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As Kansas coach Bill Self sits down for Thanksgiving dinner, one would have to assume he will be thankful for the collection of talent that he has assembled this season.

With its two preseason All-Americans failing to score in double figures, Kansas relied on its considerable depth for its latest win.

Memphis' Will Coleman, left, looks to the basket as Kansas' Cole Aldrich defends during Tuesday's game in St.

After a disenchanting victory against Memphis on Tuesday, Kansas returned home, put on its red jerseys and ran roughshod over Central Arkansas.

Top-ranked Kansas returns home to face Central Arkansas in its second game of the Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase on Thursday, at 7 p.m. on Jayhawk TV.

Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 9:09 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 9:09 a.m. After getting loads of preseason hype, Kansas didn't have to wait long to be seriously tested for the first time.

KU's Xavier Henry lets go of a jumper over PSU's Henry Rogers during the oepning half of Tuesday night's game at Allen Fieldhouse.

Top-ranked Kansas heads east on I-70 to St. Louis to take on Memphis in a rematch of the 2008 NCAA National Championship game in KU's first round of the Basketball Hall of Fame Showcase.

One of the most anticipated seasons in Kansas' storied history got off to a high-flying start.

What started out as "anybody's guess" has turned into what "everyone knows". That's who the nine-man rotation is going to be.

Thomas Robinson scored 17 points and No. 1 Kansas placed seven players in double figures in routing outmanned Pittsburg State 103-45 on Tuesday night in its final exhibition game.

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After Kansas won the 2008 national title, the starting lineup evacuated like a hurricane hit Lawrence.

Why is the Big 12 the nation's best conference? Because of the strength at the top.

Kansas , as you may have heard, is loaded, the best team in the country. Deep, talented, full of current and future stars, the Jayhawks have the kind of team that would make it tough for the best player at some schools to crack the bench.

Everybody who knows anything about Elijah Johnson seems to know the same thing. The kid can really, really dunk.

Preseason All-Americans Sherron Collins, with a game-high 19 points, and Cole Aldrich, with a double-double, paced Kansas to a 107-68 victory against Fort Hays State in its season-opening exhibition basketball game Tuesday.

Kansas coach Bill Self was strongly considering slapping a redshirt on freshman guard Elijah Johnson until he actually saw the kid play.In the second half of his Allen Fieldhouse game debut, a 107-68 KU exhibition victory over Fort Hays State, Johnson showed 16,300 curious others why Self has changed his tune.

Five-time defending Big 12 Conference champion Kansas opens up the 2009-10 exhibition season hosting Fort Hays State Tuesday, Nov.

Cole Aldrich has come a long way since his freshman season. He's projected as a top-five pick if he enters the NBA draft in the spring.