Kansas University basketball fans are getting a heavy dose of Texas Tech this week.

Tonight, two days after the KU men lost to Bob Knight’s Tech squad, the Jayhawk women will welcome the No. 13 Red Raiders to Allen Fieldhouse.

Tipoff is 7 p.m., with a live telecast on Sunflower Broadband Channel 6.

The KU women (11-11 overall, 4-7 Big 12 Conference) are underdogs, but they are riding high. After all, the Jayhawks just completed a season sweep Sunday of Big 12 North foe Colorado.

“We need to play together and play well, because they are a very good team,” KU junior guard Kaylee Brown said of Tech.

Quite an understatement. The Red Raiders (17-5, 8-3), coming off a loss Sunday at Texas, will have a chip on their shoulders. Shooting only 27 percent from the field in the 64-43 defeat, Tech was 0-for-12 from three-point land, and long-range shooting typically is a Red Raider strength.

“They have a little bit of everything offensively, and defensively they are very good,” KU coach Bonnie Henrickson said. “We also understand how well we have to play on Wednesday to have a shot at (winning).”

The Red Raiders boast an experienced squad that can bring pain in many ways.

The ringleader is point guard Erin Grant, who averages a conference-high 6.5 assists per game.

Center Cisti Greenwalt averages 13.6 points and 9.5 rebounds, and overall four Tech players average at least 11 points per game.

Kansas-Texas Tech game notes (.pdf)

A victory easily would be the highlight of the Jayhawks’ season thus far, though they already have plenty to be happy about.

The team still is fresh after pounding Colorado on Sunday at home, 76-54. A season sweep notwithstanding, the victory was KU’s fourth conference win of the season, and a fifth would be the Jayhawks’ most since the 2000-01 season.

It’s been a long time since the KU women have experienced this much success in conference play, but Henrickson commends her players, especially the upperclassmen, for not getting too far ahead of themselves.

“We’ve tried to focus on one game at a time, but, at the same time, sneak a peek at trying to get ourselves a good seed in the Big 12 Tournament to enhance our chances of getting a win in the tournament,” she said. “But we don’t spend much time there, because then you start to stumble.”

Stumbling is something the Jayhawks can not afford to do if they want to keep their slight postseason hopes alive.

“We’ve had a few lapses as far as on game night not coming with the focus and the energy we need,” Henrickson said. “We try to learn a lesson from that, and I’d like to think we’ve learned enough lessons.”