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The Kansas Jayhawks were upset in the second round of the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament on Saturday by #9 seed Northern Iowa. Many believed Kansas, the.
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The Kansas Jayhawks were upset in the second round of the NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament on Saturday by #9 seed Northern Iowa. Many believed Kansas, the overall #1 seed in the tournament, would win the entire thing.
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As I watch the Kansas Jayhawks players kneeling on the floor crying like little babies, it only makes me happier that the undermanned, less skilled, and bigger hearted Panthers of Northern Iowa stuck it to them!
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Things got even more interesting late in the game, as Northern Iowa made some unbelievable plays to stay ahead of the Jayhawks. With only seconds left, it seemed Kansas was done for, but like in all games, its not over until its over.
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Northern Iowa shocks the Kansas Jayhawks!! Ive seen Kansas play several times this year. Bill Selfs athletic and talented team was undone by the single most impressive display of fundamental basketball Ive seen in over 20 years.
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It’d be interesting if there were people that were fans of both teams. They’ve got similar histories (counting Kansas basketball, that is)–strong regular seasons and postseason struggles, save for championships (though KU’s 2008 NCAA title happened much after the Braves 1995 World Series). Hopefully, for KU fans, this coming NCAA Tournament won’t feature a flameout that characterized so many misfortunes of the Braves in the playoffs. Don’t forget that these are teams that wear red, white, and blue. There are still people saying KU is the Braves of college hoops despite that 2008. A title this year can erase anyone’s claim that KU is college basketball’s version of the Atlanta Braves.
Is anyone here a fan of both the Kansas Jayhawks and Atlanta Braves?
I’m a Mizzou fan (and alumni) but I can’t for the life of me understand why the Jayhawks are only 3 point favorites in today’s game. Oops, meant to write ‘over Missouri’
How is Kansas only a 3 point favorite of Missouri?
What is the meaning of “Rock chalk Jayhawks”? Or did it come about just because it rhymes?
I love it I think it is one of the best crowd chants in all of college sports. It was back around 1988 during the Danny Manning years that got me hooked.
KANSAS JAYHAWK BASKETBALL how did the chant “Rock chalk Jayhawks” get it start?
Will the 2010-2011 season for the Kansas Jayhawks be a rebuilding year like North Carolina, Arizona, UCLA, and Louisville are having this year? They are losing Sherron Collins, Cole Aldrich, Xavier Henry at the end of this year to the NBA, so do you think that next year might be a rebuilding year?
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I want season tickets to KU basketball games. I know that in order to get them, I have to donate money to the Williams fund. Donations start off at $100, but I’m sure I’ll have to kick in more than that to be placed higher on the list.
So, to any KU season ticket holders, how much should I expect to donate to even get tickets or decent tickets?
How much should I expect to donate to get Kansas Jayhawks basketball season tickets?
How do you think Sherron Collins will do in the NBA?
(Sherron Collins Senior PG for Kansas JayHawks)
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Who played center position for the 1988 Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball team?
At 6:00 pm in Manhattan, KS the Sunflower State showdown of two ranked teams. Do you think the Wildcats or the Jayhawks will win? Less than 45 minutest to go before the start of the Game! Go WIldcats!
The sports teams at the University of Kansas are known as the Jayhawks. They participate in the NCAA’s Division I and in the Big 12 Conference. University of Kansas athletic teams have won ten total NCAA Division I championships, including three in men’s basketball, one in men’s cross country, three in men’s indoor track and field, and three in men’s outdoor track and field.
The Jayhawk is a mythical cross between two birds the noisy blue jay and the quiet sparrow hawk. The word came to prominence just before the Civil War, in Bleeding Kansas, where it was adopted by militant abolitionist groups known as Jayhawkers. With the admission of Kansas as a free state in 1861, Jayhawker became synonymous with the people of Kansas. The Jayhawk appears in several Kansas cheers, most notably, the “Rock Chalk, Jayhawk” chant in unison before and during games. 5
Big 12 Conference champions have the best conference regular season record, and titles are awarded to the winner of the postseason championship tournament.
The Jayhawks have won or shared 52 conference championships since their inception, an NCAA record. The Jayhawks have belonged to the Big 12 Conference since it formed before the 199697 season. Before that, the Jayhawks have belonged to the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association from the 190708 to 192728 seasons, the Big Six Conference from 192829 to 194647, the Big Seven Conference from 194748 to 195758, the Big Eight Conference from 195859 up until the end of the 199596 season. It should be noted that the Big Six and Big Seven conferences were actually the more often used names of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association, which existed under that official name until 1964, when it was changed to the Big Eight.
