Top Overall Seed Kansas Begins their Journey with Lehigh

• Kansas holds the longest active NCAA Tournament appearance streak at 21 years.
• Kansas is a No. 1 seed for the ninth time since the seedings started in 1979.
• In the win against Texas A&M (March 12), Bill Self picked up his 200th win while at Kansas, joining Phog Allen (590-219 in 39 seasons), Ted Owens (348-182 in 19 seasons) and Roy Williams (418-101 in 15 seasons). Self is 200-42 in his seventh season. Self is the fastest coach in KU's rich history to reach the 200-win mark doing it in 242 games on the Jayhawks' sidelines. Williams won 200 at Kansas in 252 games, Allen in 265 games and Owens in 287 games.
• Kansas won its 2,000th all-time game with the 80-68 win against Texas Tech (March 11). Only Kentucky and North Carolina have also won 2,000 games. 
• Kansas posted its 30th victory of the season against Texas A&M (March 11). Kansas has now won 30-plus games nine times, including three of the last four seasons.

		PPG	FG%	FT%	3P%	RPG	ORPG	DRPG	APG	TPG	SPG	BPG	FPG
	LEH	75.1	45.6	71.6	40.0	36.5	10.2	26.3	15.1	13.0	6.2	2.5	17.9
	KU	81.8	48.8	70.1	40.9	40.5	12.9	27.6	17.1	13.0	8.4	6.4	18.3
	LEH Opponents	70.0	42.2	71.2	34.4	34.9	10.8	24.1	14.4	13.7	6.5	3.2	20.6
	KU Opponents	63.8	37.7	67.7	33.0	33.8	12.8	20.9	12.5	14.1	6.4	3.8	20.2

Kansas is 32-2 on the season and has won five straight and 18 of its last 19 games. Kansas is tied with Kentucky for the nation's best winning percentage at 94.1 and leads the nation in scoring margin at +18.0. KU averages 81.8 points per game and gives up 63.8 ppg.

Senior guard Sherron Collins was named the Big 12 Championshp MOP where he averaged 19 points and 6.7 assists in KU's three victories. Collins leads the team in scoring at 15.6 points per game and he has seven games
with 20 points or more this season.

Xavier Henry is scoring 13.6 points per game on the season. He averages 4.2 rebounds per game and leads KU with 50 steals.

Junior center Cole Aldrich, who was named 2010 Academic All-American of the Year and Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, has eight double-doubles in his last 16 games and 14 DDs in 2009-10. He is averaging nearly a double-double with 11.2 ppg and 9.9 rebounds per game. Aldrich's 118 blocked shots are a KU single-season record.

Sophomore forward Marcus Morris is third on the team in scoring at 12.3 ppg and second in rebounds at 6.1 rpg. Sophomore guard Tyshawn Taylor moved back into the starting lineup against Colorado (Feb. 20) and has started 23 games this season. He is second on the team with 114 assists and is scoring 7.4 ppg for the season.

Junior guard Brady Morningstar is scoring 4.3 points per game and averaging 3.0 assists per contest. Sophomore forward Markieff Morris, twin of Marcus, is a top reserve who averages 6.8 points and 5.4 rebounds in 2009-10. Junior guard Tyrel Reed averages 4.9 points per game, has 38 three-pointers and 67.9 percent of his field goals are from behind the arc.

Located in Bethlehem, Pa., with an enrollment of 4,700, Thursday will mark the first time Lehigh (22-10) has played in the NCAA Tournament since 2004 and it will be Lehigh's fourth NCAA appearance in school history (1985, 1988, 2004). The Mountain Hawks are coached by Brett Reed, who is in his third season, have won a school record 22 games this season, including five straight, with their latest win coming on Friday evening over archrival Lafayette in the 2010 Patriot League championship game.

Freshman guard C.J. McCollum leads the team in scoring with an 18.9 ppg. McCollum also leads Lehigh with 70 three-point field goals and 40 steals. His 76 assists are second on the squad behind senior guard Marquis Hall's 182. Hall is second on the team scoring 11 points per game, 53 three-pointers and 37 steals.

Senior forward Zahir Carrington leads the team with 6.7 rebounds per game and 39 blocked shots to complement his 10.8 ppg. He and freshman forward Gabe Knutson shoot a team-best 51.9 percent from the field. Knutson scores 9.6 ppg and is second on the team with 5.6 rebounds per outing. Senior guard Dave Buchberger (6.2 ppg, 2.8 rpg) rounds out the starters.

