Add Dartmouth, Detroit Mercy and Rhode Island to the list of teams Kansas University will play in men’s basketball this season in Allen Fieldhouse.
The Jayhawks will play Dartmouth University of the Ivy League on Nov. 28. The Big Green return four starters from a team that went 6-21 overall, 4-10 in conference play. Their leading returning starter is 6-foot-2 senior Leon Pattman, who averaged 10.9 points per game last season.
Dartmouth’s third-year coach, Terry Dunn, is the twin brother of Jerry Dunn, former head coach at Penn State who is now an assistant at West Virginia.
KU will meet University of Detroit Mercy of the Horizon League on Dec. 28. The Titans return two starters from a team that went 16-16 overall and 8-8 in conference play. Their leading returning starter is 6-0 senior Brandon Cotton, who averaged 17.5 points a game last season. He hit 45 of 120 threes, good for 37.5 percent. Jon Goode, a 5-10 junior, averaged 10.9 ppg, hitting 59 of 142 threes for 41.5 percent. Detroit’s coach is Perry Watson, in his 14th year at the Michigan school.
KU will face Rhode Island of the Atlantic 10 on Dec. 30. The Rams return three starters from a team that went 14-14 overall and 8-8 in conference play. Their leading returning starter is Will Daniels, a 6-8 junior who averaged 11 points a game. Rhode Island is led by sixth-year coach Jim Baron.
Several other games on the nonconference slate have already been revealed, including four marquee games. KU will meet Southern California (Dec. 4) and Boston College (Dec. 23) in Allen Fieldhouse and travel to DePaul and South Carolina, also in December. KU will meet Toledo on Dec. 9 in Kemper Arena.
The Jayhawks’ regular-season opener will be Nov. 11 vs. Northern Arizona in Allen Fieldhouse. The exhibition opener will be against Washburn on Nov. 2 with an exhibition with Emporia State set for Nov. 7.
The Jayhawks also will compete in the Las Vegas Invitational. The tourney includes home games Towson University (Nov. 19) and Tennessee State (Nov. 21) and games in the Las Vegas Convention Center against Ball State (Nov. 24) and Florida (Nov. 25).
KU is still looking to fill one additional home date before the nonconference schedule will be made public.
KU’s schedule for the 2007-08 season is already taking shape. The Jayhawks will make trips to Georgia Tech, USC and Boston College that season, with DePaul coming to Lawrence.
¢ New numbers: Jersey numbers have been assigned to KU’s four incoming players.
Darrell Arthur, 6-9 from Dallas, will wear No. 00; Sherron Collins, 5-11 from Chicago, will wear No. 4; Brady Morningstar, 6-3 out of Free State High and most recently New Hampton (N.H.) Prep, will wear No. 12. Brennan Bechard, 6-0 out of Lawrence High and most recently Barton County CC, will wear No. 11.
Greg Ostertag was the last Jayhawk to wear No. 00 from 1992-95; Drew Gooden wore the single-digit 0 from 2000 to ’02. Nick Collison last wore No. 4 from 2000 to ’03. Billy Thomas last wore 12 from 1995 to ’98. Aaron Miles last wore No. 11 from 2002 to ’05.r