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The Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball program is the intercollegiate men’s basketball program of the University of Kansas Jayhawks, and is one of the most successful and prestigious programs in the history of basketball. The program is classified in the NCAA’s Division I, and the team competes in the Big 12 Conference. Its first coach was the inventor of the game, James Naismith. In 2008, ESPN ranked Kansas second on a list of the most prestigious programs of the modern college basketball era. In the last two decades, no team won more games than the Jayhawks, who won 568 games between the 1989-90 and 2008-09 seasons. Kansas also has the longest current streak of consecutive NCAA tournament appearances with 21, and has the second-longest current streak of winning seasons, at 27. Kansas is first among Division I schools in winning seasons, conference championships and first-team All Americans, and is second in wins.
The program has enjoyed considerable national success, having been selected Helms Foundation National Champions in 1922 and 1923, winning NCAA national championships in 1952, 1988, and 2008, playing in 13 Final Fours, and being regularly ranked in the AP Top 25 college basketball poll. Kansas ranks second all-time in NCAA Division I wins with 2,003 wins (as of March 18, 2010), against only 795 losses (.716 winning %, 3rd all-time). This record includes a 651106 (.860) mark at historic Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks are first in NCAA history with 91 winning seasons. They have had the fewest head coaches (eight) of any program that has been around 100 or more years. Yet, they have reached the Final Four under more head coaches (six) than any other program in the nation. Every head coach at Kansas since the inception of the NCAA Tournament has led the program to the Final Four. Kansas has had four head coaches inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame, more than any other program in the nation. A perennial conference powerhouse, Kansas leads Division I in all-time in conference titles with 53 in 103 years of conference play (the MVIAA Conference was created in 1907) through the 20092010 regular season. The Jayhawks have won a record 10 conference titles and a record 7 conference tournament titles in the 14 years of the Big 12′s existence. The program also owns the best Big 12 records in both those areas with a 18837 record in conference play and a 287 record in tournament play.</onlyinclude
The men’s basketball program officially began in 1898, following the arrival of Dr. James Naismith to the school, just six years after Naismith had written the sport’s first official rules. Naismith was not initially hired to coach basketball, but rather to be a chapel director and physical education instructor.
During those early years, the majority of the university’s basketball games were played against nearby YMCA teams, with YMCAs across the nation having played an integral part in the birth of basketball. Other common opponents were Haskell Institute and William Jewell College. Under Naismith, the team played only three current Big 12 schools Nebraska University (six times), University of Missouri (twice), and Kansas State University (once). Naismith was, ironically, the only coach in the program’s history to have a losing record (5560).
Including his years as coach, Naismith served as the Athletic Director and a faculty member at Kansas for a total of almost 40 years before retiring in 1937. Naismith died in 1939, and his remains are buried in Lawrence, Kansas. The basketball court in Allen Fieldhouse is named the James Naismith Court.
In 1907, KU hired one of Naismith’s players, Dr. Forrest C. “Phog” Allen as head coach. Naismith provided Allen with a now infamous piece of wisdom “You can’t coach basketball; you just play it.” Allen would set out to prove the adage wrong and through success and unrivaled coaching tree has become known as 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, Dutch Lonborg, John McLendon, and Ralph Miller (all except Lonborg were born and raised in Kansas).
Allen coached the team from 190709, but William O. Hamilton coached from 1909-1919, with Allen taking over again in 1919. The team went 12559 and won five conference championships under Hamilton’s direction.
Allen coached KU for 39 seasons and amassed a record of 590-219, with two Helms Foundation national titles and one NCAA Tournament championship in 1952. Numerous basketball greats would play at Kansas during Allen’s era, including Dean Smith, Adolph Rupp, Dutch Lonborg, and Ralph Miller (all future Hall of Fame coaches), Paul Endacott, Bill Johnson, and Clyde Lovellette (Hall of Fame players) and even former United States Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole.
The modern NCAA Tournament got its start under Allen’s direction. Allen created the National Association of Basketball Coaches, which went on the create the tournament format and later pass its organization on to the NCAA.
