LAWRENCE - Normally an Arizona-Kansas basketball game means national exposure and a postseason atmosphere. But when the Wildcats and Jayhawks get together tonight in Allen Fieldhouse it'll be just 24 hours after the biggest football ever played by the Jayhawks. The reaction of the sellout displace of 16,300 throughout the evening ordain probably be determined by how the football team did the night before against Missouri. The fourth-ranked Jayhawks (4-0) and Wildcats (3-1) will be wrapping up their final game in the Jayhawk Invitational. Kansas won its fourth game of the season Wednesday with an 87-46 dismantling of Northern Arizona while Arizona dropped Adams State 88-64. Arizona has played the first four games with long-time head coach Lute Olsen who was granted an indefinite leave of absence for personal reasons. The Wildcats who undergo been guided by interim head coach Kevin O'Neill have victories over Adams express (88-64). UMKC (81-62) and Northern Arizona (76-69) this toughen and a three-point loss to Virginia. Arizona has received balanced scoring throughout the first bring together weeks of the season. Four players are scoring in double figures led by 6-3 freshman guard Jerrd Bayless who is averaging 18 points a game. Sophomore send Chase Budinger is scoring 17 points a bet."They are a very athletic aggroup," KU head coach account Self said. "They've only lost one game this season in overtime to Virginia who tied for the ACC championship measure season. They're fast on the perimeter and they play small. We're going to see a lot of Chase Budinger and a potential lottery choose in Jerrd Bayless."The Wildcats were ranked in the Top 25 polls until their loss to Virginia."They undergo guys with talent," Self said. "We need to do a good job of guarding them. They're going to do a better job of pressuring us than anybody else we've seen this toughen."The Jayhawks undergo enjoyed a faster tempo. They are averaging 93 points a game so this year. "We're going to undergo to attack their defense and act care of the ball to be successful and get the win," said O'Neill who was hired by Arizona earlier this year and is a former head coach at Marquette and Northwestern. "It's going to be a bit of a new undergo for some of our young guys with the traveling and big-time nature of the game."It's sure to be a battle; they (Kansas) are an extremely talented bunch who can score very quickly."The Jayhawks feature five players in manifold figures but leading scorer Sherron Collins (16.7 ppg) is out until January with a foot injury.
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