Dallas — Kansas University will find out at 5 p.m. today where it is headed and what team it will be playing in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

The Jayhawks will watch the CBS Selection Sunday Show from a suite in American Airlines Center immediately after today's conference final against Texas.

"The way these guys have played winning 14 of 15, they have played well enough to be a top-four seed," KU coach Bill Self said of his squad. "Hopefully tomorrow we'll have a chance to play well to impact that."

The first-round sites that have Thursday-Saturday games are: San Diego; Salt Lake City; Jacksonville, Fla.; and Greensboro, N.C. The sites with Friday-Sunday games are: Dallas; Auburn Hills, Mich.; Dayton, Ohio; and Philadelphia.

"I don't care about that," Self said of location.

Some say the Jayhawks still have a shot of playing first-round games in Dallas. Self doesn't think that'll happen. The top four seeds in each regional are accorded sites closest to home.

"I don't think they'd give two teams an advantage who played two games here. I think they'd give it to Texas," Self said. "I can't see us seeded higher than Texas. They have more impressive nonconference wins."

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It's believed Memphis will join Texas in Dallas.

Self didn't know if today's Big 12 tournament final would have an impact on KU's eventual seed.

"When I was at Illinois and we won (final), they projected us as a 2. We were a 4. They had to do it before the game. They had to give you a seed if you won and a seed in case you lost," Self said.

Some national pundits expect KU to land in San Diego or Salt Lake City.

¢ Arthur's team wins: Darrell Arthur, a 6-foot-9 senior forward from Dallas' South Oak Cliff High, scored 21 points and had 13 rebounds in a 76-58 Class 4A state title victory over Fort Worth Dunbar on Saturday. It's the second straight state crown for Arthur, who is considering attending KU, Texas, SMU or Baylor.

¢ No discomfort: Russell Robinson scored 13 points, all in the second half, against Nebraska. He said his slow start had nothing to do with getting used to playing with seven stitches above his right eye.

He was stitched up Friday night after getting clipped by Oklahoma State's JamesOn Curry.

"It wasn't blurry. It didn't affect me at all. I just played terrible the first half," he said. "One good thing is, this (rout) didn't stretch us for the Texas game. That will be to our advantage, I hope."

¢ Hawkins hot: Jeff Hawkins, who hit three of six threes, hit 11 of 17 threes in three victories this season versus NU. Hawkins was 5-for-5 from three-point range in a 96-54 victory in Lawrence and 3-for-6 in a 69-48 victory in Lincoln, Neb.

"I don't know why I shoot so well against Nebraska," Hawkins said. "Luckily, my teammates gave me the ball."

Of today's showdown, he said: "It's a big game. It'll show who is the best team in the Big 12."

¢ Don't tell Nielsen: Julian Wright, on whether he used to view the Selection Sunday Show: "I heard about it, but I never did watch it," the Chicago native said.

¢ Notes: Mario Chalmers, who had two steals, has 84 for his career. He's two shy of tying Nebraska's Cookie Belcher's conference record for steals as a freshman. : KU advances to the tourney final for the first time since 2002, when KU lost to Oklahoma, 64-55, in Kemper Arena. KU last won the crown in 1999. : KU is 3-1 in Big 12 title games. : KU has won six straight and 14 of 15 versus NU. : Chalmers tied a career high with six boards. : Hawkins scored 11 for his first double-figure outing since netting 11 on Feb. 8 at Nebraska.