In 1952, the Jayhawks won the national title with a 80-63 victory in the final game over St. John’s, coached by Frank McGuire. Clyde Lovellette of Kansas was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, and is still the only player to lead the nation in scoring and lead his team to a national title in the same year. This tournament was the first to have a true “Final Four” format. Seven members of the championship team represented the United States in the 1952 Summer Olympics and brought home a gold medal for the national basketball team. This was especially poignant for Allen, as he had been the driving force for having basketball added to the Olympics in 1936.
Following Allen’s retirement, the Jayhawks hired former KU player and assistant, Dick Harp. Under Harp the Jayhawks went 121-82 with two conference titles and two NCAA tournament berths.
Wilt Chamberlain played his varsity years under Harp, making his job a rather easy one for the first two seasons. In his first varsity game, Chamberlain scored 52 points and grabbed 31 rebounds, breaking both all-time college records in a 8769 win against Northwestern. In 1957, he led the Jayhawks to championship game against North Carolina, coached by Frank McGuire who they had defeated in the 1952 title game when he was at St. John’s. McGuire triple-teamed Chamberlain and as a result KU was defeated, 54-53 in triple overtime. The game is considered one of the greatest in NCAA history, even today. Chamberlain continued to average 30+ points per game until leaving KU early to play professionally with the Harlem Globetrotters.
Ted Owens took over for Harp in 1964 and would go 348-128 during his tenure and won six Big Eight Conference titles.
The team advanced to NCAA postseason play seven times under Owens. The 1971 team went 27-3 and advanced to the Final Four before losing to UCLA. In 1974 the team went 23-7 and again advanced to the Final Four before losing to Marquette.
During this era the program produced all-Americans such as Jo Jo White, Walt Wesley, Bud Stallworth, Darnell Valentine, and Dave Robisch.
In 1983, Larry Brown began his tenure at the University of Kansas, after coaching in the NBA. Under Brown, Kansas finished first in the Big Eight in 1986, and second in 1984, 1985, and 1987. In 1988, Kansas got off to a mediocre 128 start, including 14 in the Big 8. The Jayhawks’ 55-game homecourt winning streak in Allen Fieldhouse was snapped with a loss to Kansas State, and they would also lose 2 more home games to Duke and Oklahoma. Behind the high-scoring of Danny Manning, KU finished 2111 at the end of the season and entered the NCAA tournament as a #6 seed. Two early upsets allowed them to face lower seeds, gain momentum, and advance. Ironically they would ultimately face the 3 teams who had given them their 3 home losses that season. They defeated Kansas State in the Elite 8, then defeated Duke in the Final 4, and won the national championship, defeating favored conference rival Oklahoma 8379 in the final. The 11 losses Kansas had in 1988 are more than any other National Champion before or since. The win garnered the team the nickname “Danny and the Miracles”. During Brown’s tenure, Kansas had five NCAA Tournament appearances which included two second round appearances, one Sweet 16 appearance, two trips to the Final Four and the national championship. He also compiled a 13544 (.754) overall record. Brown left under a cloud, as NCAA sanctions and a postseason probation were levied against Kansas following Brown’s departure in the 19881989 season as a result of recruiting violations that took place during Brown’s tenure. The major violation was a plane ticket home for potential transfer Vincent Askew to see his sick grandmother. Prior to the investigation, Askew had already decided not to transfer to Kansas.
Shortly following Brown’s departure, Kansas hired then North Carolina assistant Roy Williams as head coach.
From 19882003, under the direction of Williams, the Jayhawks had a record of 418101, a.805 winning percentage. Williams’ Kansas teams averaged 27.8 wins per season. Except for his first season at Kansas (when the team was on probation), all of Williams’ teams made the NCAA tournament. From 1990 to 1999 Kansas compiled a 28660 record, giving them both the most wins and best winning percentage of any team in that 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 580 at home during their KU careers.
Kansas won nine regular-season conference championships over his last 13 years. In seven years of Big 12 Conference play, his teams went 9418, capturing the regular-season title in 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2003 and the postseason tournament crown in 1997, 1998 and 1999. In 2001-02, KU became the first, and so far only, team to go undefeated (16-0) in Big 12 play. From 1995-98, Kansas was a combined 123-17 an average of 30.8 wins per season. Williams’ teams went 201-17 (.922) in Allen Fieldhouse, and won 62 consecutive games in Allen from February 1994 to December 1998. Kansas was a regular in the Associated Press Top 25 from 1991 to 1999, placing in the poll for 145 consecutive weeks. Williams’ teams were ranked in the Top 10 in 194 AP polls from 1990.
