How to Watch Indiana Basketball Against No. 2 Kansas Saturday

Indiana continues the 2023-24 season on Saturday against the No. 2 Kanas Jayhawks at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington. Here's how to watch, game time and TV information, the point spread and over/under, the coaching matchup, series history, stats, rankings and more.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – For the second consecutive season, Indiana will host the preseason No. 1 team at Assembly Hall.

Kansas has since dropped a spot to No. 2, but boasts an impressive résumé with wins over No. 14 Kentucky, No. 12 Tennessee and No. 5 UConn. The Jayhawks only loss came against No. 7 Marquette in Hawaii, and Saturday marks their first true road game of the season.

Though Indiana has a solid 7-2 record and got off to an important 2-0 start in Big Ten play, the Hoosiers don't have a nonconference win to hang their hat on yet. They've lost both high-profile nonconference matchups by 20-plus points against No. 5 UConn and Auburn, but have a chance to change that Saturday at home.

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How to watch Indiana vs. Kansas

• Who: Indiana Hoosiers (7-2, 2-0 in Big Ten) vs. Kansas Jayhawks (9-1, 0-0 in Big 12)
• What: Second game of home-and-home series
• When: 12:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 16
• Where: Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (17,222) in Bloomington, Ind.
• TV: CBS
• Announcers: Rich Waltz (play-by-play), Jim Spanarkel (analyst)
• Live stream: fuboTV (Start your free trial)
• Radio: IU Radio Network (Bloomington - 105.1 WHCC-FM, Indianapolis: 107.5 WFNI-FM or 1070 WFNI-AM, or see media guide for other radio affiliates)
• Radio Announcers: Don Fischer (play-by-play), Errek Suhr (color), John Herrick (pregame, halftime, postgame)
• Point spread: Kansas is a 5.5-point favorite, and the over/under 147.5 points as of Friday afternoon.
• Recent results: Indiana won 78-75 at Michigan on Dec. 5, then lost 104-76 to Auburn in Atlanta on Dec. 9. Kansas beat Kansas City 88-69 on Dec. 5, then beat Missouri 73-64 on Dec. 9.
• Home, road, neutral trends: Indiana is 4-0 at home, 1-0 on the road and 2-2 at neutral sites. Kansas is 6-0 at home, 0-0 on the road and 3-1 at neutral sites.
• Season projections: Indiana is tied for seventh with plus-2500 odds to win the Big Ten, according to the FanDuel Sportsbook. Kansas is the favorite to win the Big 12 at plus-260 odds, and has the third-best odds to win the national championship at plus-1200. KenPom predicts Indiana to finish 17-14 overall and 19-11 in Big Ten play, and for Kansas to go 23-8 overall and 11-7 in the Big 12.
• Last season: Indiana went 23-12 overall and 12-8 in Big Ten play. The Hoosiers earned a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament and lost to No. 5 seed Miami in the Round of 32. Kansas went 28-8 overall and won the Big 12 with a 13-5 conference record. The Jayhawks received a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament but lost 72-71 to No. 8 seed Arkansas in the Round of 32.
• Last meeting: No. 8 Kansas defeated No. 14 Indiana 84-62 at Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan. on Dec. 17, 2022. Freshman Gradey Dick led Kansas with 20 points, and six total Jayhawks scored at least 10 points, including double-doubles from Kevin McCullar and Dajuan Harris. Indiana point guard Xavier Johnson suffered a season-ending broken foot after nine minutes of play, and the Hoosiers shot just 37.7% from the field. Trayce Jackson-Davis led Indiana with 13 points and set an all-time Kansas opponent record with nine blocks.
• Series history: Indiana leads the all-time series, 8-7, though Kansas has won seven on the last nine matchups dating back to 1981. Indiana won the first six matchups against Kansas, which spanned from 1940-74. The Hoosiers are 3-0 at home against Kansas, most recently winning 80-61 in 1994. Prior to the current  home-and-home series, Indiana defeated Kansas 103-99 in Hawaii during the 2016-17 season opener. The teams met during the 1993 NCAA Tournament in Saint Louis, where Kansas claimed an 83-77 win in the Elite Eight. 

Indiana Hoosiers forward Malik Reneau (5) dribbles the ball against Kansas Jayhawks guard Bobby Pettiford Jr. (0) during the second half at Allen Fieldhouse / Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports

Leading scorers

• Indiana Hoosiers
• C Kel'el Ware: 16.7 ppg, 9.2 rpg, 1.4 bpg, 60.4 FG%
• F Malik Reneau: 14.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 2.8 apg, 58.4 FG%
• G Xavier Johnson (6 games): 10.5 ppg, 2.3 apg, 50.0 3-pt FG%
• Kansas Jayhawks
• C Hunter Dickinson: 19.4 ppg, 12.6 rpg
• G Kevin McCullar Jr.: 19.0 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 5.0 apg
• F KJ Adams Jr.: 12.9 ppg, 3.8 rpg

KenPom rankings

Projected score: Kansas 77, Indiana 71. KenPom gives Indiana a 29% chance of victory

• Indiana Hoosiers
• Overall: 78
• Adjusted defensive efficiency: 75
• Adjusted offensive efficiency: 84
• Projected record: 17-14, 9-11
• Preseason: 49
• Other notable stats: 99th in adjusted tempo, 87th in effective FG%, seventh in offensive free throw rate, 262nd in offensive rebounding %, 335th in 3-pt FG%, 29th in 2-pt FG%, 220th in FT%, 34th in block %, 359th in 3-pt attempt rate, 240th in defensive 3-pt %, 49th in block %.
• Kansas Jayhawks
• Overall: 12
• Adjusted defensive efficiency: 6
• Adjusted offensive efficiency: 29
• Projected record: 22-9, 11-7
• Preseason: 2
• Other notable stats: 11th in effective FG%, 266th in offensive rebounding %, 12th in 3-pt FG%, 22nd in 2-pt FG%, 18th in defensive effective FG%, 14th in defensive free throw rate, 10th in defensive 2-pt FG%.

Meet the coaches

• Bill Self, Kansas: Self is in his 20th season at Kansas with a 568–133 overall record and a 266–68 mark in Big 12 play. Under Self, Kansas has won 16 Big 12 regular season titles, eight conference tournament titles and two national championships, in 2008 and 2022. Kansas has never finished worse than third in the Big 12, and that has only happened once. Prior to Kansas, Self was the head coach at Illinois, Tulsa and Oral Roberts, dating back to 1993. He played four seasons at Oklahoma State from 1981-85.
• Mike Woodson, Indiana: Woodson is in his third season at Indiana with a 51-28 overall record and a 23-19 mark in regular season Big Ten play. Woodson has NBA head coaching experience with the Atlanta Hawks from 2004-10 and the New York Knicks from 2012-14. Woodson played at Indiana University from 1976-80, and was named the Big Ten's Most Valuable Player as a senior under coach Bob Knight. He was the 12th overall pick in the 1980 NBA Draft, and played for various teams from 1980-91, averaging 14 points over 786 games.

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