14 Years of Dominance

Dominance
14 consecutive Big 12
conference
championships…
And counting
Table of Contents
14 Championships Number 1 2004-2005 4
Number 2 2005-2006 9
Number 3 2006-2007 13
Number 4 2007-2008 18
Number 5 2008-2009 24
Number 6 2009-2010 29
Number 7 2010-2011 34
Number 8 2011-2012 39
Number 9 2012-2013 45
Number 10 2013-2014 50
Number 11 2014-2015 55
Number 12 2015-2016 60
Number 13 2016-2017 65
Number 14 2017-2018 70
Ranking the Championships 76
By Best Team 82
By Most Impressive 83
Obstacles to Title # 15 85
Team Forecasts Baylor Bears 86
Iowa State Cyclones 88
Kansas Jayhawks 88
Kansas State Wildcats 89
Oklahoma Sooners 90
Oklahoma State Cowboys 91
Texas Longhorns 92
TCU Horned Frogs 93
Texas Tech Red Raiders 94
West Virginia Mountaineers 95
Way Too Early Predictions 2018-2019 Predictions 96
References 97
Disclaimer – I began this book about the time KU was wrapping up its 14th consecutive Big 12
Title. As I’m finishing this book, the announcement that KU has been linked to the FBI
investigation has just come out. There are so many unknowns but what is known is that the
2 players with KU ties referred to in the investigation are Billy Preston and Silvio De Sousa. It
is unknown how this is going to affect KU Basketball moving forward or even looking
backward. Billy Preston never played in an official game for KU, so whatever his family was or
was not involved in should not affect KU at all. Recall the many times that Preston’s mother
stated that Billy did nothing wrong while he sat out waiting on a decision from the NCAA?
Well she never stated that SHE did nothing wrong, only that Billy did not. The shame of this
story is that Billy Preston had his one year of college taken away from him even though he did
nothing wrong (I am assuming he did not do anything).
Silvio De Sousa played in 20 games and could affect KU in many ways. Assuming Fenny
Falmagne, De Sousa’s guardian did accept money paid by the Adidas representative:
1. If Silvio and KU were not aware of the payments, it’s possible that nothing will change.
KU will not be forced to forfeit any games from this past season and Silvio could still be
eligible to play next year.
2. If Silvio OR any KU officials were aware of the payments, KU would most likely have to
forfeit all 20 games that Silvio played in, which means no Big 12 Title (the record-tying
streak ends at 13), no NCAA Tournament (the record streak ends at 28), and no Final
Four appearance.
3. The NCAA could also rule that KU does not have to forfeit any games but that De Sousa
is ineligible moving forward.
4. It is quite likely that the FBI investigation will still be ongoing in November, so the NCAA
won’t be able to rule on De Sousa’s eligibility, so KU will keep him out as a precaution,
the same way it did Billy Preston. So in fact, Silvio may be penalized for something he
did not do, the same way Preston was.
However this plays out in the coming months may affect this 14th season of the streak in
various ways, and it might affect things this next season as well. We’ll just have to see how
things play out.
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The Kansas Jayhawks have made history by capturing its 14th consecutive
conference championship surpassing the mark it shared with the UCLA teams of
1967-1979. This book takes a look at what each of these 14 seasons have looked
like from conference crowns, to rosters, to point, assist, rebound, individual and
team statistics. If the record continues to grow in the coming seasons, this book will
continue to grow.
Rock
Chalk
Jayhawks
2004-2005
Consecutive Big XII Title Number 1
The first of the 14 consecutive championships was in 2004-2005. KU had 4 starters returning, Wayne Simien,
Keith Langford, Aaron Miles, and J.R. Giddens. The only key losses were David Padgett to transfer and Jeff
Graves to graduation, who shared the 5th starting role. The first 10 games featured 9 in Allen Fieldhouse and 1
in Kemper Arena. Among those was a game with #9 Georgia Tech which was a rematch of the 2004 Midwest
Regional Finals from the previous year, which the Jayhawks had lost. In that game, Kansas’ leading scorer and
rebounder, All-American Wayne Simien was out with an injured thumb. #2 KU came out flat and Georgia Tech
raced out to a 16-point lead. The Jayhawks would fight back to get it down to a 7-point margin by halftime but
would not get it even until 1:16 remained in the game and would not lead until 1:38 was left in the overtime.
With 0:03 left on the clock in OT, Keith Langford made a spin move in the lane and put up a floater that would
go in to give Kansas the 70-68 lead and ultimately the win. In this game, Aaron Miles had 8 assists, giving him
808 for his career, breaking the school record of 804 set by Jacque Vaughn.
KU finished the early 10 game stretch by going 10-0 before taking the show on the road. The first game was
another out of conference game at Rupp Arena to take on #8 Kentucky, still without All-American Wayne Simien.
KU’s inside players Freshman C.J. Giles, Junior Walk-on Christian Moody, and Freshman Sasha Kaun combined
for 28 points, while Freshman Alex Galindo had 4 blocked shots. KU’s “strength” in Simien’s absence, Seniors
Keith Langford and Aaron Miles, along with Sophomore J.R. Giddens combined to go 7 for 28 from the field.
Kentucky’s trio of Chuck Hayes, Kelenna Azubuike (yes UK really had an Azubuike), and Randolph Morris
combined to go 8 of 35 from the field to help KU offset its 21 turnovers and get the win.
KU started conference play with 2 games on the road at Iowa State and Colorado but won both games and a
home game against Nebraska before going out of conference again, this time at unranked Villanova. Wayne
Simien played in this game but the Jayhawks had appeared to be vulnerable of late, winning 4 of its last 5 by 6
points or less, and Villanova gave them a complete beat down, going 12 for 19 from 3-point range, and going on
a 31-5 run to open the second half and take a 7 point halftime lead to 33 points and to secure the blowout win.
KU would turn it around after that game and win its next 6 games (all within conference), including 3 games on
the road and one against #16 Texas at home, before the wheels fell off of the wagon. By this time, KU was 10-
0 in conference and it’s a good thing it was because it had to hold on to get championship number 1. KU went
into Lubbock to face the #25 ranked Red Raiders, and it had a knockdown drag out with TTU. The game was
tied at 69 at the end of regulation and at 74 at the end of the first overtime. KU led 79-74 with 2:50 to go in the
second overtime and seemed to be in control, but Texas Tech scored the last 6 points and won the game. KU
led 79-77 when Jarius Jackson missed a 3-pointer and Aaron Miles collected the rebound with 7.9 seconds left
and was immediately pushed out of bounds in an attempt to foul him. Instead of calling a foul, the referee
called Miles for traveling, giving TTU another chance. Instead of Miles going to the free throw line with a chance
to put the game away, Texas Tech got the ball and Darryl Dora nailed a 3-pointer for the win. From that point
on it seemed like KU could never get on track.
KU would lose its next game at home to Iowa State, the 2nd loss at AFH for Bill Self, and then it lost at #21
Oklahoma. It would finish out the conference race by winning at home against #4 Oklahoma State and Kansas
State before losing the finale at Missouri to finish the conference at 12-4 tied with Oklahoma for the league
crown, 1 game ahead of Oklahoma State and 2 games ahead of Texas Tech.
KU went into the Big 12 Tournament as the #2 seed and won the first game against 10th seed Kansas State but
lost the second game to 10th ranked and 3rd seed Oklahoma State. It still received a #3 seed in the Syracuse (or
East) Region of the NCAA Tournament but lost the first game to #14 seed Bucknell, the first time KU had lost in
the first round of the NCAA tournament since they lost to UCLA in 1978.
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2004-2005 Kansas Jayhawks
Jeff Hawkins Alex Galindo Russell Robinson Keith Langford