Kansas led the nation in field goal percentage and scoring in 2002 and in scoring margin in 2003; they held opponents to the lowest field goal percentage in the country in 2001 (37.8 percent); led the nation in winning percentage in 1997 and 2002; shot better than 50 percent from the floor for the season seven times; and led the country in field goal percentage in 1990 at 53.3 percent, and in 2002 at 50.6 percent; shot a combined 49.4 percent from the floor in 15 seasons; led the nation in assists in 2001 and 2002 and was seventh in the nation in 2003; scored 100 or more points 71 times (once every 13 games); averaged 82.7 points per game in 15 years; averaged 90 or more points in two seasons (92.1 in 1990 and 90.9 in 2002).
The Jayhawks were in the AP Top 25 in 242 of 268 weekly polls. Kansas reached the No. 1 ranking in the country in six different seasons and was ranked at least No. 2 in the nation in 11 of the 15 seasons.
Under Williams, the team had several deep runs in the NCAA Tournament, making it to four Final Fours and appearing in the national championship game in both 1991 and 2003, losing both, to Duke and Syracuse respectively. Amidst the tournament successes, there were plenty of woes. The 1996-97 team was said by many to be one of the greatest teams in history, featuring future NBA players such as Paul Pierce, Jacque Vaughn, Raef LaFrentz, and Scot Pollard. The team was upset in the Sweet Sixteen by the eventual champion, Arizona Wildcats.
The Jayhawks advanced to the Final Four in 2002 & 2003. Following the national championship loss in 2003, Williams left Kansas and returned to coach at his alma mater, North Carolina.
Bill Self was introduced as the new head coach for the 200304 season and in his first season at Kansas, Self inherited Williams’ players and recruits, which often caused turmoil as the style of play differed between the two coaches. Nevertheless, Self led his new Kansas team to the Elite Eight at the NCAA tournament his first year.
The next two seasons did not end on such a high note. Big things were expected of an experienced KU in 200405, led by seniors Wayne Simien, Keith Langford, and Aaron Miles. They began the season ranked #1 and started off 201, but then they slumped and lost six of their final nine games, including a loss to Bucknell in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The team finished 237 and settled for a Big 12 co-championship with Oklahoma.
In 200506, little was expected of the freshman/sophomore dominated Jayhawks, and they began the season 106, including 1-2 in the Big 12. Although they did post a 7346 win over Kentucky, they also saw the end of their 31-game winning streak over rival Kansas State with a 5955 loss at Allen Fieldhouse, and two nights later blew a seven point lead in the final 45 seconds of regulation en route to a 89-86 overtime loss at Missouri. But afterward, the Jayhawks matured rapidly, winning 15 of their final 17 games and avenging the losses to both Kansas State and Missouri. KU played as the #2 seed in the Big 12 Tournament in Dallas, and avenged an earlier loss to Texas with a 80-68 victory over the Longhorns in the final to clinch the Tournament championship and the highlight win of the season. KU was handed a #4 seed for the NCAA Tournament but stumbled again in the first round with a loss to the Bradley Braves.
In the 2006-07 season, Self led Kansas to the 2007 Big 12 regular season championship with a 142 record, highlighted by beating the Kevin Durant-led Texas Longhorns in monumental come-from-behind victories in the last game of the regular season and in the Big 12 Championship game. At the end of the regular season, Kansas stood at 274 and ranked #2 in the nation in both the AP and Coaches’ polls. Kansas received a number 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, but their tournament run ended in the Elite Eight with a loss to 2-seed UCLA.
In the 20072008 season, Self’s Kansas team began the season 200 until they suffered their first loss at Kansas State. The Jayhawks won the Big 12 regular season title and the Big 12 conference tourney. They received a number one seeding in the NCAA Tournament in the Midwest region. On March 30, 2008, Self led Kansas to a win in an Elite Eight game over upstart Davidson College. KU won by two, 5957. The Jayhawks played overall number 1 tournament seed North Carolina in the semifinals, defeating them 8466. They then triumphed over Memphis to claim the national title in a 7568 overtime victory in the NCAA Championship Game on April 7, 2008, finishing the season with a 37-3 record (the winningest season in Kansas history).
