavers. Then we watch Deliverance and I tell them it was inspired by canoe trips taken in southern Missouri.

/not really.

Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.

People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.

by Warden11 on Mar 11, 2010 9:44 AM CST up reply actions

Nianga river...

Man crush. Sherron.

by labbadabba on Mar 11, 2010 10:45 AM CST up reply actions

I will say

that last year’s number 9 team was a LOT better than this year’s, which is funny because I think the conference this year is sooo much better than last year. Baylor was just too talented to be a 9.

A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.

by SlamDunkTheFunk on Mar 11, 2010 11:12 AM CST up reply actions

no desire to work...

ESPN ought to have games before noon on the East Coast. I have no desire to work, and I’d love to put a basketball game on so I don’t have to.

by DCJayhawk0208 on Mar 11, 2010 9:32 AM CST reply actions

and I've officially given up

Laptop open, SportsCenter on, ’Cuse-Georgetown on in 40 minutes to occupy my time before the KU game. I might even crack open a beer. God I love working from home.

by DCJayhawk0208 on Mar 11, 2010 10:20 AM CST up reply actions