No. 1 Kansas, loaded with experience and newcomers, opens vs. Howard
- FLM
- Nov 01, 2024
No. 1 Kansas looks to shake off a disappointing end to the 2023-24 season when its revitalized roster opens the new campaign with a nonconference game against Howard on Monday in Lawrence, Kan.
The Jayhawks are picked to win the sturdy Big 12 Conference, while the Bison are predicted to win the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
The Jayhawks are one of five Big 12 teams in the preseason AP top 10, joined by No. 4 Houston, No. 5 Iowa State, No. 8 Baylor and No. 10 Arizona.
Howard, which has won the MEAC tournament and the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament each of the past two years, is led by Bryce Harris, the MEAC Preseason Player of the Year, and Marcus Dockery, a All-MEAC preseason second-team selection.
Harris led the Bison with 16.6 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, from the guard position, last season. Dockery finished third on the team with 13.5 points per game.
The Bison are hoping an early-August trip to Brazil will galvanize this year's squad.
"This trip is a huge part of our student-athlete experience," Howard coach Kenneth Blakeney said. "To expose them to another continent and a place that most of our student-athletes have never gone to is exciting for me.
"Our program is about exposure and the opportunity to have our kids spend time in a place that we have heard about and seen pictures of, which is something they will not soon forget."
The Jayhawks have size, depth and experience, as they return three of their top five scorers from the 23-11 squad that lost to Gonzaga in the second round of the NCAA Tournament last season. Kansas dropped five of its final seven games dating back to the regular season.
Hunter Dickinson, named to the AP Preseason All-America team, leads this year's squad. The senior center was a consensus second-team selection last season, when he finished with 17.9 points and 10.9 rebounds per game.
The two other stars back from last year's team are KJ Adams Jr. (12.6 points and 4.6 rebounds) and Dajuan Harris (8.5 points, 6.5 assists and 1.5 steals).
The Jayhawks also brought in a solid transfer class, including David Coit (from Northern Illinois), Rylan Griffin (Alabama), Zeke Mayo (South Dakota State), Shakeel Moore (Mississippi State) and AJ Storr (Wisconsin).
"I like them," Kansas coach Bill Self said of his transfers. "I think they all have a chance to contribute, and you can make a case where they've all been one of our better players on any particular day thus far, whether it's David Coit or Zeke Mayo or AJ or Rylan or Shakeel."
Kansas' recruiting class includes two highly touted freshmen, Rakease Passmore and Flory Bidunga.
Finding minutes for a roster full of stars is a perennial job for Self, something he always undersells -- and this year is no different.
"I think the question will be coming from a different place -- it's this way with all coaches and all programs," Self said. "How do they fit in with your present players and how do they fit in playing differently than maybe the way they played at their different place.
"I don't think we're quite comfortable yet. I think we have more talent. I think we're more athletic. I think we shoot it a little bit better. But do they fit exactly the way we've won over time? I think that still remains to be seen."
--Field Level Media
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0138.5 O/U
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0139.5 O/U
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EKY0
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LAS0
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20CINCY0
0148.5 O/U
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GAST0
0146 O/U
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VCU0
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Bluffton
PFW0
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BRWN
SIEN0
0137.5 O/U
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ODU0
0148 O/U
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CCSU
PROV0
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CHSO
CLEM0
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NCAT0
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CLEAR
DET0
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CIU
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Biblical Studies
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CSN
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W&M0
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OAK0
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12TENN0
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Hannibal-LaGrange
Kansas City0
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IONA
PRIN0
0144.5 O/U
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MIL0
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SYR0
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LYCB
QUEEN0
07:00pm -
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HAMP0
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7DUKE0
0146 O/U
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MAN
MD0
0134 O/U
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MONM
MIST0
0140.5 O/U
-187:00pm B1G+ -
MORS
SCST0
07:00pm -
MORE
LOU0
0144.5 O/U
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MRYW
COR0
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MTOL
UNCW0
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JOES0
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NDMY
MTSM0
07:00pm ESP+ -
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ETSU0
07:00pm ESP+ -
NH
MASS0
07:00pm ESP+ -
NIU
GASO0
0147.5 O/U
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NKY
FSU0
0146.5 O/U
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LYND
DART0
07:00pm ESP+ -
New College FL
STET0
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OHIO
JMU0
0144.5 O/U
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PENN
NJIT0
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RAD
