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Kansas Jayhawks
File:Jayhawks logo.png
University	University of Kansas
Head coach	Bill Self (5th season)
Conference	Big 12 Conference North Division
Arena	Allen Fieldhouse (capacity: 16,300)
Nickname	Jayhawks
Colors	Blue and Crimson
Uniforms
Home Away
NCAA tournament champions
1952, 1988
NCAA tournament Final Four
1940, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1971, 1974, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1993, 2002, 2003
Conference tournament champions
1997, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007
Conference regular season champions
1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007

The Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball program of the University of Kansas Jayhawks. The program is classified in the NCAA's Division I, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference. Historically, they are considered one of the best basketball programs partly due to the fact that James Naismith was the first coach there.

The men's team has enjoyed considerable national success, having won two NCAA national championships (in 1952 and 1988) and regularly featuring in the AP Top 25 College Basketball Poll. It is also a perennial conference powerhouse. Including the regular-season conference title in 2007, Kansas now has 50 conference titles all time (in 100 years of conference play), which is a record among all universities, one ahead of the Kentucky Wildcats. The Jayhawks have won a record seven conference titles and a record five conference tournaments in the 10 years of the Big 12, and also own the best Big 12 records in both those areas with a 145-31 record in conference play and a 22-6 record in tournament play.

From 1990 to 1999 Kansas compiled a 286-60 record, the best win-loss record of any team in the decade. From 1994 to 1998, the Jayhawks won 62 consecutive home games at Allen Fieldhouse, which was the longest such streak in the NCAA at the time. The seniors of 1998 (Raef LaFrentz, Billy Thomas, and C.B. McGrath) went 58-0 at home during their KU careers.KU ranks fourth in NCAA Tournament appearances, with 36. Kansas is also ranked fifth in NCAA Tournament victories, with 73.

The men's team has had several notable coaches, beginning play during the 1898–1899 season under head coach James Naismith, the inventor of the game and the only KU coach to post a losing record. In 1907, KU hired Phog Allen as head coach, who would go on to coach at the school for 39 seasons. Allen would later be titled the "Father of Basketball Coaching", having passed on his knowledge of the game to some of the most well-respected names in the history of college basketball, including National Basketball Hall of Fame coaches Adolph Rupp, Dean Smith, Arthur "Dutch" Lonborg and Ralph Miller.

2007-08 Schedule

Dates and times are subject to change. Home games are indicated with ALL CAPS.

Notes: *=Jayhawk Invitational; **=Big 12-Pac 10 Hardwood Series; †=American Century Investments Shootout

Post-season results

Men's Regular Season Conference Championships (50)

Information correct through November 2007

Men's basketball Final Four history

• 1940-Finalist
• 1952-Champion
• 1953-Finalist
• 1957-Finalist
• 1971-Semifinalist
• 1974-Semifinalist
• 1986-Semifinalist
• 1988-Champion
• 1991-Finalist
• 1993-Semifinalist
• 2002-Semifinalist
• 2003-Finalist

Men's NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player

• 1952-Clyde Lovellette
• 1953-B.H. Born
• 1957-Wilt Chamberlain
• 1988-Danny Manning

Players of note

Men's All-Americans

(bold indicates consensus All-American)

Retired jerseys

• 0- Drew Gooden, forward (2000-02)
• 4- Nick Collison, forward (2000-03)
• 5- Howard Engleman, forward (1939-41)
• 8- Charlie T. Black, guard (1922-24)
• 10- Charlie B. Black, forward (1942-43, 1946-47)
• 11- Jacque Vaughn, guard (1994-97)
• 13- Wilt Chamberlain, center (1957-58)
• 13- Walt Wesley, center (1964-66)
• 14- Darnell Valentine, guard (1978-81)
• 15- Ray Evans, guard (1942-43, 1946-47)
• 15- Jo Jo White, guard (1966-69)
• 16- Clyde Lovellette, center (1950-52)
• 23- B.H. Born, center (1952-54)
• 25- Danny Manning, forward (1985-88)
• 32- Bill Bridges, forward (1959-61)
• 34- Paul Pierce, forward (1996-98)
• 40- Dave Robisch, forward (1969-71)
• 45- Raef LaFrentz, forward (1995-98)
• 60- Max Falkenstein, Announcer (1945-2006)

(KU only retires the jerseys, and not the numbers, of past basketball players)

Men's basketball coaches

Head men's basketball coaches, including win-loss record, years coached, and reason for leaving:

• Dr. James Naismith, (55-60), 1898–1907, retired
• Dr. Forrest "Phog" Allen, (591-219), 1907–1909, 1919–1956, retired
• William O. Hamilton, (107-59), 1909–1919, resigned
• Dick Harp, (121-82), 1956–1964, resigned
• Ted Owens, (348-182), 1964–1983, fired; led Jayhawks to the Final Four in 1971 and 1974
• Larry Brown, (135-44), 1983–1988, accepted the position of Head Coach of the San Antonio Spurs
• Roy Williams, (418-101), 1988–2003, accepted the position of Head Basketball Coach at North Carolina
• Bill Self, (105-28), 2003–present (record through March 23, 2007)

All-Time Record: 1,906-781 (.709)

Former KU players and coaches in the basketball hall of fame

• Phog Allen, player and coach
• Larry Brown, coach
• Wilt Chamberlain, player (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999)
• Jerry Colangelo, freshman team captain (enshrined as a contributor)
• Paul Endacott, player
• Bill Johnson, player
• Arthur C. "Dutch" Lonborg, player (enshrined as a coach)
• Clyde Lovellette, player
• John McLendon, did not play due to race (enshrined as a coach)
• Ralph Miller, player (Wichita State University and Oregon State University coach)
• James Naismith, coach, inventor of basketball
• Ernie Quigley, player (enshrined as referee)
• Adolph Rupp, player (University of Kentucky coach)
• Dean Smith, player and (former University of North Carolina coach)
• Roy Williams, coach and (current University of North Carolina coach)

KU alumni currently in the NBA (2007-2008)

• Nick Collison, Seattle SuperSonics
• Drew Gooden, Cleveland Cavaliers
• Kirk Hinrich, Chicago Bulls
• Raef LaFrentz, Portland Trailblazers
• Paul Pierce, Boston Celtics
• Scot Pollard, Boston Celtics
• Wayne Simien, Minnesota Timberwolves
• Jacque Vaughn, San Antonio Spurs
• Julian Wright, New Orleans Hornets

Trivia

• Since the expansion to 64 teams in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1985, there has never been a case where all four #1 seeds made it to the Final Four. The closest it has ever come to this was in 1993 when the #2 seeded Jayhawks defeated Bobby Knight's #1 seeded Indiana Hoosiers 83-77 to proceed to the Semifinals with #1 seeds Kentucky, Michigan, and North Carolina (where North Carolina emerged as National Champion under Kansas graduate, Coach Dean Smith).
• The 1988 Jayhawks, at 27-11, had the worst record of any team to win the national championship, recording a won/loss percentage of .710.
• The first Chinese broadcast of a Big 12 game was Kansas's 83-32 win at home versus Dartmouth on November 28, 2006.

References

1. Kansas Men's Basketball History KUAthletics.com

External links

• kusports.com
• kuathletics.com

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