KU-EA Sports Probable starters

Kansas

F Nick Collison (6-9)

F Wayne Simien (6-9)

G Keith Langford (6-4)

G Kirk Hinrich (6-3)

G Aaron Miles (6-1)

EA Sports All-Stars

F Matt Garrison (6-9)

F Kelvin Gibbs (6-6)

F Marion Thurmond (6-8)

G Adonis Jordan (6-0)

G Brian Jones (6-3)

KU-EA Sports Rosters

Kansas

1 Jeff Hawkins , G, Fr.-RS, 5-11, 175, Kansas City, Kan. (Sumner Academy)

4 Nick Collison F, Sr., 6-9, 255, Iowa Falls, Iowa (Iowa Falls HS)

3 Brett Olson, F, Sr., 6-7, 213, Chanute.

5 Keith Langford, G, Soph., 6-4, 205, Fort Worth, Texas (North Crowley HS)

10 Kirk Hinrich G, Sr., 6-3, 190, Sioux City, Iowa (Sioux City West HS)

11 Aaron Miles, G, Soph., 6-1 175, Portland, Ore. (Jefferson HS)

20 Stephen Vinson, G, Fr., 6-2, 185, Lawrence (Lawrence HS)

23 Wayne Simien, F, Soph., 6-9, 255 Leavenworth (Leavenworth HS)

25 Michael Lee, G, Soph., 6-3, 215, Portland, Ore. (Jefferson HS)

33 Bryant Nash, F, Jr., 6-6, 205, Carrollton, Texas (Turner HS)

34 Christian Moody, F, Fr., 6-7 205, Asheville, N.C. (T.C. Roberson HS)

42 Jeff Graves, F, Jr., 6-9 275, Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Iowa Western CC)

55 Moulaye Niang, F, Fr., 6-10, 215 El Cajon, Calif. (Christian HS)

EA Sports East All-Stars

2 Adonis Jordan, 6-0, Kansas.

3 Corey Andrews, 6-3, G, Pacific.

4 Brian Jones, 6-3, Santa Clara.

5 Mike Nilson, 6-4, Gonzaga.

20 Shea Seals, 6-5, Tulsa.

21 Kelvin Gibbs, 6-6, Pepperdine.

23 D.J. Harrison, 6-7, Colorado.

31 Matt Garrison, 6-9, Biola.

33 Ed Johnson, 6-10, Utah.

44 Marion Thurmond, 6-8, San Jose State.

x-KU student Efe Lee Ekpere, a 6-1 junior out of Quincy, Ill., won an EA Sports promotion and will dress for the team and perhaps even play in the game for EA Sports tonight.

KU-EA Sports Notes

EA Sports East All-Stars, an exhibition team run by Double Pump, Inc., out of California, took Missouri to overtime before falling, 81-80, on Saturday night before 6,767 fans in Columbia, Mo. It was the first game on the All-Stars’ 13-game schedule. Corey Andrews scored 17 points and former Kansas University player Adonis Jordan 15 points off 6-of-10 shooting for the All-Stars. Jordan had five assists and eight turnovers.

Other marquee games on the All-Stars’ slate include Xavier, Louisville, Florida, Georgia and UCLA.

Kansas has won 16 straight home exhibition games dating to a 93-82 loss to Australia on Nov. 29, 1993.

The Jayhawks are 30-7 all-time in exhibition play, including a record of 23-5 under Roy Williams. In addition, Williams’ teams have gone 23-2 in home exhibition action. KU hasn’t lost an exhibition game since a 101-93 setback to Lisbonne Benfica on Dec. 28, 1995, in Strausbourg, France.

This marks the fifth straight season KU has played the All-Stars in the preseason. Kansas is 4-0 against the All-Stars, winning the four games by an average score of 104-87. Last season KU beat the All-Stars, 98-77, on Nov. 7 in Allen Fieldhouse.

The Jayhawks boast a pair of preseason All-America candidates in guard Kirk Hinrich and forward Nick Collison. Likely to join Hinrich and Collison in the starting lineup are sophomores Aaron Miles, Keith Langford and Wayne Simien. Miles started 36 games last season at point guard, while Langford and Simien were the Jayhawks’ biggest weapons off the bench.

EA Sports forward D.J. Harrison competed against the Jayhawks for two straight years while at Colorado. Harrison is 0-5 all-time against KU, and scored 56 career points against the Jayhawks. Brian Jones played against Kansas twice while at Santa Clara 1996 and 1997. He is 0-1 in Allen Fieldhouse and 0-2 overall against the Jayhawks. Former Pepperdine forward Kelvin Gibbs is 0-3 all-time against KU and 0-2 while playing in the Fieldhouse. His best game against Kansas came in the 1998 game, when he scored 15 points.

Kansas opened the 2001 exhibition season by routing the EA Sports All-Stars, 98-77. Five Jayhawks scored in double-figures, led by freshman forward Wayne Simien, who had 25 points and eight rebounds. Junior Drew Gooden chipped in 17 points and five assists, while Collison (12), Hinrich (11) and Miles (10) also scored in double-digits. The All-Stars, who fell to 2-4 in the preseason, were led by Marek Ondera, who had 23 points and six rebounds.