Russell Robinson

Guard - Kansas (Mens)

Russell Robinson
Last Three Games
  FG 3PT FT
Date Opponent Result Pts. Made Att. % Made Att. % Made Att. %
Mar. 12 at TX W 80-68 14 3 10 30.0 2 5 0 6 7 85.7
Dec. 23 BC L 0-0 - - - -
Nov. 01 at PITTSTATE L 0-0 - - - -

Stats for all games

Overview
A returning starter from 2005-06 who will contend for postseason honors in 2006-07... A key component in the 2006 Big 12 regular-season and tournament championships... A leader by example who shows outstanding work ethic... Was a leader on the 2006 Big 12 Championship team and earned numerous league and team accolades... A solid defender with great quickness on both ends of the floor... A combo guard who can score in a number of ways... Has played both guard spots... Brings toughness and tenacity.

Sophomore Season (2005-06)
Was named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team and selected Associated Press All-Big 12 Honorable Mention... Team honors included the Ted Owens Defensive Player Award, the Hunter/Vaughn/Miles Assists Award and the Danny Manning "Mr. Jayhawk" Award... Started 32 of 33 games (only missing senior night) and was third on the team with 9.3 points per game... Led the team, was fourth in the Big 12 and 74th nationally in assists with 4.61 per contest, earning the team assists award at season's end... His 2.30 steals per game were third in the league and 35th nationally... Was second in the Big 12 in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.08... Was eighth in the conference in free throw percentage at 74.2 percent... Reached double figures in scoring 13 times including four of the last five games of the season... Averaged 7.3 assists in his final eight games... Scored 18 points against Bradley in the NCAA Tournament, which tied for his second-highest scoring output of the season... Scored a total of 32 points and dished out 22 assists over three games in the Big 12 Championship... Totaled 11 points, five rebounds and five assists at Kansas State (March 4)... Scored nine points and dished out eight assists at Texas (Feb. 25)... Totaled nine points and a career-high nine assists against Baylor (Feb. 21)... Had six steals to go with 10 points, four rebounds and four assists against Missouri (Feb. 18)... Tied a career high in field goals (six) at Iowa State (Jan. 28)... Scored a career-high 24 points at Texas A&M (Jan. 25), including career bests in both free throws and free throw attempts (12-of-13)... Set new career highs in minutes (38) and rebounds (eight) at Missouri (Jan. 16)... In the Big 12 opener, had nine points and five assists at Colorado in 29 minutes... Tied career highs in blocks with two versus Pepperdine (Dec. 19)... Scored four points, had two assists and one block against Western Illinois (Dec. 3)... Scored seven points in 25 minutes against Nevada (Dec. 1)... Made his first career start in the season opener against Idaho State and responded with five steals to go with nine points.

Freshman Season (2004-05)
Was one of the first players off the bench for the first half of the season, mainly as the back-up point guard... Opened the year playing seven minutes in the 68-61 win against Vermont (Nov. 19)... Played 23 minutes, scoring 10 points and dishing out five assists against Saint Joseph's (Nov. 23)... Scored a season-high 13 points in just 16 minutes of action against Nevada (Nov. 29)... Scored seven points in the second half against Pacific (Dec. 4).. Scored nine points and dished out two assists in KU's win over TCU (Dec. 9)... Scored five points in KU's victory over Louisiana-Lafayette (Dec. 11)... Scored seven big points in 20 minutes of action against South Carolina (Dec. 18), four of which came in the final 28 seconds... Earned ESPN.com's National Freshman of the Week honors for his performance versus South Carolina... Had his third double-figure scoring game of the season with 12 points against Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Dec. 22)... Scored six points off the bench against Texas A&M (Jan. 5)... Scored six points in 13 minutes at Colorado (Jan. 15).

Canada Exhibition (Fall 2004)
Averaged nine points in four games on KU's 4-0 trip in British Columbia, Canada... Scored 12 points in each of the first two games against University of British Columbia and Langara College... Had five assists in three of the four games and was second on the team with 18 assists.

High School
Rice High School (2004)... Coached by Maurice Hicks... Averaged 22 points and eight rebounds as a senior... New York Newsday 2004 Manhattan Player of the Year... New York Daily News 2004 All-City Team selection... 2004 CHSAA All-City Team honoree... As a junior, led his team with 18 points, six rebounds, four assists and four steals per game... Helped his school to a state championship in 2002... Rated the eighth-best shooting guard and 31st-best prospect overall by Rivals.com.

Off The Court
Full name is Russell Robinson, Jr... Born January 24, 1986, in Bronx, N.Y... Communication studies major... Parents are Theresa and Russell Robinson, Sr... Led his summer basketball team to three tournament championships, being named MVP of each of those tournaments... Joins Brett Ballard and Brett Olson as recent Jayhawks to don the number three.

Career Honors
2005-06: Big 12 All-Defensive Team... Associated Press All-Big 12 Honorable Mention... Hunter/Vaughn/Miles Assists Award... Ted Owens Defensive Player Award... Danny Manning "Mr. Jayhawk" Award. 2004-05: ESPN.com Freshman of the Week (Dec. 18).

