2011-12
OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL CONFERENCE PLACE CONF. TOURNEY POST-SEASON
32-7 16-0 8-2 8-5 16-2 1st   5-1 NCAA

ROSTER:

NO. POS. NAME CLASS HGT. WGT. Hometown (Previous School)
    RETURNEES:        
0 F Thomas Robinson Jr. 6'10 237 Washington, DC/Brewster Academy (NH)
2 G Conner Teahan Sr. 6'6 212 Leawood, KS/Rockhurst HS
4 F Justin Wesley So. 6'9 220 Ft. Wroth, TX/North Crowley HS/Lamar
5 C Jeff Withey Jr. 7'0 235 San Diego, CA/Horizon HS
10 G Tyshawn Taylor Sr. 6'3 185 Hoboken, NJ/Anthony HS
15 G Elijah Johnson Jr. 6'4 195 Las Vegas, NV, Cheyenne HS
20 G Niko Roberts So. 5'11 175 Huntington, NY/St. Anthony's HS
24 F Travis Releford Jr. 6'6 207 Kansas City, MO/Bishop Miege HS
25 G Jordan Juenemann Sr. 6'3 195 Hays, KS/Hays HS
40 F Kevin Young Jr. 6'8 185 Perris, CA/Perris HS/Loyola Marymount
    NEW FACES:        
1 G Naadir Tharpe Fr. 5'11 170 Worcester, MA/Brewster Academy (NH)
21 G Christian Garrett Fr. 6'3 170 Los Angeles, CA/IMG Academy (FL)
22 G Merv Lindsay Fr. 6'7 195 Moreno Valley, CA/Canyon Springs HS
    REDSHIRTS:        
23 G Ben McLemore Fr. 6'5 185 St. Louis, MO/Christian Life Center (TX)
31 F Jamari Traylor Fr. 6'8 215 Chicago, IL/IMG Academy (FL)

          * Varsity letter     Cpt. = Captain    # = Walk-on     % = Nonletterman

COACHES:

HEAD COACH

Bill Self, 6th Year

 


Joe Dooley - Assistant Coach
Kurtis Townsend - Assistant Coach
Danny Manning - Assistant Coach
Barry Hinson - Director of Men's Basketball Operations
Brennan Bechard – Asst. Director of Men's Basketball Operations
Jeff Forbes - Video Coordinator

LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR (2011 stats):

PLAYER LOSSES Class Hgt. POS. G/GS PTS PPG RBS RPG PPts STATUS
Brady Morningstar Sr. 6'4 G 38/25 271 7.1 85 2.2   Graduated
Tyrel Reed Sr. 6'3 G 38/38 369 9.7 118 3.1   Graduated
Mario Little Sr. 6'5 F/G 32/1 164 5.1 94 2.9   Graduated
Markieff Morris Jr. 6'9 F 38/35 518 13.6 316 8.3   To NBA
Marcus Morris Jr. 6'8 F 38/36 654 17.2 290 7.6   To NBA
Royce Woolridge Fr. 6'2 G 16/0 9 0.6 8 0.5   Transferred
Josh Selby Fr. 6'2 G 26/11 206 7.9 58 2.2   To NBA
TOTALS         2,191 57.7

969

25.5    

 

PRESEASON OUTLOOK:
 

 

 

 

 

SEASON SUMMARY:
 

 

2012  FINAL TEAM STATISTICS (Team highs in bold):

CATEGORY

KU

OPP

DIFF

Robinson, Thomas Taylor, Tyshawn Johnson, Elijah Withey, Jeff Releford, Travis Teahan, Conner

Games Played/Started

39 39   39/39 39-38 39-38 39-39 39-38 39-2

Minutes

7825 7825   1,240 1,303 1,254 968 1,206 818

    Per Game

      31.8 33.4 32.2 24.8 30.9 21.0

Points

2867 2407 460 692 647 397 350 332 213

    Per Game

73.5 61.7 11.8 17.7 16.6 10.2 9.0 8.5 5.5

Rebounds

1469 1256 213 463 91 126 245 164 80

    Per Game

37.7 32.2 5.5 11.9 2.3 3.2 6.3 4.2 2.1
    Offensive 449 419 30 113 8 16 81 62 25
    Defensive 1020 837 183 350 83 110 164 102 55

Blocks

222 137 85 34 6 2 140 7 1

Assists

587 436 151 72 186 137 29 69 41

Steals

285 253 32 42 52 55 25 46 28
Turnovers 506 533 -27 104 138 71 49 37 36
(Assists+Steals)/TO 1.72 1.29 0.43 1.10 1.72 2.70 1.10 3.11 1.92

FG -Attempts

2,169 2,176 -7 517 474 344 211 239 187

       Made

1,023 826 197 261 226 148 113 119 68

       Percent

47.2 38.0 9.2 50.5 47.7 43.0 53.6 49.8 36.4
3FG-Attempts 643 694 -51 14 152 204 0 80 152
      Made 222 236 -14 7 58 69 0 26 51
      Percent 34.5 34.0 0.5 50.0 38.2 33.8 0.0 32.5 33.6