In the 20082009 season, despite losing 7 of their top 9 scorers and the entire starting line-up, the Jayhawks earned their 20th consecutive NCAA Tournament bid after going 257 (142), winning the conference regular season title and extending their home winning streak to 41 straight at Allen Fieldhouse, the current NCAA record. On March 22, 2009, Kansas defeated Dayton, advancing to their 3rd consecutive Sweet 16 appearance. But the Jayhawks’ season ended on March 27 when Michigan State came from behind in the final minute to defeat Kansas 6762, ending their year at 27-8. Coach Self’s record, after 6 seasons with the Jayhawks, is 16940, an.809 percentage. After the season, Self was named National Coach of the Year by the Associated Press, CBS Sports’ Chevrolet Award, USBWA (Henry Iba Award), and Sporting News.
On April 13, Sherron Collins and Cole Aldrich announced their intent to return for the 2009-2010 season. On April 23, top high school recruit Xavier Henry made his commitment to play at Kansas in the fall, prompting ESPN to name the Jayhawks as “the team to beat in 2009-10.” By the time the fall of 2009 arrived, Kansas was the unanimous preseason #1 team in all major publications. They finished the regular season with a 29-2 record and continue to hold the Division I record for the current consecutive home winning streak at 59 straight games in Allen Fieldhouse. Bill Self’s home record at “The Phog” is currently 114-6, a.950 winning percentage. They went on to win the Big 12 tournament on March 13th, clinching their 21st consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance.
The Jayhawks began their tournament run as the #1 overall seed on Thursday March 18th against 16-seed Lehigh in Oklahoma City. The Jayhawks won 90-74, improving their record to 33-2. In their 2nd Round match-up against Northern Iowa, the Jayhawks were defeated and finished the season with a record of 33-3.
From 1939 to 1950, only 8 teams participated in the NCAA Tournament. Appearances in those tournaments are excluded from the Final 16 Appearances total. If those years were included, Kansas’ total would be 27, still 4th all-time.
Allen Fieldhouse was dedicated on March 1, 1955 when the Jayhawks defeated their in-state rival, the Kansas State Wildcats, 77-67. Since then renovations have included minor seating expansions in 1986 and 1994, as well as accessibility upgrades in 1999 to modernize concession stands and restroom facilities, and to install an elevator in the south end. Handicapped seating was moved courtside behind both baskets in 2001.
Renovations completed in 2005 include a thorough cleaning of the exterior, and the creation of a new Booth Family Hall of Athletics facility on the east side of the Fieldhouse. Interior renovations include a new hardwood court, new windows, and a multi-million dollar video board and sound system. After 2006, new banners for the retired jerseys and conference and national championships were installed.
Renovations completed in 2009 include an expansion of the Booth Family Hall of Athletics and the creation of a donor atrium, as well as improved concessions, wider concourses, and restroom upgrades. The building also received brand new locker rooms, training rooms, film rooms, and player lounges. A pedestrian bridge connecting the fieldhouse to the existing facility parking garage was also constructed. The improvements cost approximately $7.8 million.
Banners hang in the south rafters to honor such Jayhawk greats as Wilt Chamberlain, Clyde Lovellette, Jo Jo White, Danny Manning, Paul Pierce, Lynette Woodard, Drew Gooden, Nick Collison, and Kirk Hinrich. There is also a banner to honor Max Falkenstien, the legendary Jayhawks radio announcer, who served the university for more than 60 years. To date he is the only non-athlete to be honored at Allen Fieldhouse in this way. The east and west sides are devoted to KU’s conference championships (a total of 52 as of 2009) as members of the Missouri Valley Conference, Big Six, Big Seven, Big Eight, and Big 12 Conferences, as well as the Jayhawks’ trips to the Final Four.
On the north wall hangs a banner reading “Pay Heed, All Who Enter Beware of the Phog”, in reference to the intimidating atmosphere and the team’s home court dominance. The original “Pay Heed” banner was constructed out of dormitory shower curtains by a group of KU students before a late season game against the Duke Blue Devils in 1988 and is now on display in the Booth Family Hall of Athletics museum. The slogan was inspired in part by advertisements for the 1980′s horror movie The Fog. It hung on the north wall until 1999, by which time it had deteriorated to the point where it was about to fall. The university replaced the banner with a much more regular-looking design, which met with negative reaction from the public. The current banner was redesigned to be more faithful to the look of the original.
There are also banners for national championships in 1922, 1923 (Helms Foundation championships), 1952, 1988, and 2008 that hang below the “Pay Heed” banner.
