#2 19-0 Vs 11-5 <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Kansas hasn't opened with 20 straight wins in 11 seasons. The second-ranked Jayhawks likely won't have much trouble matching that feat when they conclude their season series with struggling Nebraska on Saturday in a Big 12 matchup at Allen Fieldhouse. A win Saturday and this squad will become only the third team in school history to start 20-0. The last time it happened was 1996-97, when the Jayhawks started 22-0 and won both the Big 12 regular season and tournament titles before being upset by eventual national champion Arizona in the regional semifinals of the NCAA tournament. Equaling that mark is very much possible for Kansas, which won 79-58 at Nebraska on Jan. 12 to open conference play. The Jayhawks (19-0, 4-0) have won nine in a row over the Cornhuskers (11-5, 0-3), who have lost three straight entering this game. The Jayhawks, who look to start 5-0 in the league for the first time since 2004-05, join Memphis as the only unbeaten teams in Division I. "We just need to focus on getting better and keeping our energy level high," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "When we play with a lot of energy, I think we hit another level athletically and we are hard to deal with." Kansas was on that level in an 83-59 home win over Iowa State on Wednesday. The Jayhawks, who average 83.3 points and shoot 51.5 percent from the field, shot 50.0 percent (32-for-64) against the Cyclones. Darnell Jackson had 21 points and 11 rebounds for his first double-double, while fellow forward Darrell Arthur had 16 points as each Kansas starter scored in double figures. "They have so many weapons," Iowa State coach Greg McDermott said. "There is not really one person in their lineup that you can leave to provide some help on somebody else." While Arthur and Jackson, the team's top two scorers, combined for just 16 points at Nebraska two weeks ago, Brandon Rush had a season-high 19 points and Mario Chalmers added 14 as the Jayhawks shot 53.8 percent. Rush, who appears to be getting stronger each game after offseason knee surgery, is averaging 11.7 points this season and 14.8 in conference play. Nebraska, which looks to avoid a ninth consecutive loss at Allen Fieldhouse, hasn't played since a 72-70 home loss to Baylor last Saturday. Though the Cornhuskers topped 60 points for the first time in league play, they shot 38.2 percent and allowed 42 second-half points. Aleks Maric had 21 points and nine rebounds for Nebraska. The 6-foot-11 Maric, who leads the team with 16.6 points and 8.2 rebounds per game, had 19 points against the Jayhawks earlier this month. The senior center is averaging 10.8 points in eight games against Kansas, but 16.5 in his last two contests in the series.</div> http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/preview?gameId=280262305
84 49 <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) -- Darrell Arthur scored 18 points and Brandon Rush had 17 points and eight rebounds for No. 2 Kansas, which took a big early lead and cruised past Nebraska 84-49 on Saturday. The Jayhawks (20-0, 5-0 Big 12) kept pace with No. 1 Memphis (19-0) as the nation's only unbeaten Division I teams. Kansas led 44-15 at halftime and seemed headed for a blowout similar to last season's 92-39 rout of the Huskers in Lawrence. But the Jayhawks got sloppy after going up 55-20 and Nebraska finally began hitting some baskets. Aleks Maric, the Huskers' 6-foot-11 senior who had been averaging almost 17 points, failed to score for the first time since his sophomore year. He was 0-for-6 from the field and 0-for-2 from the line in 21 minutes. Rush was 5-of-7 from behind the 3-point arc, exactly what he was two weeks earlier in a 79-58 victory at Nebraska. On 18 field goals, the Huskers (11-6, 0-4) had only five assists against a Kansas defense that had 13 steals en route to its 34th victory in 35 games. As if the Huskers didn't already have enough problems trying to contain the more talented Jayhawks, they also got mired in early foul trouble. Midway through the lopsided first half, starters Maric, Ryan Anderson and Cookie Miller all had two fouls. They went without a field goal from 7:43 of the first half until only 9 seconds remained when Ade Dagunduro hit a short jumper. Darnell Jackson had 13 points and eight rebounds for Kansas, which is 24-3 against Nebraska since the Big 12 was formed in 1996. Steve Harley had 16 points for Nebraska, the only Big 12 team without a conference win. Kansas had 25 assists and shot 52 percent while winning its 28th straight regular-season home game and beating Nebraska for the 10 straight time. The game began getting out of hand with about 8 minutes left in the first half when Russell Robinson stole the ball from Jay-R Strowbridge and the Nebraska guard simply reached out and grabbed Robinson's shirt to keep him from getting away, bringing a laugh from the big crowd and a quick whistle from the official standing right next to them. Robinson made both free throws for a 35-11 lead. Early in the second half, Jackson worked inside for a contested layup and a free throw and Arthur scored to make it 55-20. But a moment later, Harley ignited a brief run for the Huskers. Two free throws by Chris Balham cut the lead to 57-29, but then Sherron Collins responded with a 3-pointer and the Huskers never appeared close to making another threat as Kansas become only the third team to score more than 80 points on Nebraska since Doc Sadler took over as head coach last season. This was the second rout of a Nebraska team by Kansas in Lawrence in the last few months. In October, the Jayhawks' football team beat the Cornhuskers 76-39.</div> http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=280262305
