Kansas Jayhawks vs. UTEP Miners basketball: Lineups, time, streaming, facts & figures

THE DETAILS

When/where: 7 p.m. Tuesday, T-Mobile Center, Kansas City

TV/radio: ESPN+ (streaming only, subscription required); WHB (810 AM)

PROJECTED LINEUPS

About UTEP (4-3): The Miners have defeated Western New Mexico (85-57), Northern New Mexico College (88-53), Pacific (73-64), and Florida A&M (67-53) and lost to New Mexico State twice (77-71 and 72-69) and UC Riverside (52-40). … UTEP went 1-of-24 from three in its home loss to UC Riverside. Two starters missed that game because of COVID-19 protocols. … UTEP is 32-91 all-time against ranked opponents. It has six road wins against Top 25 teams throughout history. The last time the Miners defeated a ranked team was a 74-65 double-overtime road win against No. 25 UAB on Jan.30, 2010. ... UTEP point guard Jamal Bieniemy’s uncle Eric was an All-American running back at Colorado, played nine seasons in the NFL and is now the offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs. Jamal Bieniemy, a transfer from Oklahoma, has scored in double figures in all seven games. ... Other transfers on the roster: Souley Boum (San Francisco), Christian Agnew (North Alabama), Alfred Hollins (Oregon State) and Tydus Verhoeven (Duquesne). … Joe Golding, in his first year at UTEP, is 162-146 in his 11th season as a college head coach. He spent 10 years at Abilene Christian (158-144), helping it transition from Div. II to Div. I. Golding led the Wildcats to the past two NCAA Tournaments. No. 14-seed Abilene Christian beat No. 3-seed Texas in the first round of the 2021 NCAAs. … UTEP was picked to finish 10th of 14 teams in Conference USA, according to the preseason poll of league coaches. UAB was picked to win league.

About No. 8 Kansas (6-1): KU is 2-3 all-time against UTEP. The Jayhawks erased a 14-point halftime deficit to defeat the Miners, 67-62, last season in Allen. Ochai Agbaji scored 19 points, while David McCormack had 18 points and 10 rebounds and Marcus Garrett 11 points and five assists. Bryson Williams, now at Texas Tech as a graduate transfer, scored 23 points and Souley Boom 16 points for UTEP. … The first meeting between the teams was an 81-80 overtime win for UTEP, then known as Texas Western, in the second round of the 1966 NCAA Tournament in Lubbock, Texas. Texas Western went on to win the 1966 NCAA title. The Miners beat the Jayhawks, 66-60, in a second-round NCAA Tournament game in 1992. ... .KU has won the last two matchups with UTEP — last year’s game plus a 67-63 victory on Nov. 30, 2013, in the third-place game of the Battle 4 Atlantis. ... Kansas is 43-10 all-time in T-Mobile Center which opened in October of 2007. KU is 229-84 all-time in games played in Kansas City. ... Beginning in 1984-85, KU has played at least one regular season game (in an in-season tournament or game on KU’s home schedule) in Kansas City in 32 of the last 35 seasons. KU only missed 1987-88, 1990-91 and 1996-97 and in those seasons the Jayhawks played league tournament or NCAA Tournament postseason games in KC. ... KU after seven games leads the Big 12 in scoring offense (85.4 ppg), which is 12th nationally and field goal percentage (51.5%, sixth nationally). ... KU is trying to open 7-1 or better for the eighth consecutive season and 14th time in head coach Bill Self’s 19 seasons. ... Agbaji has started 84 consecutive games, tying him for ninth in KU history (with Jo Jo White) ... Christian Braun’s 31 points against St. John’s marks the fourth 20-plus point effort of his career. Over the last two games, Braun has combined for 49 points on 18-of-31 (58.0%) shooting. He has also scored in double-figures in six consecutive games. … Agbaji has scored 20 or more points in five of seven games. ... Kansas has had four or more players in double-figures scoring in three games this season.