Since February 20th 1994, the Jayhawks have lost only 12 regular season games in Allen Fieldhouse, a 238-12 record (.952). The Jayhawks have won their last 59 at home, a current Division I record.
Hoch Auditorium (1927-1955)Hoch Auditorium was a 3,500 seat multi-purpose arena in Lawrence, Kansas. It opened in 1927. It was home to the University of Kansas Jayhawks basketball teams until Allen Fieldhouse opened in 1955.
Many of Hoch’s nicknames during the basketball years were “Horrible Hoch” and “The House of Horrors.” Such nicknames were in reference to the difficulty opposing teams had in dealing with the tight area surrounding the court and the curved walls and decorative lattice work directly behind the backboards. The curvature of the walls made the backboards appear to be moving causing opponents to miss free throws.
On June 15, 1991, Hoch Auditorium was struck by lightning. The auditorium and stage area were completely destroyed. Only the limestone facade and lobby area were spared. When reconstruction of the building was complete, the rear half of the building was named Budig Hall, for then KU Chancellor Gene Budig. The name on the facade was altered to reflect the presence of three large auditorium-style lecture halls within the building Hoch Auditoria.
Robinson Gymnasium (1907-1927)Robinson Gym was the first athletic building on the KU campus and featured a 2,500 seat auditorium used for basketball purposes. The building was demolished in 1967.
Prior to 1907Before 1907 the Jayhawks played in various venues, ranging from the basement of the original Snow Hall (even though the ceiling was only 14 feet high) to the skating rink at the local YMCA. Although a current campus building bears the same name, the original Snow Hall was demolished in 1934.
National Champion Conference Regular Season Champion Conference Tournament Champion Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion Conference Division Champion
The Jayhawks have won 53 conference championships since their inception. The Jayhawks have belonged to the Big 12 Conference since it formed before the 199697 season. Before that, the Jayhawks have belonged to the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association from the 190708 to 192728 seasons, the Big Six Conference from 192829 to 194647, the Big Seven Conference from 194748 to 195758, the Big Eight Conference from 195859 up until the end of the 199596 season. It should be noted that the Big Six and Big Seven conferences were actually the more often used names of the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association, which existed under that official name until 1964, when it was changed to the Big Eight.
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The Big Eight Conference did not regularly have a post-season tournament until after the 1977 season. Prior to that teams usually played in the Big Eight (before that, Big Seven) Holiday Tournament in December. The Holiday tournament ended after the 1979 season.
The NCAA began seeding the tournament with the 1979 edition.
* Overall number one seed. The committee began ranking 1 seeds in 2004.
Kansas leads all NCAA teams with 19 consensus first team All-American players who received 26 consensus first team nominations.
indicates player has made at least 2000 points and 1000 rebounds in his college career. All such KU players have been named All-American.
The 30 McDonald’s All-Americans listed below have played at least one game on the Kansas roster.
*Valentine was selected to the US team, but the USA boycotted the 1980 summer Olympics.
In 2008, five Jayhawks were drafted Darrell Arthur, Mario Chalmers, Darnell Jackson, Sasha Kaun and Brandon Rush. This tied the record for most players selected in the draft in one year from one school. Kansas tied with Connecticut in 2006 and Florida in 2007.
Territorial PicksFrom 1947-65 the draft allowed teams not drawing fans to select a local player, in place of their first round pick.
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In Street & Smith’s Annual list of 100 greatest college basketball programs of all time in 2005, KU ranked 4th. With the regular season finale victory in 2007 over the University of Texas, Kansas won its 1900th game. On November 8th, 1988, KU became the first NCAA basketball champion to be barred from defending its title. This probation from the NCAA was the result of major violations largely involving illegal benefits provided to Vincent Askew, a potential transfer recruit. The primary violation was the provision of a plane ticket home to see his sick grandmother.
Kansas first fielded a women’s team during the 1968-1969 season. For thirty-one seasons (1973-2004) the women’s team was coached by Marian Washington, who led the team to three Big Eight championships, eleven NCAA Tournament appearances and four AIAW Tournament appearances. The team’s best post-season result was a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 1998. Kansas is currently coached by Bonnie Henrickson who is in her 5th season.