PITT0
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RMU
WV0
0143.5 O/U
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DAYT0
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13TXAM
UCF0
0143.5 O/U
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TOL
TROY0
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TRI
JU0
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UNF
SCAR0
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SCUP
NCST0
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WMU
CCAR0
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DAV0
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BING
PSU0
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BOBJ
WCU0
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DALCHR
NW ST0
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FAU
INST0
0155.5 O/U
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LACO
TUL0
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LSUAX
LT0
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MSCOLL
SAM0
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BU0
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LONG0
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UGA0
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UAB0
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WGA
MSST0
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York
DRAKE0
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WSTMPA
YSU0
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AKRON
ARST0
0146.5 O/U
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ARMY0
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UALR0
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HOUC0
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MURR0
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USM0
0143.5 O/U
-48:00pm ESP+ -
CIT
BC0
0141.5 O/U
-16.58:00pm ESP+ -
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MICH0
0146 O/U
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USA0
0139 O/U
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WAKE0
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BRY0
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DSU
VT0
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DUB
UNI0
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ILL0
0145.5 O/U
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EMU
TXST0
0134 O/U
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FAIR
URI0
0148.5 O/U
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FAMU
TCU0
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HC
WISC0
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1KAN0
0152.5 O/U
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JAST
4HOU0
0137.5 O/U
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Jamestown
NDST0
08:00pm -
KENT
LA0
0142 O/U
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LAF
NOVA0
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NW0
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GW0
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MEM0
0153 O/U
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MVSU
5IAST0
0132 O/U
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TLSA0
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PARK
NAU0
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PQ
LAM0
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PRES
CHAR0
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NORF0
08:00pm -
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YALE0
0143.5 O/U
-108:00pm ESP+ -
SEMO
BRAD0
0141 O/U
-188:00pm ESP+ -
SNIND
DEP0
0145.5 O/U
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GRAMB0
08:00pm -
STFRIS
UIC0
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TXAMC
IOWA0
08:00pm B1G+ -
UTRGV
NEB0
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ILST0
0144 O/U
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TRTY
UTSA0
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UMES
VAN0
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UNION
PEAY0
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WKU0
0150.5 O/U
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08:05pm -
CHST
LCHI0
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CHA
ULM0
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TNST0
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21FLA
USF0
0150.5 O/U
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LIU
24MISS0
0146 O/U
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18MARQ0
0144.5 O/U
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0145 O/U
-128:30pm ESP+ -
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SUU0
08:30pm ESP+ -
WILCAR
SELA0
08:30pm ESP+ -
Westminster
SIUE0
08:30pm ESP+ -
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UTAH0
09:00pm ESP+ -
CSUF
GCU0
0140 O/U
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ELON
9UNC0
0151.5 O/U
-28.59:00pm ACCN -
EWU
COLO0
0153.5 O/U
-18.59:00pm ESP+ -
HAHILO
MONT0
09:00pm ESP+ -
LIND
OKLA0
0138 O/U
-25.59:00pm ESP+ -
NCAS
2ALA0
0159.5 O/U
-25.59:00pm ESPU -
NCUMN
STTHMN0
09:00pm ESPN -
NICH
NMEX0
09:00pm ESP+ -
NMHI
NMST0
09:00pm ESP+ -
NWU
IDHO0
09:00pm ESP+ -
NWU
WEB0
09:00pm ESP+ -
SOU
SDAK0
09:00pm -
SULRS
UTEP0
09:00pm ESP+ -
GB
OKST0
0150 O/U
-219:00pm ESP+ -
CONSP
WYO0
09:30pm -
UNA
AF0
09:30pm -
UND
COLST0
0143 O/U
-169:30pm -
CAN
10ARIZ0
0152.5 O/U
-3110:00pm ESP+ -
CHAT
USC0
0153.5 O/U
-11.510:00pm BTN -
COLC
NCO0
010:00pm ESP+ -
LAV
LBST0
010:00pm ESP+ -
LFEPAC
LMU0
010:00pm ESP+ -
OSU
19TEX0
0146.5 O/U
-2.510:00pm TNT -
SANFS
UCSB0
010:00pm ESP+ -
SHOU
NEV0
0142.5 O/U
-810:00pm -
TOWS
SMARY0
0127 O/U
-11.510:00pm ESP+ -
UIW
CABP0
010:00pm ESP+ -
UTU
ORST0
010:00pm ESP+ -
WIU
SJSU0
0133.5 O/U
-1010:00pm -
WIL
UOP0
010:00pm ESP+ -
RIDE
22UCLA0
0137.5 O/U
-20.510:30pm FS1 -
UCRV
ORE0
0144 O/U
-16.510:30pm B1G+ -
CHAP
UCI0
011:00pm ESP+ -
PRST
WSU0
0147 O/U
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ALST
UNLV0
011:30pm -
8BAYL
6GONZ0
0157.5 O/U
-3.511:30pm ESP2 -
CSUB
CAL0
0138 O/U
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