The KU basketball team will get the 2016-2017 season started with an exhibition against the Washburn Ichabods.
The Kansas Jayhawks begin their quest for their thirteenth consecutive Big 12 Conference regular season championship.
The Jayhawks will have a streamlined rotation this season as Bill Self has just ten active scholarship players. Luckily, there are several veterans to help the youngsters along.
Exhibitions like these against Washburn help the team get its feet wet just a little bit before they start playing teams for real. Kansas will need to get ready quickly, as their first two regular season matchups as against Indiana and Duke.
The KU Basketball Live Stream and TV Vitals
- Who: Washburn Ichabods (0-0)
- Where: Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, Kansas
- Tipoff Time: 7:00 PM (Central time)
- TV Channel: Jayhawk TV/Metro Sports
- KU Basketball Live Stream: ESPN3/ESPN Full Court
For people who live in Kansas or Western Missouri, the KU basketball live stream on ESPN will be blacked, and if you do not have Time Warner or subscribe to the local cable company in Lawrence, you will have to find somewhere that does to catch the Kansas Jayhawks in action.
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The matchup should give head coach Bill Self a chance to play his three freshmen a lot of minutes. Newcomers Josh Jackson, Udoka Azubuike, and Mitch Lightfoot, as well as transfer Dwight Coleby will get their first chance to play a game in front of their raucous home crowd.
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For sophomores Carlton Bragg Jr.and Lagerald Vick, it is an opportunity to embrace their larger roles with the team this season.
Veterans like Frank Mason III, Landen Lucas, Devonte’ Graham, Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk get the chance to develop live-action chemistry with their teammates.
The Kansas Jayhawk are ranked high to start the season. CBS Sports has them ranked number three in the nation, and they are second in the preseason coaches’ poll. The pressure will be on them early with games against Indiana and Duke on neutral courts to start the regular season.
The pressure will be on them early with games against Indiana and Duke on neutral courts to start the regular season. The Jayhawks will need to find their comfort level quickly in these practice games.
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This KU basketball team should be a lot of fun to watch. They need to use these exhibition games wisely to prepare for the big boys that are coming up in the next couple of weeks.