Chris Cunningham's shot attempt was one of 12 that Jeff Withey sent back on Monday night. (AP)

Center Jeff Withey had the second triple-double in the history of Kansas basketball on Monday night (16 points, 12 rebounds and 12 blocks) in a 70-57 win against San Jose State. Withey also broke his own and Cole Aldrich's single-game record for blocks.

That's cool and all, but simply looking at blocked shots in one game doesn't do Withey justice for the defensive season that he has put together thus far. Here are a some Withey factoids: 

  • Withey has 37 blocks in KU's first six games. That's the most blocks he's ever had in a six-game stretch, breaking his run of 31 blocks during the NCAA tournament last season, which was a new NCAA tournament record. 
  • Anthony Davis led the nation in blocks last season. The most blocks he had in a six-game stretch was 34. 
  • In the last 12 games, Withey has 68 blocks. Only 37 players in college basketball last season (over the entire course of the year) had more blocks than Withey has in the last 12 games. 
  • If Withey were a team, he would rank 13th in the NCAA in blocked shots.
  • David Robinson owns the single-season record for blocked shots with 207. It's illogical to assume Withey can continue his current pace -- right? -- but if he did, Withey would break Robinson's record in 34 games. (KU plays 31 regular season games, so the Jayhawks would need to play three postseason games to get there.)

As with any shot blocker, Withey changes almost as many shots as he ends up blocking and he makes KU's defense inside the 3-point line extremely difficult to score against. On Monday, the Spartans made only 12 of 44 (25.6 percent) of their shots inside the arc when Withey was in the game. In the five minutes he spent on the bench, the Spartans outscored KU 12-2. 

One reason Withey's block numbers are going up this year is he's playing 72.1 percent of the available minutes for the Jayhawks as opposed to 61.9 percent of the minutes last season. He stays on the court because of his ability to defend without fouling. He has four defensive fouls in 173 minutes. Let me repeat that: a shot-blocking 7-footer has four defensive fouls in six games. That speaks to Withey's excellent patience and timing. 

Withey is blocking approximately 23 percent of opponents' two-point field-goal attempts when he is on the floor. To put that in perspective, his 15.3 block percentage last season was the best in the country. Opponents shot 39.8 percent against KU inside the arc last year; they're shooting only 34.5 percent this season. 

And if all of that is not convincing enough that Withey has put together one of the more impressive defensive stretches in recent memory, here's one final nugget. 

Withey has either tracked down his own block or blocked a shot to a teammate on 26 of his 37 swats (70.2 percent). The block-pass is nothing new for the big man, who grew up playing volleyball. Last season, KU got back 65 percent of Withey's blocks. They got back eight of 12 on Monday night, which actually dropped his block-pass rate. He'd better get to work on that.

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