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Kansas Jayhawks vs. Iona Gaels basketball: Lineups, time, TV, facts and figures

THE DETAILS

When/where: 12 p.m. Central time, Sunday, HP Field House, Kissimmee, Florida.

TV/radio: ESPN; WHB (810 AM)

PROJECTED LINEUPS

P

No.

IONA (6-1)

Ht.

Yr.

PPG

F

23

Nelly Junior Joseph

6-9

Soph.

15.7

F

11

Quinn Slazinski

6-9

Jr.

10.4

G

0

Berrick JeanLouis

6-4

Sr.

3.6

G

2

Elijah Joiner

6-3

Sr.

9.3

G

25

Tyson Jolly

6-4

Sr.

14.4

P

No.

KANSAS (4-1)

Ht.

Yr.

PPG

F

33

David McCormack

6-10

Sr.

7.2

G

2

Christian Braun

6-6

Jr.

13.0

G

30

Ochai Agbaji

6-5

Sr.

23.6

G

11

Remy Martin

6-0

Sr.

12.2

G

3

Dajuan Harris

6-1

Soph.

2.8

About Iona: Iona, which defeated Alabama 72-68 in the first round of the ESPN Events Invitational on Thursday, lost to Belmont 72-65 in Friday’s semifinals. Iona entered the tourney with wins over Appalachian State (65-53), Harvard (90-87, OT), Hofstra (82-74), Liberty (54-50) and North Alabama (81-65). … Three of Iona’s starters are transfers: Elijah Joiner from Tulsa, Quinn Slazinski from Louisville and Tyson Jolly from SMU. … Nelly Junior Joseph is a preseason all-MAAC first-team selection. … Iona entered this tournament with one victory over a team ranked in the AP top ten in school history. The Gaels beat No. 7 Louisville during the 1979-80 season. Iona’s win over No. 10 Alabama was the Gaels’ first win over an AP top 25 team in 16 years — since a victory over No. 23 Iowa State on Nov. 26, 2005. Iona has won five games against top 25 teams. The other two were against No. 14 Texas A&M in the 1979-80 season and No. 22 North Carolina in the 2002-03 season. ... Iona has never defeated a top-five ranked team. … Iona was a unanimous pick of MAAC coaches to win the 11-team conference title this season. … The Gaels have captured a league-best 10 regular season titles in 40 MAAC seasons. … Hall of Famer Rick Pitino is in his second season as Iona head coach. He’s also been head coach at Louisville, Kentucky, Providence, Boston University and Hawaii. Pitino is 788-278 in 33 seasons as a head coach in the college ranks. … Pitino is 1-1 versus Kansas. His Kentucky Wildcats split a pair of games against Roy Williams’ Jayhawks. KU won 150-95 on Dec. 9, 1989 at Allen Fieldhouse; Kentucky won 88-71 on Dec. 8, 1990 at Rupp Arena.

About Kansas: This will be the first game Bill Self has coached against fellow Hall of Famer Pitino. Self’s KU, Illinois, Tulsa and Oral Roberts teams until Sunday had yet to be matched against a Pitino-coached squad. Self has scrapped the suit and tie look for casual wear on the bench this season. Pitino has continued to wear coat and tie. … Kansas is 3-1 all-time versus Iona. KU lost to Iona, 81-77, on Feb. 7, 1980 in New York. The Jayhawks defeated the Gaels 94-64 on Jan. 10, 1981 in Lawrence; 100-67 on Dec. 29, 1988 in Kansas City and 86-66 on Nov. 19, 2013 in Lawrence. … The Jayhawks are 4-1 all-time in the ESPN Events Invitational. … Self is 526-119 as KU coach. …Ochai Agbaji has started 82 straight games. … KU has used at least 11 players in every game this season. … The Jayhawks have led at halftime in all five games. … Kansas had three players score in double-figures in Friday’s semifinal loss to Dayton: Agbaji (21 points) Remy Martin (17 points) and Christian Braun (17 points). It marked the fifth time this season the Jayhawks had three or more players in double-figure scoring. … Agbaji scored 20 points in four of five games this season and 11 times in his career. … Agbaji has started 82 consecutive games. … Martin surpassed the 1,800 point mark on Friday. … Braun has scored in double-figures in each of KU’s five games. Braun has had five or more rebounds in all five games. … Freshman Zach Clemence has made at least one three-pointer in four of five games.