1 Aaron Miles
1 JR G 5-11 180 2 FR G 6-7 230 3 FR G 6-1 205 5 SR G 6-4 215 SR G 6-1 175
Kansas City, KS Newark, NJ New York, NY Fort Worth, TX 1 Portland, OR
1 J.R. Giddens
SO G 6-5 215
2 Stephen Vinson
JR G 6-1 195
2 Wayne Simien
SR F 6-9 255
2 Sasha Kaun
FR C 6-11 250
2 Michael Lee
SR G 6-3 215
5 Oklahoma City, OK 0 Lawrence, KS 3 Leavenworth, KS 4 Melbourne, FL 5 Portland, OR
3 Darnell Jackson
FR F 6-9 253
3 C.J. Giles
FR F 6-11 240
3 Christian Moody
JR F 6-8 225
3 Nick Bahe
SO G 6-2 185
5 Moulaye Niang
JR F 6-10 220
2 Oklahoma City, OK 3 Seattle, WA 4 Asheville, NC 5 Lincoln, NE 5 El Cajon, CA
1 Jeremy Case
RS G 6-1 190
5 Matt Kleinmann
RS C 6-10 250 Head Coach Assistant Coach
0 McAlester, OK 4 Overland Park, KS Bill Self Tim Jankovich
Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Dir Basketball Ops Strength/Conditioning

Joe Dooley Curtis Townsend Danny Manning Andrea Hudy
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2004-2005 Results
Departures from 2003-2004 Team Regular Season

