#2 Kansas Men's Basketball 2024-2025 Preview

 
 
Kansas Jayhawks
 
2024-2025 Overall Rank: #2
 
Conference Rank: #1 Big 12
 
 
2023-24 Record: 23-11, 10-8
2023-24 Postseason: NCAA
Coach: Bill Self
Coach Record: 579-138 at Kansas, 806-243 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Kevin McCullar Jr., Forward, 18.3 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 4.1 apg, 1.5 spg
Johnny Furphy, Forward, 9.0 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.0 apg
Nicolas Timberlake, Guard, 5.2 ppg, 1.9 rpg
 
Key Returning Players:
Hunter Dickinson, Senior, Center, 17.9 ppg, 10.9 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.4 bpg
K.J. Adams Jr., Senior, Forward, 12.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 3.1 apg
Dajuan Harris Jr., Senior, Guard, 8.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 6.5 apg, 1.5 spg
Elmarko Jackson, Sophomore, Guard, 4.3 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 1.7 apg
Jamari McDowell, Sophomore, Guard, 1.8 ppg, 1.2 rpg
 
Key New Players:
Flory Bidunga, Freshman, Forward
David Colt, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Northern Illinois
Rylan Griffen, Junior, Guard, Transfer from Alabama
Zeke Mayo, Senior, Guard, Transfer from South Dakota State
Shakeel Moore, Senior, Guard, Transfer from Mississippi State
Rakease Passmore, Freshman, Guard
Noah Shelby, Junior, Guard, Transfer from Rice
AJ Storr, Junior, Guard, Transfer from Wisconsin
Will Thengvall, Freshman, Guard
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: NCAA
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 75.6 (110th in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 69.9 (104, 8)
Field-Goal Percentage: 48.8 (13, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.0 (30, 3)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.7 (319, 14)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 33.2 (223, 11)
Free-Throw Percentage: 72.1 (170, 7)
Rebound Margin: 2.4 (107, 9)
Assists Per Game: 19.0 (1, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.7 (167, 6)