FT-Attempts

863 721 142 239 199 46 156 104 31

     Made

597 519 78 163 137 32 124 68 26

     Percent

69.2 72.0 -2.8 68.2 68.8 69.6 79.5 65.4 83.9

Production Points/Game

90.05 61.64 28.41 22.23 13.69 11.18 15.64 10.90 5.21
Production Points/Minute .449 .307 .136 .699 .410 .348 .630 .352 .248

Statistics, Cont'd

CATEGORY Young, Kevin Junemann, Jordan Wesley, Justin Lindsay, Merv Tharpe, Naadir West, Anthony Garrett, Christian Roberts, Niko Team
Games Played/ Started 38/0 15/1 38/0 12/0 32/0 1/0 7/0 7/0  
Minutes 432 47 326 26 175 1 15 14  
   Per Game 11.4 3.1 8.6 2.2 5.5 1.0 2.1 2.0  
Points 130 19 45 11 29 0 0 0 2
   Per Game 3.4 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Rebounds 114 8 59 3 10 0 2 2 102
   Per Game 3.0 0.5 1.6 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3  
   Offensive 52 1 26 0 3 0 1 0 61
    Defensive 62 7 33 3 7 0 1 2 41
Blocks 16 1 14 1 0 0 0 0  
Assists 24 2 1 1 21 0 1 3  
Steals 20 1 6 1 7 0 0 2  
Turnovers 29 2 11 0 22 0 1 2 4
(Assists+Steals)/TO 1.52 1.50 0.64 - 1.27 0.00 1.00 2.50  
FG - Attempts 98 18 30 9 38 0 0 4  
         Made 47 8 17 5 11 0 0 0  
         Percent 48.0 44.4 56.7 55.6 28.9 0.0 0.0 0.0  
3FG-Attempts 9 6 0 3 22 0 0 1  
        Made 3 1 0 1 6 0 0 0  
        Percent 33.3 16.7 0.0 33.3 27.3 0.0 0.0 0.0  
FT - Attempts 51 6 26 1 2 0 0 2  
        Made 33 2 11 0 1 0 0 0  
        Percent 64.7 33.3 42.3 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Production Points/Game 5.42 1.00 2.26 1.00 0.53 - 0.29 -0.14  
Production Points/Minute .477 .319 2.64 .462 .097 - .133 -.071  

Source:   KU Basketball Media Guide

GAME-BY-GAME

DATE            OPPONENT                  W/L    SCORE  ATTEND
------------    --------------------      ---    -----  ------

   11/11/11        TOWSON                 W     100-54   16300

   11/15/11     vs KENTUCKY                 L    65-75   19979

   11/21/11     vs Georgetown             W      67-63    2400

   11/22/11     vs UCLA                   W      72-56    2400

   11/23/11     vs Duke                     L    61-68    2400

   11/30/11        FLORIDA ATLANTIC       W      77-54   16300

   12/03/11        SOUTH FLORIDA          W      70-42   16300

   12/06/11        LONG BEACH STATE       W      88-80   16300

   12/10/11        OHIO STATE             W      78-67   16300

   12/19/11     vs Davidson                  L    74-80   18757

   12/22/11     at USC                    W      63-47    6431

   12/29/11        HOWARD                 W      89-34   16300

   12/31/11        NORTH DAKOTA           W      84-58   16300

  *01/04/12        KANSAS STATE           W      67-49   16300

  *01/07/12     at Oklahoma               W      72-61   11268

  *01/11/12     at Texas Tech             W      81-46    7454

  *01/14/12        IOWA STATE             W      82-73   16300

  *01/16/12        BAYLOR                 W      92-74   16300

  *01/21/12     at Texas                  W      69-66   16734

  *01/23/12        TEXAS A&M              W      64-54   16300

  *01-28-12     at Iowa State               L    64-72   14376

  *02/01/12        OKLAHOMA               W      84-62   16300

  *02/04/12     at Missouri                 L    71-74   15061

  *02/08/12     at Baylor                 W      68-54   10334

  *02/11/12        OKLAHOMA STATE         W      81-66   16300

  *02/13/12     at Kansas State           W      59-53   12528

  *02/18/12        TEXAS TECH             W      83-50   16300

  *02/22/12     at Texas A&M              W      66-58    6868

  *02/25/12        MISSOURI               W  OT  87-86   16300

  *02-27-12     at Oklahoma State         W      70-58   10552

  *03/03/12        TEXAS                  W      73-63   16300

   03/08/12     vs Texas A&M              W      83-66   18972

   03/09/12     vs Baylor                   L    72-81   18972

   3/16/12      vs Detroit                W      65-50   17051

   3/18/12      vs Purdue                 W      63-60   16998

   03/23/12     vs North Carolina State   W      60-57   23964

   03/25/12     vs North Carolina         W      80-67   24107

   3/31/12      vs Ohio State             W      64-62   73361

   4/2/12       vs KENTUCKY               L    59-67   70913

 * - Conference game

 

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