Name Reason Date Opponent Results Site
Jeff Graves Graduation 11/19/2004 Vermont W 68-61 Allen Fieldhouse
Bryant Nash Graduation 11/23/2004 Saint Joseph's W 91-51 Allen Fieldhouse
Brett Olsen Graduation 11/29/2004 Nevada W 85-52 Allen Fieldhouse
David Padgett Transfer (L’ville) 12/4/2004 Pacific W 81-70 Allen Fieldhouse
Omar Wilkes Transfer (Cal) 12/9/2004 TCU W 93-74 Allen Fieldhouse
Jeremy Case Redshirt 12/11/2004 Louisiana-Lafayette W 96-51 Allen Fieldhouse
12/18/2004 South Carolina W 64-60 Allen Fieldhouse
2004-2005 Big XII Standings 12/22/2004 UW-Milwaukee W 73-62 Kemper Arena
Con Overall 1/1/2005 Georgia Tech W 70-68 OT Allen Fieldhouse
Team W L W L 1/5/2005 Texas A&M W 65-60 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas 12 4 23 7 1/9/2005 at Kentucky W 65-59 Rupp Arena
Oklahoma 12 4 25 8 1/12/2005 at Iowa State W 71-66 Hilton Coliseum
Oklahoma State 11 5 26 7 1/15/2005 at Colorado W 76-61 Coors Events Center
Texas Tech 10 6 22 11 1/19/2005 Nebraska W 59-57 Allen Fieldhouse
Iowa State 9 7 19 12 1/22/2005 at Villanova L 62-83 Wachovia Center
Texas 9 7 20 11 1/25/2005 at Baylor W 86-66 Ferrell Center
Texas A&M 8 8 21 10 1/29/2005 Texas W 90-65 Allen Fieldhouse
Missouri 7 9 16 17 1/31/2005 Missouri W 73-61 Allen Fieldhouse
Nebraska 7 9 14 14 2/5/2005 at Nebraska W 78-65 Bob Devaney Sports Ctr
Kansas State 6 10 17 12 2/9/2005 at Kansas State W 74-65 Bramlage Coliseum
Colorado 4 12 14 16 2/12/2005 Colorado W 89-60 Allen Fieldhouse
Baylor 1 15 9 19 2/14/2005 at Texas Tech L 79-80 2OT United Spirit Arena
2/19/2005 Iowa State L 61-63 OT Allen Fieldhouse
Additions to 2003-2004 Team 2/21/2005 at Oklahoma L 63-71 Lloyd Noble Center
Name Reason 2/28/2005 Oklahoma State W 81-79 Allen Fieldhouse
Alex Galindo Recruiting 3/2/2005 Kansas State W 72-65 Allen Fieldhouse
C.J. Giles Recruiting 3/6/2005 at Missouri L 68-72 Mizzou Arena
Darnell Jackson Recruiting Big 12 Tournament
Sasha Kaun Recruiting 3/11/2005 Kansas State W 80-67 Kemper Arena
Russell Robinson Recruiting 3/12/2005 Oklahoma State L 75-78 Kemper Arena
NCAA Tournament
3/18/2005 #14 Bucknell L 63-64 Ford Center, OKC
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Year 2004-2005 (1) Per Game Averages Yearly Totals
Number Player G MPG PPG RPG APG BPG FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT%
1 Jeff Hawkins 21 8.3 3.0 0.4 0.7 0.0 19 41 46.3% 17 35 48.6% 7 9 77.8%
2 Alex Galindo 23 10.0 4.1 1.6 0.3 0.3 31 74 41.9% 17 44 38.6% 16 22 72.7%
3 Russell Robinson 24 10.1 3.5 0.7 1.0 0.1 28 68 41.2% 6 21 28.6% 21 30 70.0%
5 Keith Langford 28 31.0 14.4 4.0 2.8 0.2 145 312 46.5% 31 88 35.2% 83 138 60.1%
11 Aaron Miles 30 33.1 9.3 3.5 7.2 0.3 86 188 45.7% 40 80 50.0% 67 85 78.8%
15 J.R. Giddens 30 27.7 10.1 3.8 1.4 0.7 11 275 40.4% 63 187 33.7% 17 25 68.0%
20 Stephen Vinson 5 3.0 0.0 0.6 0.6 0.0 0 6 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 3 33.3%
23 Wayne Simien 26 34.3 20.3 11.0 1.4 0.6 191 346 55.2% 4 14 28.6% 142 174 81.6%
24 Sasha Kaun 21 8.3 2.6 2.3 0.1 0.0 30 56 53.6% 0 0 0.0% 10 30 33.3%
25 Michael Lee 30 17.5 4.8 2.0 1.4 0.1 48 112 42.9% 17 56 30.4% 31 34 91.2%
32 Darnell Jackson 24 7.0 2.0 1.7 0.1 0.1 17 31 54.8% 0 0 0.0% 14 24 58.3%
33 C.J. Giles 27 10.0 2.8 2.4 0.0 0.9 25 47 53.2% 0 0 0.0% 9 15 60.0%
34 Christian Moody 27 22.6 5.8 4.7 0.7 0.4 62 107 58.7% 1 3 33.3% 31 56 55.4%
35 Nick Bahe 11 3.8 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.0 4 11 36.4% 2 7 28.6% 2 4 50.0%
55 Moulaye Niang 16 4.3 0.6 1.1 0.1 0.0 4 10 40.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 3 33.3%
10 Jeremy Case
54 Matt Kleinmann
Rodrick Stewart
McDonald’s All-American
Led the Team
2004-2005 Non-Con B12 B12 Tour

NCAA Tour Overall
Team Results W L W L W W L L W L PPG PAPG RPG APG
10 1 12 4 0 1 1 1 23 7 75 65.2 37.6 16.5
Overall
FG FGA FG% 3FG 3FGA 3FG% FT FTA FT% A STL BLK TO PF
801 1684 47.6% 198 539 36.7% 451 649 69.5% 495 197 115 433 574
Big 12 Results 12-4 Co-Champions with Oklahoma

Big 12 Tournament Lost in the second round to Oklahoma State
NCAA Seed 3
NCAA Region East
NCAA Results Lost in the first round to Bucknell
Individual Accomplishments
Wayne Simien First Team All-American
First Team All-Big 12
Big 12 Player of the Year
Keith Langford Second Team All-Big 12
Aaron Miles Third Team All-Big 12
Michael Lee Academic All Big 12
Christian Moody Academic All Big 12
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2005-2006
The Jayhawks had to replace 4 starters from last year’s team. Wayne Simien, Keith Langford, Aaron Miles, plus
Michael Lee to graduation and J.R. Giddens to transfer since he couldn’t seem to keep himself out of trouble.
The only returning starter was walk-on turned starter Christian Moody. In addition to these seniors and starters,
KU also had to replace Alex Galindo and Nick Bahe who both decided to transfer, as well as Moulaye Niang who
decided to give up basketball due to health reasons. Fortunately, it was replacing a great group of players with
a great group of recruits. It had signed McDonald’s All-Americans Mario Chalmers, Julian Wright, and Micah
Downs, along with high school phenom Brandon Rush. They were talented, but they were freshmen, and they
played like it sometimes, especially early in the year.
The team began with a win against Idaho State before heading to Maui for the Maui invitational and it took it
on the chin, first to #10 ranked Arizona and then to Arkansas before winning the 7 th place game against the host
team Chaminade. It returned to Allen Fieldhouse to face #20 Nevada and lost for the 3 rd time under Bill Self at
AFH 72-70, as Nick Fazekas scored 35 points. Fazekas also fouled C.J. Giles at the end of the game but it wasn’t
called, so the Jayhawks did not have a chance to tie the game. KU’s record at this point was 2-3, the first time
it had been that bad since the 1972-73 season, but things would get better; just not quite yet.
The team won the next game against Western Illinois but then lost again in the Jimmy V Classic in Madison
Square Garden against St. Joseph 70-67, to fall 3-4 on the season, for the first time since 1971-72. The Jayhawks
only hit 6 of 19 free throws to St. Joseph 14 of 20, so we need look no further at why it lost this game. It would
begin to get on track, winning its last-non-conference games, culminating with a 73-46 drubbing of #19 Kentucky
at AFH. Kentucky shot just 24.2% and only had 5 assists. The Jayhawks would lead by as much as 32 points
before the final 27-point margin.
KU won the next game at Colorado before returning home to lose at AFH for the 4th time under Self to K-State
before going on the road and losing at Missouri to start conference play 1-2. So, what do you do when starting
the conference poorly? You reel off 10 straight victories, including 4 on the road. The highlight of this string
was against #19 Oklahoma at AFH where the Jayhawks trailed 50-34 at the 9:45 mark before going on a 25-8
run to finish the game and win 59-58.
The Jayhawks would get drubbed at #7 Texas 80-55 to trail the Longhorns in the Big 12 by 1 game, but Texas
would lose their next game against rival Texas A&M and let the Jayhawks back in the title hunt. KU would win
its last 2 to finish 13-3 and tie Texas (with Lamarcus Aldridge, P.J. Tucker, and Daniel Gibson) for the Big 12 Title,
the 2nd consecutive year they’ve tied for the championship.
The Jayhawks won the first 2 games of the Big 12 Tournament over Oklahoma State and Nebraska before facing
Texas in the championship. They did not look like the nervous freshmen who had just been easily handled just
2 weeks earlier in Austin. They looked like seasoned veterans as they knocked off the Longhorns 80-68 to win
the Big 12 Tournament title for the 4th time in the conference history, but the first time since 1999.
Unfortunately, this team went into the NCAA tournament and looked like freshmen again losing in the first
round to Bradley for the second straight year. Bucknell and Bradley in back to back years became known NOT
affectionately as the Killer Bs. Micah Downs had issues and transferred to Gonzaga after the first semester.
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Jeff Hawkins Russell Robinson Rodrick Stewart

