Jayhawks to play four Big Monday games

Jayhawks to face Missouri, K-State, Baylor, Oklahoma St.

Kansas head coach Bill Self watches the action from the bench during the second half, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 at Allen Fieldhouse.

Kansas University’s basketball team will make four appearances on ESPN’s Big Monday during the 2010-11 season, the Big 12 Conference announced Monday.

KU will play home games against Missouri (Feb. 7) and Oklahoma State (Feb. 21) and travel to Baylor (Jan. 17) and Kansas State (Feb. 14).

This will mark the fifth straight year KU has had four Big Monday appearances. It’s just the third time in Bill Self’s eight years at KU that the Jayhawks have had two or more home games.

The Jayhawks have played Missouri on Big Monday each of the past eight seasons and have faced Oklahoma State four times, Kansas State twice and Baylor once during the Big 12 era (starting 1996-97).

Since the inception of the Big 12, KU is 38-14 all-time on Big Monday (21-1 at home, 17-13 road), including 19-7 under head coach Bill Self. KU has won 14 straight Big Monday games in Allen Fieldhouse, which includes a 10-0 mark under Self.

The first Big Monday will be a doubleheader. KSU will travel to Missouri at 4:30 p.m., with KU to play at Baylor at 8:30 p.m., on Jan. 17. Other Big Monday games: Baylor at KSU, Jan. 24; Texas at Texas A&M, Jan. 31; KSU at Texas, Feb. 28.

The full schedule is below.

ESPN Big Monday schedule

Mon., Jan. 17: Kansas State at Missouri (4:30pm CT)

Kansas at Baylor (8:30pm CT)

Mon., Jan. 24: Baylor at Kansas State

Mon., Jan. 31: Texas at Texas A&M

Mon., Feb. 7: Missouri at Kansas

Mon., Feb. 14: Kansas at Kansas State

Mon., Feb. 21: Oklahoma State at Kansas

Mon., Feb. 28: Kansas State at Texas

All gametimes 8 p.m. CT unless otherwise noted.