Junior guard Michael Ojo is a top reserve who scores seven points per game. Freshman forward Holden Greiner (3.6 ppg), junior guard Rob Keefer (3.6 ppg) and sophomore forward John Adams (3.0 ppg) each average more than nine minutes per game for the Moutain Hawks.

In 2009-10, Kansas played 14 games against 11 teams in this year's NCAA Tournament field: Baylor, California, Cornell, Kansas State, Missouri, Oakland, Oklahoma State, Temple, Tennessee, Texas and Texas A&M. KU went a combined 12-2 against those 11 squads in 2009-10.

• Kansas is the No. 1 seed for the ninth time since the NCAA Tournament started seeding in 1979 - 2010,2008, 2007, 2002, 1998, 1997, 1995, 1992 and 1986. This is the third time KU has been a No. 1 seed under Bill Self (2007-08-10). Kansas is 23-7 as a No. 1 seed and 8-0 against the No. 16 seed. The last time Kansas was a No. 1 seed was in 2008 when it went on to win the NCAA National Championship. Kansas in the NCAA Tournament.
• Kansas' 39th NCAA Tournament appearance.
• Kansas' 21-straight NCAA Tournament appearances, from 1990-2010, is the nation's longest active list and ranks second-best all time. North Carolina had 27 straight from 1975-2001. Note: Arizona had an actual streak of 25 consecutive appearances from 1985-2009 but its 1999 appearance was later vacated.
• Kansas is making its fourth NCAA Tournament trip to Oklahoma City and is 3-2 in the event in Oklahoma City. This will be Kansas' first trip to Oklahoma City since 2005 when it lost to Bucknell in the opening round. KU played in the Myriad Convention Center in 1998 and the Ford Center in 2003 and 2005. The 2003 KU squad advanced to the Final Four and the NCAA Championship game.
• Under head coach Bill Self, Kansas is 14-5 (73.7 percent) in the NCAA Tournament, with four Sweet 16s, three Elite Eights, one Final Four and one NCAA National Championship.
• In the last eight NCAA Tournaments, Kansas has a 23-7 (76.7 percent) record with one NCAA National Championship (2008), three Final Four (2002-03-08) and five Elite Eight (2002-03-04-07-08) appearances.
• The Jayhawks' 39 NCAA Tournament appearances are fourth nationally behind only Kentucky (50), UCLA (41) and North Carolina (41).
• Kansas sports an all-time NCAA Tournament record of 84-37 and the Jayhawks' 84 wins rank fifth behind North Carolina (102), Kentucky (98), UCLA (94) and Duke (88).
• The Jayhawks will play their 122nd NCAA Tournament game on Thursday, which ranks fourth all-time in NCAA history - Kentucky (142), North Carolina (141) and UCLA (128).
• KU is one of six schools that has won at least three NCAA Championships. The Jayhawks won the
  NCAA crown in 1952, 1988 and 2008.
• The Jayhawks have appeared in the Final Four 13 times - making KU one of just six schools to reach
  the Final Four 10-plus times.
• Kansas has won 11 games in the Final Four, which is sixth-best all time.
• Five different Jayhawks have been named NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player, including B.H.
  Born in 1953 and Wilt Chamberlain in 1957, who won the award even though KU lost in the finals. Clyde Lovellette (1952) and Danny Manning (1988) also won the honor. Mario Chalmers won the Most
  Outstanding Player Award for the 2008 NCAA Tournament.
• Former Jayhawk player and coach Dick Harp is the only person to play in the Final Four and later coach his alma mater in the Final Four.

Seven head coaches who have enjoyed NCAA Tournament success graduated from the University of Kansas. In fact, the 120 combined NCAA Tournament wins by those six men are easily the most by graduates of any one school. Dean Smith (KU '53), Adolph Rupp (KU '22), Phog Allen (KU '06), Ralph Miller (KU '42), Dick Harp (KU '40), Frosty Cox (KU '30) and Mark Turgeon (KU '87) have collectively compiled a record of 120-68 in NCAA Tournament play.