1 Jeremy Case
1 Mario Chalmers
1 SR G 5-11 180 3 SO G 6-1 205 5 SO G 6-4 200 SO G 6-1 190 FR G 6-1 190
Kansas City, KS New York, NY Seattle, WA 0 McAlester, OK 5 Anchorage, AK
2 Stephen Vinson
SR G 6-2 195
2 Micah Downs *
FR G 6-8 194
2 Sasha Kaun
SO C 6-11 250
2 Brandon Rush
FR G 6-6 210
3 Julian Wright
FR F 6-8 225
0 Lawrence, KS 2 Kirkland, WA 4 Melbourne, FL 5 Kansas City, MO 0 Chicago Heights, IL
3 Darnell Jackson
SO F 6-9 253
3 C.J. Giles
SO F 6-11 240
3 Christian Moody
SR F 6-8 225
5 Matt Kleinmann
FR C 6-10 250
2 Oklahoma City, OK 3 Seattle, WA 4 Asheville, NC 4 Overland Park, KS
Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Dir Std-Ath Dev.
Bill Self Tim Jankovich Joe Dooley Curtis Townsend Danny Manning
Strength/Conditioning Dir Basketball Ops Student Assistant

Andrea Hudy Ronnie Chalmers Moulaye Niang
*Transferred out after 1 semester
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2005-2006 Results

