KU Basketball: Where to Watch Jayhawks Vs Longhorns

The KU basketball team looks to extend their winning streak to ten games with a road win against the Texas Longhorns on Big Monday.

The Kansas Jayhawks clinched, at least, a share of the Big 12 title for the twelfth consecutive season with their win last Saturday against Texas Tech. A win on Monday against the Longhorns will secure the Big 12 title outright for the Jayhawks.

This game is one of two games left on their regular-season schedule for the Jayhawks. Both are going to be tough tests. Kansas has Iowa Sate coming up this weekend, but first the Jayhawks have travel to Austin, Texas to face the Longhorns for a chance to clinch the title outright. Texas is a very difficult team to play in their building, having only lost one game this year to Baylor.

While the Jayhawks host Iowa State this weekend on Senior Night at the Phog, Kansas would like to have sole possession of the conference title secured before that game.

The Jayhawks, who beat Texas by nine points at Allen Fieldhouse earlier in the season, are ranked number one this week in every major poll, several weeks since falling from that spot.

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Who: Texas Longhorns (19-10, 10-6)

Where: Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas

When: Monday, February 29th at 8:10 P.M.. Central

Network: ESPN

KU Basketball Live Stream: WatchESPN

The Kansas Jayhawks want to lock down sole possession of the Big 12 title. You can watch the KU basketball live stream on WatchESPN as the Jayhawks play the Texas Longhorns.

Texas Tech Red Raiders Team Leaders

Isaiah Taylor – 15.5 points per game
Connor Lammert – 5.4 rebounds per game
Taylor – 5.0 assists per game

Kansas Jayhawks Team Leaders

Perry Ellis – 16.1 points per game
Landen Lucas – 6.2 rebounds per game
Frank Mason III – 4.5 assists per game

Texas has four wins against top ten ranked teams, showing that they can beat anyone on any given night. This KU team is prepared, and battle tested. They shouldn’t get overwhelmed by this Texas team.

On Saturday, Texas defeated a very good Oklahoma team in convincing fashion on this court. Texas went on a 22-0 run at one point in the second half.

KU should be ready for a very intense game. Shaka Smart, the Longhorns’ coach, is very talented and look for him to press the Jayhawks’ guards early and often to try and upset their tempo and rhythm. Hopefully, Kansas will exhibit better ball control than they did in their road game against West Virginia under heavy pressure.

The Jayhawks need Wayne Selden to get back on track if they want to dominate in March. He’s only averaged 8.3 points a game over the last eight ballgames. He has averaged five rebounds a game over the last four outings, though, well over his 3.4 average for the season.

Frank Mason III has taken some shots injury-wise recently. Look for Self to continue working Devonte’ Graham more and maybe even allow Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk to take some ball-handling responsibilities so that Mason is 100 percent for the tournament. The shot he took to his neck in the Baylor game had to worry the majority of KU fans.

Kansas will not sit their starters by any means, but Self will look for opportunities to relax their minutes somewhat, and he has the depth to do that without missing much regarding productivity.

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Only the UCLA teams under John Wooden won more consecutive conference championships than Bill Self and the KU basketball program has put together. Nailing down sole possession with a road win, plus maybe securing a number one seed for the NCAA Tournament, will motivate the Jayhawks Monday.

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