			GP	GS	MPG	PPG	FG%	FT%	3P%	RPG	ORPG	DRPG	APG	TPG	SPG	BPG	FPG
	#3	C. McCollum	32	30	31.719	18.906	46.6	81.2	42.9	4.938	1.312	3.625	2.375	1.906	1.25	0.188	1.469
	#1	M. Hall	32	32	31.469	11.031	37.3	72.2	37.1	3.562	0.531	3.031	5.688	2.188	1.156	0.094	2.281
	#42	G. Knutson	32	31	27.594	9.594	51.9	76.3	0.0	5.625	1.75	3.875	0.906	1.031	0.406	0.219	1.75
	#10	Z. Carrington	29	29	27.793	10.793	51.9	48.8	0.0	6.69	1.966	4.724	1.31	2.69	1.069	1.345	3.31
	#32	D. Buchberger	31	31	23.323	6.194	48.1	80.0	45.2	2.806	1.0	1.806	1.71	0.71	0.548	0.097	1.387
	#23	M. Ojo	32	1	18.406	6.969	41.1	79.5	36.7	3.281	0.781	2.5	1.062	1.312	0.781	0.125	2.281
	#20	H. Greiner	28	1	11.357	3.25	50.0	87.5	17.6	1.857	0.429	1.429	0.25	0.5	0.286	0.25	1.214
	#15	R. Keefer	31	2	9.065	3.645	37.5	79.4	61.5	0.839	0.097	0.742	0.355	0.774	0.129	0.097	0.71
	#5	P. Small	30	0	8.667	1.7	35.6	57.6	0.0	0.567	0.133	0.433	1.367	0.667	0.3	0.0	0.933
	#4	J. Adams	20	2	9.25	2.95	48.7	75.0	42.9	2.05	0.65	1.4	0.2	0.7	0.4	0.1	1.7
	#31	J. Maneri	18	0	8.444	2.5	68.2	65.2	0.0	1.667	0.389	1.278	0.111	0.444	0.167	0.056	1.556
	#44	J. Hamilton	14	0	5.643	1.714	45.0	66.7	25.0	0.786	0.286	0.5	0.143	0.429	0.0	0.286	0.929
			GP	GS	MPG	PPG	FG%	FT%	3P%	RPG	ORPG	DRPG	APG	TPG	SPG	BPG	FPG
	#4	S. Collins	34	34	32.765	15.588	43.0	85.1	38.0	2.0	0.176	1.824	4.441	2.324	1.118	0.059	1.559
	#1	X. Henry	34	34	27.529	13.647	45.2	78.9	41.5	4.206	1.206	3.0	1.529	1.912	1.471	0.529	1.882
	#45	C. Aldrich	34	34	26.794	11.235	55.9	67.9	0.0	9.882	3.029	6.853	0.882	1.5	0.765	3.471	2.618
	#22	M. Morris	34	31	24.559	12.265	55.7	67.1	32.1	6.059	2.588	3.471	1.029	1.235	0.971	0.353	2.559
	#15	T. Taylor	34	23	22.971	7.412	45.3	70.9	39.6	2.441	0.441	2.0	3.353	1.765	1.176	0.206	2.294
	#21	M. Morris	34	2	17.441	6.794	56.6	61.3	55.6	5.441	1.765	3.676	1.088	1.412	0.471	0.912	2.529
	#12	B. Morningstar	25	9	22.16	4.28	41.8	65.0	40.0	2.52	0.72	1.8	3.04	1.08	1.2	0.16	1.48
	#14	T. Reed	34	0	15.235	4.853	49.1	83.3	46.3	1.382	0.118	1.265	1.147	0.382	0.824	0.059	0.824
	#0	T. Robinson	32	1	7.156	2.594	48.5	40.5	0.0	2.656	1.031	1.625	0.281	0.812	0.219	0.5	1.312
	#15	E. Johnson	22	2	6.818	2.545	55.3	66.7	28.6	1.091	0.364	0.727	1.318	0.682	0.318	0.045	1.045
	#13	C. Henry	12	0	6.0	3.333	60.9	50.0	55.0	0.75	0.083	0.667	0.333	0.167	0.417	0.083	1.0
	#2	C. Teahan	16	0	4.438	1.25	31.8	60.0	33.3	1.188	0.625	0.562	0.375	0.25	0.188	0.062	0.438