Wayne Simien Graduation 11/18/2005 Idaho State W 90-66 Allen Fieldhouse
Keith Langford Graduation 11/21/2005 Arizona L 49-61 Lahaina Civic Center
Aaron Miles Graduation 11/22/2005 Arkansas L 64-65 Lahaina Civic Center
Michael Lee Graduation 11/23/2005 Chaminade W 102-54 Lahaina Civic Center
Alex Galindo Transfer (Flo Int'l) 12/1/2005 Nevada L 70-72 Allen Fieldhouse
J.R. Giddens Transfer (New Mex) 12/3/2005 Western Illinois W 86-57 Allen Fieldhouse
Nick Bahe Transfer (Creighton) 12/6/2005 St. Joseph's L 67-70 Madison Square Gard
Moulaye Niang Retire from Bball 12/10/2005 California W 69-56 Kemper Arena
12/19/2005 Pepperdine W 63-43 Allen Fieldhouse
2005-2006 Big XII Standings 12/22/2005 Northern Colorado W 85-62 Allen Fieldhouse
Con Overall 12/29/2005 New Orleans W 73-56 Allen Fieldhouse
Team W L W L 1/4/2006 Yale W 73-56 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas 13 3 25 8 1/7/2006 Kentucky W 73-46 Allen Fieldhouse
Texas 13 3 27 6 1/11/2006 at Colorado W 76-63 Coors Events Center
Oklahoma 11 5 20 8 1/14/2006 Kansas State L 55-59 Allen Fieldhouse
Texas A&M 10 6 21 8 1/16/2006 at Missouri L 86-89 OT Mizzou Arena
Colorado 9 7 20 9 1/21/2006 Nebraska W 96-54 Allen Fieldhouse
Nebraska 7 9 19 13 1/25/2006 at Texas A&M W 83-73 Reed Arena
Iowa State 6 10 16 14 1/28/2006 at Iowa State W 95-85 Hilton Coliseum
Kansas State 6 10 15 13 1/30/2016 Texas Tech W 86-52 Allen Fieldhouse
Oklahoma State 6 10 15 17 2/5/2006 Oklahoma W 59-58 Allen Fieldhouse
Texas Tech 6 10 15 17 2/8/2006 at Nebraska W 69-48 Bob Devaney Sports Ctr
Missouri 5 11 12 16 2/11/2006 Iowa State W 88-75 Allen Fieldhouse
Baylor 4 12 4 13 2/13/2006 at Oklahoma State W 64-49 Gallagher-Iba Arena
2/18/2006 Missouri W 79-46 Allen Fieldhouse
Additions to 2004-2005 Team 2/21/2006 Baylor W 76-61 Allen Fieldhouse
Name Reason 2/25/2006 at Texas L 55-80 Frank Erwin Center
Mario Chalmers Recruiting 3/1/2006 Colorado W 75-54 Allen Fieldhouse
Brandon Rush Recruiting 3/4/2006 at Kansas State W 66-52 Bramlage Coliseum
Julian Wright Recruiting Big 12 Tournament
Micah Downs Recruiting 3/10/2006 Oklahoma State W 63-62 American Airlines Ctr
3/11/2006 Nebraska W 79-65 American Airlines Ctr
3/12/2006 Texas W 80-68 American Airlines Ctr
NCAA Tournament
3/17/2006 #13 Bradley L 73-77 Palace of Auburn Hills
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1 Jeff Hawkins 33 16.9 5.4 1.9 2.4 0.0 60 140 42.9% 43 106 40.6% 9 13 69.2%
5 Rodrick Stewart 14 3.2 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.0 4 11 44.4% 0 2 0.0% 2 3 66.7%
10 Jeremy Case 31 12.5 2.5 0.6 0.4 0.3 21 50 42.0% 14 42 33.3% 4 4 100.0%
15 Mario Chalmers 33 26.0 11.5 2.2 3.8 0.2 121 272 50.7% 48 128 37.5% 89 113 78.8%
20 Stephen Vinson 23 8.2 1.4 0.7 1.3 0.0 9 28 32.1% 7 24 29.2% 7 10 70.0%
22 Micah Downs 24 5.5 4.3 2.2 1.0 0.0 19 50 38.0% 12 32 37.5% 6 11 54.5%
24 Sasha Kaun 33 19.3 8.2 5.3 0.4 1.1 104 185 56.2% 0 0 0.0% 61 114 53.5%
25 Brandon Rush 33 31.7 13.5 5.9 2.0 0.7 170 359 47.4% 50 106 47.2% 54 71 76.1%
30 Julian Wright 33 20.1 8.5 4.6 1.8 1.3 124 220 56.4% 0 3 0.0% 34 62 54.8%
32 Darnell Jackson 32 19.5 6.3 4.9 0.3 0.0 52 103 50.5% 0 0 0.0% 40 52 76.9%
33 C.J. Giles 23 15.3 6.2 4.8 0.4 1.5 87 172 50.6% 0 0 0.0% 30 51 58.8%
34 Christian Moody 13 11.7 3.4 2.9 0.5 0.2 41 71 57.7% 3 9 33.3% 21 41 51.2%
54 Matt Kleinmann 16 2.6 1.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 7 11 63.6% 0 0 0.0% 2 2 100.0%
Led the Team (with enough attempts)
2005-2006 Non-Con B12 B12 Tour

