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Kansas takes on the Red Raiders in Kansas City

By Owen

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.

 


 

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
Texas-tech #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
Texas-tech #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
Texas-tech #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
Texas-tech #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
Texas-tech #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
Texas-tech #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
Texas-tech #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
Texas-tech #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
Texas-tech #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
Texas-tech #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
Texas-tech #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
Texas-tech #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
Kansas #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
Kansas #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
Kansas #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
Kansas #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
Kansas
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
Kansas #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
Kansas #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
Kansas #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
Kansas #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
Kansas #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
Kansas #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
Kansas #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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