Kansas and Creighton meet up in Lawrence for a top-10 showdown between two high-scoring teams.
Kansas enters the contest with a ranking of #5 by the AP, while Creighton is ranked at #8. KenPom has the Jayhawks at #9 and the Bluejays at #15. The preseason conference coaches poll picked Creighton to finish 2nd (with 2 first-place votes) in the 11-team Big East behind Villanova this year.
Kansas holds a 9-6 edge in the all-time matchup between these two programs, with KU having won the last four meetings. That said, they haven’t played for 45 years, with the last matchup a 55-54 Kansas win in March of 1974 in Tulsa in the NCAA Tournament.