Five-minute Scout

Iowa State’s turnovers will go a long way towards deciding outcome

**Team:** Iowa State **Record:** 10-3 **KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) Ranking:** 47 3 Strengths ----------- • **Rebounding:** Iowa State is the best rebounding team KU has faced this season. The Cyclones are an elite rebounding squad on both ends, pulling down 39.8 percent of their missed ...

Temple ready to try its luck on the three-point wheel against KU

**Team:** Temple **Record:** 10-2 **KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) Ranking:** 64 3 Strengths ----------- • **Ball security:** Temple rarely turns it over, giving it away on just 16.6 percent of its possessions (18th nationally). The Owls also don't have it stolen often, as only 8.2 percent ...

Expect a snail’s pace offensively from American

**Team:** American **Record:** 4-8 **KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) Ranking:** 282 3 Strengths ----------- • **Three-point shooting:** American is almost exactly NCAA average when it comes to taking three-pointers (33 percent of its shots are threes), but it is well above average when it comes ...

Richmond looks a lot like a team KU just played

**Team:** Richmond **Record:** 9-2 **KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) Ranking:** 66 3 Strengths ----------- • **Shooting:** Much like Belmont, Richmond enters Allen Fieldhouse as one of the top shooting teams in the country. The Spiders rank 19th in effective field goal percentage and also ...

Is Belmont the toughest team left on KU’s home schedule?

**Team:** Belmont **Record:** 7-2 **KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) Ranking:** 23 *(All KenPom stats/rankings current as of Friday, Dec. 14)* 3 Strengths ----------- • **Shooting:** Belmont has been a great shooting team inside and out so far, posting the 15th-best effective shooting ...

Tad Boyle’s offensive freedom a blessing and curse for Colorado

**Team:** Colorado **Record:** 7-1 **KenPom (Ken Pomeroy) Ranking:** 56 3 Strengths ----------- • **Getting to the free throw line:** The Buffaloes are averaging 29 free throws per game and also have the fourth-best free throw rate (a statistic used to measure how frequently a ...