2005 Shooting Stats
  FG 3PT FT
Date Opponent Result Pts. Made Att. % Made Att. % Made Att. %
Nov. 18 IDST W 90-66 9 2 6 33.3 1 3 0 4 4 100.0
Nov. 21 AZ L 49-61 4 1 6 16.7 1 2 0 1 3 33.3
Nov. 22 at AR L 64-65 8 4 10 40.0 0 3 0 0 1 0
Nov. 23 at CHAMINADE W 102-54 7 2 2 100.0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0
Dec. 01 NV L 70-72 7 2 6 33.3 - 3 4 75.0
Dec. 03 WIL W 86-57 4 1 2 50.0 0 1 0 2 2 100.0
Dec. 06 at STJOS L 67-70 8 3 6 50.0 2 5 0 -
Dec. 10 CA W 69-56 4 1 5 20.0 1 2 0 1 2 50.0
Dec. 19 PEPPER W 63-43 10 4 9 44.4 1 2 0 1 2 50.0
Dec. 22 NCOL W 85-62 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 50.0
Dec. 29 NORL W 73-56 9 3 7 42.9 2 4 0 1 2 50.0
Jan. 04 YALE W 87-46 2 1 2 50.0 - -
Jan. 07 KY W 73-46 12 3 9 33.3 1 6 0 5 6 83.3
Jan. 11 at CO W 75-63 9 3 8 37.5 - 3 4 75.0
Jan. 14 KSU L 55-59 11 3 14 21.4 2 6 0 3 4 75.0
Jan. 16 at MO L 86-89 12 3 9 33.3 0 4 0 6 6 100.0
Jan. 21 NE W 96-54 13 5 8 62.5 1 3 0 2 2 100.0
Jan. 25 at TXAM W 83-73 24 5 7 71.4 2 4 0 12 13 92.3
Jan. 28 at ISU W 95-85 18 6 8 75.0 2 3 0 4 4 100.0
Jan. 30 TXTECH W 86-52 6 2 12 16.7 0 3 0 2 2 100.0
Feb. 05 OK W 59-58 6 2 10 20.0 0 3 0 2 4 50.0
Feb. 08 at NE W 69-48 8 2 5 40.0 0 1 0 4 5 80.0
Feb. 11 ISU W 88-75 9 1 4 25.0 0 2 0 7 8 87.5
Feb. 13 at OKST W 64-49 6 1 8 12.5 1 1 0 3 6 50.0
Feb. 18 MO W 79-46 10 4 11 36.4 1 2 0 1 2 50.0
Feb. 21 BAY W 76-61 9 3 7 42.9 3 5 0 -
Feb. 25 at TX L 55-80 9 3 7 42.9 0 2 0 3 4 75.0
Mar. 01 CO W 75-54 10 4 9 44.4 1 3 0 1 4 25.0
Mar. 04 at KSU W 66-52 11 4 11 36.4 2 2 0 1 2 50.0
Mar. 10 OKST W 63-62 5 2 10 20.0 0 4 0 1 2 50.0
Mar. 11 NE W 79-65 13 5 9 55.6 0 2 0 3 4 75.0
Mar. 12 at TX W 80-68 14 3 10 30.0 2 5 0 6 7 85.7
Dec. 23 BC L 0-0 - - - -
Nov. 01 at PITTSTATE L 0-0 - - - -
Total: 288 88 238 37.0 27 85 31.8 85 113 75.2
  Rebounds  
Date Opponent Result Off. Def. Tot. Blocks Steals Assists TO A/TO Fouls
Nov. 18 IDST W 90-66 0 1 1 - 5 2 5 0.4 -
Nov. 21 AZ L 49-61 1 3 4 1 - 4 3 1.3 3
Nov. 22 at AR L 64-65 1 4 5 - 2 2 1 2 3
Nov. 23 at CHAMINADE W 102-54 - 1 2 1 1 1 2
Dec. 01 NV L 70-72 - - 1 1 1 1 1
Dec. 03 WIL W 86-57 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2
Dec. 06 at STJOS L 67-70 0 1 1 2 1 3 - 0 2
Dec. 10 CA W 69-56 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 3 3
Dec. 19 PEPPER W 63-43 3 4 7 2 1 1 2 0.5 -
Dec. 22 NCOL W 85-62 0 1 1 - 1 6 - 0 2
Dec. 29 NORL W 73-56 0 3 3 1 2 5 1 5 3
Jan. 04 YALE W 87-46 0 2 2 - 5 8 2 4 -
Jan. 07 KY W 73-46 0 2 2 1 1 1 - 0 3
Jan. 11 at CO W 75-63 2 2 4 - 2 5 1 5 4
Jan. 14 KSU L 55-59 1 2 3 1 4 1 1 1 3
Jan. 16 at MO L 86-89 3 5 8 - 2 7 2 3.5 3
Jan. 21 NE W 96-54 1 1 2 - 2 6 4 1.5 3
Jan. 25 at TXAM W 83-73 0 1 1 - 2 2 5 0.4 2
Jan. 28 at ISU W 95-85 0 3 3 - - 4 3 1.3 3
Jan. 30 TXTECH W 86-52 2 1 3 - - 6 - 0 2
Feb. 05 OK W 59-58 2 2 4 - 3 5 3 1.7 -
Feb. 08 at NE W 69-48 5 2 7 - 4 5 2 2.5 1
Feb. 11 ISU W 88-75 1 5 6 2 1 7 5 1.4 3
Feb. 13 at OKST W 64-49 1 4 5 1 5 3 2 1.5 2
Feb. 18 MO W 79-46 4 0 4 - 6 4 2 2 4
Feb. 21 BAY W 76-61 1 1 2 - - 9 5 1.8 3
Feb. 25 at TX L 55-80 3 0 3 - 1 8 1 8 -
Mar. 01 CO W 75-54 0 2 2 2 2 7 2 3.5 3
Mar. 04 at KSU W 66-52 2 3 5 - 2 5 2 2.5 2
Mar. 10 OKST W 63-62 - 1 7 8 3 2.7 3
Mar. 11 NE W 79-65 2 2 4 - 2 8 3 2.7 2
Mar. 12 at TX W 80-68 4 2 6 - 3 6 3 2 1
Dec. 23 BC L 0-0 - - - - - 0 -
Nov. 01 at PITTSTATE L 0-0 - - - - - 0 -
Total: 40 60 100 17 71 145 68 2.1 68