NCAA Tour Overall
Team Results W L W L W W L L W L PPG PAPG RPG APG
9 4 13 3 3 0 0 1 25 8 75.2 61.3 39.5 17.8
Overall
912 1923 47.4% 205 539 38.0% 451 671 67.2% 589 323 185 516 599
Big 12 Results 13-3 Co-Champions with Texas for 2nd consecutive title
Big 12 Tournament Big 12 Tournament Champions with wins over Oklahoma State, Nebraska, and Texas
NCAA Seed 4
NCAA Region West
Results Lost in the first round to Bradley
Brandon Rush All Big 12 First Team
Big 12 Freshman of the Year
Mario Chalmers All Big 12 Second Team
All Big 12 Defensive Team
Russell Robinson All Big 12 Defensive Team
Bill Self Big 12 Coach of the Year
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2006-2007
All 5 starters returned from last year plus the addition of 2 more McDonald’s All-Americans in Darrell “Shady”
Arthur and Sherron Collins, plus local standout Brady Morningstar, and the team was ranked #3, so there was
plenty of excitement coming into this season. The Jayhawks did not disappoint in its first game, a blowout of
Northern Arizona, but in the second game, it stunned everyone losing 78-71 to an undermanned Oral Roberts
team, at Allen Fieldhouse no less, giving Bill Self his 5th loss at AFH in his 4th year.
The loss dropped them to #10, but it would get better winning its next 5 games including knocking off #1 (and
defending National Champion) Florida in the Las Vegas Invitational 82-80 in OT. The same Florida team that
returned Joakim Noah, Corey Brewer, Taurean Green, and Al Horford from the national championship team.
Then 2 games later, it laid another egg as it went into unranked DePaul and got handed their 2 nd defeat to a
very inferior opponent. This team faced many ups and downs early on, but it finally got things rolling in the
right direction, winning its last 7 non-conference games to take a 13-2 mark into conference play.
It won 6 of its first 7 games in conference play, including 3 of 4 on the road, and it was tied with Texas A&M
atop the league when A&M came to Allen Fieldhouse on February 3, 2007. The Jayhawks were in control 62-52
with 6:33 to play, when the wheels fell off the wagon. Texas A&M led by Acie Law went on a 12-2 run to tie the
game at 64 all with a minute to play. Julian Wright hit a shot to put KU up 66-64. A&M called time out and Law
hit a 3-point dagger over Brandon Rush with 20 seconds left to give A&M the lead 67-66. Mario Chalmers missed
a shot and then Law was fouled and hit 2 free throws for the final 69-66 score. This game marked the first time
that any team from the Big 12 South had beaten the Jayhawks at AFH since the Big 12 was formed (a string of
31 straight), and it was the first time Texas A&M had ever beaten Kansas. The loss was the 6 th home loss for
Self who is in his 4th year. It was also the last time anyone would beat Kansas at home for the next 70 games as
KU went on a 69-game home court winning streak.
The young Jayhawks did not dwell on that defeat and went on to win its last 8 conference games, to finish at
14-2 in the conference. Going into the finale against #15 Texas at Allen Fieldhouse, it was simple; win the game
and win the conference; lose the game and tie for the conference with Texas and Texas A&M. Simple except
that Texas had some guy named Kevin Durant (along with D.J. Augustin and A.J. Abrams). Durant started the
game on fire, like only he can, and he led Texas out to a 16-point lead 51-35 at the 2:44 mark of the first half.
KU closed out the half on a 7-3 run to make it 54-42 at the half, with Texas still in control. KU opened the second
half on a 17-4 run to take a 59-58 lead at the 16:08 mark. The game would remain mostly close the rest of the
way with KU leading most of it and securing the win 90-86 and the outright conference crown. Durant finished
with 32 points. Perhaps it would have been a different outcome if Durant hadn’t sprained his ankle midway
through the final period, but KU had come back and taken the lead before Durant got hurt.
The Big 12 Tournament was also exciting this year as KU defeated Oklahoma and Kansas State to face Texas in
the championship game, a week after the game in AFH. The comeback win the Jayhawks would provide in this
one was even better than the one to end the regular season. Before Kansas put their shorts on, Texas led by
Durant had built a 32-10 lead with 8:08 left on the clock in the first half. Brandon Rush hit a 3-pointer 27 seconds
later, and KU finally woke up and started the comeback. They had trimmed the lead to 39-34 by halftime and
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looked like they might go ahead and play the game. Texas continued to lead the second half, getting it up to as
much as 9 points and as little as 1 point until Mario Chalmers hit a free throw with 7:50 left to tie the game. His
second free throw would give KU its first lead since it was 4-2 at 61-60. KU then continued to lead by 1 to 5
points until Durant hit an and one free throw with 2:27 left to tie the game at 71. Texas had a 79-76 lead when
Mario Chalmers drained a 3 with 0:16 left. Durant missed a jumper, so the game went into overtime. The OT
was tight until Darnell Jackson hit a pair of free throws with 0:15 left to give KU a 5-point lead. Texas wouldn’t
go away as A.J. Abrams hit a 3 before Russell Robinson hit a pair of free throws to seal the 90-86 win. Durant
had 37 points and A.J. Abrams 19. Sherron Collins came off the bench to lead KU with 20 points while Brandon
Rush and Julian Wright added 19 each and Mario Chalmers had 17. This gave KU its 5th Big 12 Tournament Title
in 11 years of the conference.
Interestingly enough, 2 days prior to this game, Texas overcame a 20-point deficit to defeat Baylor for the largest
comeback in Big 12 Tournament history; but it didn’t last long since KU came back from a 22-point deficit. This
was also the largest comeback win in KU history. With KU winning the Big 12 Championship again for the 3 rd
straight year, Bill Self has 3 consecutive Big 12 Titles and 6 losses at Allen Fieldhouse but finished the year on a
4-game home winning streak.
The Jayhawks were both rewarded and penalized by the NCAA Tournament selection committee. It was
competing against UCLA for the final #1 seed in the tournament. The committee gave it to KU which seems like
a reward, but it put them in the West Region with UCLA being the #2 in the West. So, with UCLA having the
home advantage, it was really a 1 while KU was a 2. Nevertheless, after 2 consecutive defeats in the first round
of the tournament, we had to do better this year and we did. The Jayhawks defeated #16 seed Niagara, #8
Kentucky, and #4 Southern Illinois before taking on #2 UCLA in the West Regional Finals.
In the UCLA game, the Jayhawks could not hit a shot. They turned the ball over 21 times (although UCLA turned
it over 25 times), and they shot 41% from the field (compared to 53% for UCLA). The numbers don’t look that
bad when compared, but UCLA was much more experienced and add to that, the home crowd was in their
corner, so UCLA got the 68-55 win and made their 2nd trip to the Final Four. KU has never beaten UCLA in the
NCAA tournament.
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0 Darrell Arther Russell Robinson Sherron Collins Rodrick Stewart

1 Jeremy Case
FR C 6-9 225 3 JR G 6-1 205 4 FR G 5-11 205 5 JR G 6-4 200 JR G 6-1 190
0 Dallas, TX New York, NY Chicago, IL Seattle, WA 0 McAlester, OK
1 Brennan Bechard
SO G 6-0 185
1 Brady Morningstar
FR G 6-4 185
1 Mario Chalmers
SO G 6-1 190
2 Sasha Kaun
JR C 6-11 250
2 Brandon Rush
SO G 6-6 210
1 Lawrence, KS 2 Lawrence, KS 5 Anchorage, AK 4 Melbourne, FL 5 Kansas City, MO
3 Julian Wright
SO F 6-8 225
3 Darnell Jackson
JR F 6-9 253
4 Brad Witherspoon
FR G 6-1 190
5 Matt Kleinmann
SO C 6-10 250
0 Chicago Heights, IL 2 Oklahoma City, OK 0 Humboldt, KS 4 Overland Park, KS
Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Dir Std-Ath Dev.
Bill Self Tim Jankovich Joe Dooley Curtis Townsend Danny Manning
Strength/Conditioning Dir Basketball Ops Student Assistant

Andrea Hudy Ronnie Chalmers Moulaye Niang
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2006-2007 Results

