¢ KU leads the all-time series, 109-39. The Jayhawks have won five straight games in the series. CU’s last victory was a 60-59 decision in January, 2003, in Boulder, Colo.

¢ Ricardo Patton is 1-19 versus KU; Bill Self is 2-0 against CU.

¢ Colorado opened the Big 12 Conference season with an 89-64 loss Saturday at Texas. It snapped the Buffs’ nine-game winning streak and marked CU’s 22nd straight road loss to a ranked team.

¢ CU now has lost nine straight Big 12 Conference openers.

¢ ESPN’s Dick Vitale blasted CU fans for not supporting the Buffs on Saturday’s KU-Kentucky telecast. Three of the 10 smallest crowds of the Patton era have come this season, including 1,424 against Savannah State, 1,416 against UC Irvine and 1,559 against Cal Poly. In seven home games, the Buffs have averaged 2,098 fans.

“I feel bad for Ricardo Patton,” Vitale said. “No one is supporting the team there.”

¢ CU won 10 of its first 11 games, the start matching the 1978-79 (26 years ago) and the 1968-69 seasons (37 years ago) when the Buffaloes began 10-1.

¢ CU rolled through its non-conference schedule, outscoring its foes by a 23.3 margin. The Buffs defeated UNC Wilmington, Saint Mary’s, Penn, Cal Poly, Utah, UC Irvine, TCU, Mercer, Dartmouth and Savannah State and lost to Colorado State.

¢ Julius Ashby, Colorado’s senior forward from Trinidad & Tobago has officially returned to the lineup after being academically ineligible for the fall semester.

¢ Kansas leads the Big 12 in field-goal percentage defense at 34.6 and in blocked shots per game at 6.77 per game. KU is second in the Big 12 in three-point field-goal percentage at 38.1.

¢ The Buffs are wearing “LS” on their uniforms in memory of senior Scott Senger’s mother, Linda, who died of cancer last July.

¢ KU’s Micah Downs, who didn’t practice Monday because of a right hand injury, practiced Tuesday.

¢ KU has won six straight against Cal, Pepperdine, Northern Colorado, New Orleans, Yale and Kentucky. In the streak, KU has won by an average of 23.5 points. The closest margin of victory in the streak was in a 69-56 win over Cal on Dec. 10 in Kansas City, Mo.

¢ KU has shot 50 percent or better in each of its last four games and is at 47.8 percent on the season.