Men's basketball

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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. Considered one of the best basketball programs in collegiate sports history, their first coach was the inventor of the game, James Naismith.

The men's team has enjoyed considerable national success, having been selected Helms Foundation National Champions in 1922 and 1923, winning three NCAA national championships in 1952, 1988, and 2008 playing in a grand total of 13 Final Fours, and being regularly ranked in the AP Top 25 College Basketball Poll. A perennial conference powerhouse, Kansas leads all universities with 51 regular-season conference titles in 101 years of conference play through the 2007-2008 regular season, two more than the second place Kentucky Wildcats. The Jayhawks have won a record eight conference titles and a record six conference tournaments in the 12 years of the Big 12's existence. The program also owns the best Big 12 records in both those areas with a 158-34 record in conference play and a 25-6 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 37. Kansas is also ranked fifth in NCAA Tournament victories, with 82.

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.

On April 7, 2008, in one of the most memorable NCAA National Championship games ever, the Kansas Jayhawks defeated the Memphis Tigers 75-68 in overtime to become the 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament Champions. Mario Chalmers made a 3-point shot with 2.1 seconds remaining, bringing the 'Hawks all the way back from a 60-51 deficit with two minutes remaining. The Jayhawks then outscored the Tigers 12-5 in overtime to capture their 3rd NCAA title, and 5th overall, including the Helms Foundation Championships in 1922 and 1923. Chalmers finished with 18 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and 4 steals, and was chosen the Most Outstanding Player at the Final Four, the fifth Jayhawk all-time to be selected FF MOP.

[edit] Post-season results

[edit] Men's Regular Season Conference Championships (51)

Information correct through April 2008

[edit] 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
• 2008-Champion

[edit] Men's NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player

• 1952-Clyde Lovellette
• 1953-B.H. Born
• 1957-Wilt Chamberlain
• 1988-Danny Manning
• 2008-Mario Chalmers

[edit] Men's Basketball Season Results

• 1970: 17-9
• 1971: 27-3 (Big 8 Champions) (Final Four)
• 1972: 11-15
• 1973: 8-18
• 1974: 23-7 (Big 8 Champions) (Final Four)
• 1975: 19-8 (Big 8 Champions)
• 1976: 13-13
• 1977: 18-10
• 1978: 24-5 (Big 8 Champions)
• 1979: 18-11
• 1980: 15-14
• 1981: 24-8
• 1982: 13-14
• 1983: 13-16
• 1984: 22-10
• 1985: 26-8
• 1986: 35-4 (Big 8 Champions) (Final Four)
• 1987: 25-11
• 1988: 27-11 (Final Four) (National Champions)
• 1989: 19-12
• 1990: 30-5
• 1991: 27-8 (Big 8 Champions) (Final Four)
• 1992: 27-5 (Big 8 Champions)
• 1993: 29-7 (Big 8 Champions) (Final Four)
• 1994: 27-8
• 1995: 25-6 (Big 8 Champions)
• 1996: 29-5 (Big 8 Champions)
• 1997: 34-2 (Big 12 Champions)
• 1998: 35-4 (Big 12 Champions)
• 1999: 23-10
• 2000: 24-10
• 2001: 26-7
• 2002: 33-4 (Big 12 Champions) (Final Four)
• 2003: 30-8 (Big 12 Champions) (Final Four)
• 2004: 24-9
• 2005: 23-7 (Big 12 Champions)
• 2006: 25-8 (Big 12 Champions)
• 2007: 33-5 (Big 12 Champions)
• 2008: 37-3 (Big 12 Champions) (National Champions)

[edit] Players of note

[edit] Men's All-Americans(34)

(bold indicates consensus All-American)

[edit] 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 Falkenstien, Announcer (1945-2006)

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

[edit] 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, (142-32), 2003–present (record through April 8, 2008)

All-Time Record: 1,943-785 (.712)

[edit] Former KU players and coaches in the basketball hall of fame

• Phog Allen, player and coach
• Larry Brown, coach
• Wilt Chamberlain, player
• 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)

[edit] KU alumni currently in the NBA (2007-2008)

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

[edit] Trivia

• Since the expansion to 64 teams in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1985, there was never been a case where all four #1 seeds made it to the Final Four until 2008. The closest it ever came to this before this time 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 a 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.

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