Jeff Hawkins Graduation 11/11/2006 Northern Arizona W 91-57 Allen Fieldhouse
Christian Moody Graduation 11/15/2006 Oral Roberts L 71-78 Allen Fieldhouse
Stephen Vinson Graduation 11/19/2006 Towson W 87-61 Allen Fieldhouse
C.J. Giles Transfer (Oregon St) 11/21/2006 Tennessee State W 89-54 Allen Fieldhouse
Micah Downs Transfer (Gonzaga) 11/24/2006 Ball State W 64-46 Orleans Arena, Lvegas
11/25/2006 Florida W 82-80 OT Orleans Arena, Lvegas
2006-2007 Big XII Standings 11/28/2006 Darmouth W 83-32 Allen Fieldhouse
Con Overall 12/2/2006 at DePaul L 57-64 Allstate Arena
Team W L W L 12/4/2006 USC W 72-62 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas 14 2 33 5 12/9/2006 Toledo W 68-58 Kemper Arena
Texas A&M 13 3 27 7 12/19/2006 Winston-Salem St. W 94-43 Allen Fieldhouse
Texas 12 4 25 10 12/23/2006 Boston College W 84-66 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas State 10 6 23 12 12/28/2006 Detroit Mercy W 63-43 Allen Fieldhouse
Texas Tech 9 7 21 13 12/30/2006 Rhode Island W 80-69 Allen Fieldhouse
Missouri 7 9 18 12 1/7/2007 at South Carolina W 70-54 Colonial Center
Oklahoma 6 10 16 15 1/10/2007 Oklahoma State W 87-57 Allen Fieldhouse
Nebraska 6 10 17 17 1/13/2007 at Iowa State W 68-64 OT Hilton Coliseum
Iowa State 6 10 15 16 1/15/2017 Missouri W 80-77 Allen Fieldhouse
Oklahoma State 6 10 22 13 1/20/2007 at Texas Tech L 64-69 United Spirit Arena
Baylor 4 12 15 16 1/24/2007 at Baylor W 82-56 Ferrell Center
Colorado 3 13 7 20 1/27/2007 Colorado W 97-74 Allen Fieldhouse
1/29/2007 at Nebraska W 76-56 Bob Devaney Sports Ctr
Additions to 2005-2006 Team 2/3/2007 Texas A&M L 66-69 Allen Fieldhouse
Name Reason 2/7/2007 Kansas State W 97-70 Allen Fieldhouse
Darrell Arthur Recruiting 2/10/2007 at Missouri W 92-74 Mizzou Arena
Sherron Collins Recruiting 2/14/2007 at Colorado W 75-46 Coors Events Center
Brady Morningstar Recruiting 2/17/2007 Nebraska W 92-39 Allen Fieldhouse
2/19/2007 at Kansas State W 71-62 Bramlage Coliseum
2/24/2007 Iowa State W 89-52 Allen Fieldhouse
2/26/2007 at Oklahoma W 67-65 Lloyd Noble Center
3/3/2007 Texas W 90-86 Allen Fieldhouse
Big 12 Tournament
3/9/2007 Oklahoma W 64-47 Ford Center, OKC
3/10/2007 Kansas State W 67-61 Ford Center, OKC
3/11/2007 Texas W 88-84 OT Ford Center, OKC
NCAA Tournament
3/16/2007 #16 Niagara W 64-47 United Center, Chic
3/18/2007 #8 Kentucky W 88-76 United Center, Chic
3/22/2007 #4 Southern IL W 61-58 HP Pavilion, San Jo, CA
3/24/2007 #2 UCLA L 55-68 HP Pavilion, San Jo, CA
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00 Darrell Arthur 38 19.0 9.8 4.7 0.4 1.5 155 288 53.8% 0 5 0.0% 64 99 64.6%
4 Sherron Collins 38 22.3 9.3 2.3 2.9 0.0 129 270 47.8% 47 116 40.5% 49 64 76.6%
5 Rodrick Stewart 17 4.4 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.1 10 28 35.7% 5 11 45.5% 3 11 27.3%
10 Jeremy Case 16 5.6 1.9 0.6 0.8 0.1 13 31 41.9% 10 27 37.0% 1 1 100.0%
11 Brennan Bechard 12 2.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 1 3 33.3% 1 3 33.3% 0 2 0.0%
12 Brady Morningstar19 5.2 2.1 0.8 0.5 0.0 13 26 50.0% 4 9 44.4% 4 5 80.0%
15 Mario Chalmers 38 29.2 12.2 3.0 3.3 0.4 159 324 49.1% 59 146 40.4% 87 113 77.0%
24 Sasha Kaun 38 15.3 5.9 3.8 0.5 0.6 88 166 53.0% 0 0 0.0% 31 62 50.0%
25 Brandon Rush 38 32.5 13.8 5.6 2.0 0.9 186 420 44.3% 75 174 43.1% 79 116 68.1%
30 Julian Wright 38 27.6 12.0 7.8 2.2 1.3 190 346 54.9% 3 13 23.1% 73 119 61.3%
32 Darnell Jackson 35 17.4 5.5 5.1 0.3 1.4 71 129 55.0% 0 0 0.0% 67 102 65.7%
40 Brad Witherspoon 10 1.7 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 1 6 16.7% 0 2 0.0% 1 2 50.0%
54 Matt Kleinmann 30 5.8 0.9 0.9 0.2 0.0 5 9 55.6% 0 0 0.0% 1 2 50.0%
2006-2007 Non-Con B12 B12 Tour NCAA Tour Overall

Team Results W L W L W L W L W L PPG PAPG RPG APG
13 2 14 2 3 0 3 1 33 5 78.4 61.7 39.7 17.1
Overall
1106 2241 49.4% 231 584 39.6% 535 811 66.0% 651 350 246 539 718
Big 12 Results Won the conference by 1 game over Texas A&M