KU football dates from 1890. While not a national powerhouse like the men’s basketball team, the football team has had notable alumni including Gale Sayers, a two time All-American who later enjoyed an injury-shortened yet Hall of Fame career with the Chicago Bears; John Riggins, another Pro Football Hall of Famer and Super Bowl XVII MVP with the Washington Redskins; Pro Football Hall of Famer for the Cleveland Browns, Mike McCormack; plus John Hadl, Dana Stubblefield, Bobby Douglass, and Nolan Cromwell. The Jayhawks have appeared three times in the Orange Bowl 1948, 1969 and 2008. The team currently plays in Memorial Stadium (capacity 50,071), the seventh oldest college football stadium in the nation, which opened in 1921. It replaced McCook Field, which had been constructed in 1892. Mark Mangino, former Oklahoma assistant coach, has coached the team from 2002-2009; he resigned under pressure from an internal investigation after the 2009 season. Turner Gill was announced as the new head coach on December 13, 2009.
As of November 29, 2009, the program’s overall record is 56855058 (.508). Early this football season the Kansas Board of regents approved the expansion of Memorial Stadium on the east side.
In the 2007-2008 football and basketball seasons, KU amassed a combined 49-4 record (12-1 football, 37-3 basketball), which is the most combined wins ever by a NCAA Division I program.
Baseball has been played at the University of Kansas since 1880 and for a total of 118 seasons. The Jayhawks had a 1621-1550-16 all-time record entering the 2009 season.
In 1993, Kansas had arguably it’s best season to date. That year the Jayhawks went to the 1993 College World Series in Omaha, NE. This was their first, and so far, only CWS appearance. The Jayhawks were led by All-Americans Jeff Berblinger, Jeff Neimeier and Jimmy Walker into the Mideast Regional in Knoxville, Tenn. After losing their first game to Fresno State, 7-4, the Jayhawks rebounded against host Tennessee for a 3-2 win. Jayhawk Junior Jamie Splittorff, son of former Kansas City Royal Paul Splittorff, got the win for KU going 8 1/3 innings. KU then trounced Rutgers, 8-2, and Clemson, 9-1, to set up the all important re-match with Fresno State. Jayhawk coach Dave Bingham turned to Walker, who had been a reliever all season for KU, to start the Regional Final. Walker didn’t disappoint as he pitched a complete game and the Jayhawks won in 10 innings, with some late game magic. Down 2-1 in the bottom of the ninth with one out, Berblinger tripled. One out later, Berblinger scored on Josh Igou’s infield hit to force extra innings. In the tenth, Brent Wilhelm scored on Darryl Monroe’s hot shot to short stop. Once in Omaha the joy was short lived, as the Jayhawks lost to Texas A&M, and then Long Beach State for an early exit.
The Jayhawks returned to the Regionals in 1994, earning a bid to the Atlantic II Regional in Tallahassee, Fla.
The Jayhawks would once again find themselves in a regional in the 2006 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament after winning the 2006 Big 12 Baseball Tournament. That year KU traveled to Corvalis, Ore. for the Corvalis Regional. KU went 1-2 and did not advance.
The Jayhawks made the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament as a 3 seed in the Chapel Hill Regional and went 2-2. They went 1-1 against 2-seed Coastal Carolina, defeated 4-seed Dartmouth, and were finally knocked out by 1-seed and regional winner North Carolina in the last game of the regional.
Since the inception of collegiate athletics at the University of Kansas, the main rival of Kansas has been the University of Missouri. The schools annually compete in the Border War. The historic rivalry between Kansas and Missouri dates back to the pre-Civil War days known as Bleeding Kansas, when pro-Slavery guerrillas from Missouri raided the anti-Slavery city of Lawrence in the Sacking of Lawrence. The rivalry further deepened and became more bloody during the Civil War when pro-Confederate guerrillas from Missouri again raided the pro-Union, anti-Slavery city of Lawrence in the Lawrence Massacre, killing between 185 and 200 men and boys. The rivalry between the two schools today has been described as one of the most intense in the nation.
Kansas State University is Kansas’ in-state rival. The series between Kansas and Kansas State is known as the Sunflower Showdown.
A recent rival of Kansas, especially in basketball, has been the University of Texas. Since the two schools joined the same Conference in 1996, they have often competed for basketball dominance of the Big 12. Kansas and Texas met in the Big 12 Tournament final from 2006 through 2008, with Kansas winning all three.
Kansas and the University of Nebraska have the third longest uninterrupted series in football in the nation. The overall series dates to 1892.
James Naismith also served as athletic director in some fashion in the years prior to Hamilton. Hamilton is the first official athletic director.
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