Kansas basketball vs Samford officially set. Here’s time, date for NCAA tournament game
LAWRENCE — Kansas basketball will open up its NCAA tournament stay Thursday with a round of 64 matchup in Salt Lake City against No. 13-seed Samford.
The No. 4-seed Jayhawks (22-10) are coming into March Madness on a two-game slide, and in recent weeks coach Bill Self’s squad has struggled to garner much of any momentum against Big 12 Conference opponents. Their most recent outing was a second-round loss in the Big 12 tournament against Cincinnati, a team that didn’t make the NCAA tournament. But all that matters now is how many wins they can put together as they chase the third national championship of the Self era at KU. And that starts against a Bulldogs (29-5) team that has already captured the Southern Conference's regular season and tournament championships.
Kansas should have both graduate senior guard Kevin McCullar Jr. and senior center Hunter Dickinson back, after both missed the Big 12 tournament this past week due to injury. When the Jayhawks are healthy, they have one of the best — if not the best — starting fives in the nation. It’s just a matter of how far that group can take them.
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What time does Kansas basketball play Samford in 2024 NCAA tournament?
Kansas plays Samford at 8:55 p.m. (CT) and it will be televised on TBS. The round of 64 matchup is going to be on Thursday in Salt Lake City.
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Jordan Guskey covers University of Kansas Athletics at The Topeka Capital-Journal. He is the National Sports Media Association’s sportswriter of the year for the state of Kansas for 2022. Contact him at jmguskey@gannett.com or on Twitter at @JordanGuskey.
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