¢ KU leads the series, 7-3. The teams last played in 1993 when the Jayhawks rolled, 140-72, in Allen Fieldhouse. The 68-point margin is the second widest margin of victory in KU history behind a 115-45 victory over Brown on Jan. 3, 1989.

¢ KU beat ORU, 93-90, in the 1974 NCAA Elite Eight in Tulsa.

¢ ORU has seven wins against Top 25 wins, including a 75-72 win over No. 2 KU in 1979 in Tulsa.

¢ KU has won eight straight games in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks are 164-10 at home since the 1994-95 season.

¢ Bill Self is 73-24 in four seasons at KU; Scott Sutton 121-92 in his eighth season as ORU head coach. It’s his 12th year overall at the school.

¢ Oral Roberts freshman forward Sylvester Spicer graduated from South Oak Cliff, the same high school as Kansas freshman forward Darrell Arthur and Kansas football players Xavier Rambo, Anthony Webb and Dexton Fields.

¢ Former KU coach Ted Owens was seventh head coach in ORU history, compiling a 21-35 record from 1982-84.

¢ ORU assistant head coach Corey Williams played basketball at Oklahoma State from 1989-92. During that time, Self was an assistant coach at Oklahoma State.