Overview
- Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT) at Addition Financial Arena, with coverage on Peacock and NBCSN.
- Kansas is 10-3 after four straight wins since falling to No. 4 UConn, while UCF is 11-1 and off since a Dec. 23 win over Florida Atlantic.
- Freshman guard Darryn Peterson, Kansas’ leading scorer at 19.2 points per game, is expected to return after missing the last two contests.
- UCF features playmaker Themus Fulks, who ranks among national leaders in assists, and one of the Big 12’s top three-point attacks.
- Kansas leads the series and claimed an overtime win in last season’s Big 12 Tournament, and a local prediction projects an 83-74 Jayhawks win.