Big 12 Tournament Big 12 Tournament Champions with wins over Oklahoma, Kansas State, and Texas
NCAA Seed 1
NCAA Region West
Results Lost in the Regional Finals to 2 seed UCLA
Brandon Rush All Big 12 1st Team
Julian Wright All Big 12 1st Team
Mario Chalmers All Big 12 3rd Team
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year
Russell Robinson All Big 12 Defensive Team
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2007-2008
Julian Wright opted to skip his final 2 seasons of eligibility since he was more or less assured of being a lottery
pick in the NBA draft (which he later was). Brandon Rush also decided to test the waters without hiring an
agent, which was good for him because he tore his ACL and therefore, opted to come back to school. The
Jayhawks returned the other 3 starters (along with Rush), and a total of 5 seniors and 2 juniors. The young ones
at KU were all of a sudden the experienced team. The team had youth also though, as it had 3 sophomores and
added 4 freshmen, including another McDonald’s All-American Cole Aldrich.
It stormed out the gate winning its first 20 games of the year, which included the first 5 conference games (2 on
the road); which had them ranked between 2nd and 4th in the country. Only 1 of those first 20 teams were
ranked (at #24 USC), however, so there wasn’t a clear picture of how good this team was. Game number 21
took it into Manhattan to face the #24 Wildcats at Bramlage Coliseum where it had won 19 in a row, plus another
5 in a row in Ahearn Fieldhouse for a total of 24 in a row in Manhattan. But this K-State team was led by Michael
Beasley, and had a supporting cast including Bill Walker, and Jacob Pullen. Beasley was not even born the last
time that K-State beat KU in Manhattan, but he scored 25 points to lead the Cats to end the Streak. Walker
added 22 and Pullen 20. Sherron Collins hit a 3 with 13:33 left to make the score 47-45 K-State but the Jayhawks
went more than 7 minutes without a field goal and could never catch up after that. Mario Chalmers led the
Jayhawks with 19 points and Brandon Rush had 15 but it wasn’t enough to keep the Wildcats from getting the
84-75 win and taking over sole possession of first place in the conference (a game ahead of KU).
KU won the next 3 games and rolled into Austin to take on the #11 Longhorns who were a game behind the
Jayhawks and K-State atop the league standings (KSU would later lose 5 out of 6 and any chance they had would
dissipate with it). They Jayhawks and Longhorns had begun to build a nice little rivalry with some of the games
they’ve had in recent years, and this one was no different. Texas took a 72-69 home court win against the
Jayhawks when little known Conner Atchley went 6-6 from the field, including 4-4 from beyond the arc to score
16 points, along with A.J. Abrams and Damion James getting 14 each. KU was led by Darrell Arthur’s 22 points,
but it wasn’t enough to knock off the Longhorns on the road.
The Jayhawks would win its next game but would then lay a rotten egg in Stillwater, losing the game 61-60,
which was clearly the ugliest this team looked all year. Why is it Bill Self has such a hard time winning at his
Alma Mater? At this point, the Jayhawks were 9-3 and the Longhorns were 10-2. Texas had 2 games on the
road, followed by 2 at home; win all 4 and the Big 12 belongs to them. KU had a road game, followed by 2 home
games and finishing on the road. Both teams won their first game, but fortunately for KU fans, Texas Tech
knocked off Texas 83-80 opening the door for the Jayhawks and they would bust through it. The team won its
last 3 games to tie Texas for the league title, the 3rd time it’s tied in the 4 years of the streak.
The Jayhawks went into the Big 12 Tournament and got wins over Nebraska and Texas A&M. This would set up
the championship game with the #5 Jayhawks facing #6 Texas, the 3 rd consecutive year the championship
featured KU and TU. This would also be the 3rd consecutive year Kansas has defeated Texas for the Big 12
Tournament Title, and the 6th championship for KU in 12 years of the league. This would also continue the
humility for Texas and this is the 5th time they’ve played in the championship game but have not won it yet.
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Mario Chalmers went off in this game scoring a career high 30 points by hitting 8 3-pointers (the Jayhawks would
hit 15 total 3-pointers out of 25 attempts). They would also get 25 assists on 26 made field goals. The 15 3-
pointers set a Big 12 Tournament Record. Brandon Rush added 19 points with 6 3-pointers. This game was not
all about KU, as Texas put up great numbers as well. It had a total of 12 3-pointers and both teams combined
to only have 14 turnovers for the game. This was just another great game in what has become a nice little
rivalry.
For its efforts, the Jayhawks received a #1 seed in the Midwest Region and would play its first game in Omaha
against #16 Portland State who was making its first appearance in the NCAA tournament. As could be expected
from a #1 vs #16 game, the 16 seed was overmatched from the start and KU rolled to an 85-61 victory behind
Brandon Rush’s 18 points, as the Jayhawks shot 54%, including 12 of 25 from beyond the arc. The 2 nd game,
also in Omaha was against 8th seeded UNLV (with coach Lon Kruger), in the finals of the first of the three 2-game
tournaments in this year’s NCAA tournament. The Jayhawks wasted little time getting out in front of the
Running Rebels and coasting to a 75-56 victory, holding UNLV to 26.7% shooting, including 22.7% beyond the
arc while shooting 58% itself, including 38.5% on 3-pointers.
The team would next move on to Detroit to face 12 th seeded Villanova which had knocked off 5th seeded and
#22 ranked Clemson in the first round before knocking off #13 Siena (who had knocked out #4 seed and #19
ranked Vanderbilt in the first round). The Jayhawks wasted no time playing around as it recorded 4 alley oops
in the first 9 minutes and made seven 3-pointers the first half to take a 41-22 lead into the half, and it never
looked back. It also played superb defense on Villanova’s leader Scottie Reynolds and cruised to a 72-57 win.
That brought them to the Regional Final against the tournament’s Cinderella, 10th seeded and #23 ranked
Davidson who had super guard Stephen Curry. Davidson had knocked off #7 seed and #24 ranked Gonzaga 82-
76, 2nd seed and 8th ranked Georgetown 74-70, 3rd seed and #6 ranked Wisconsin 73-56, to get to the regional
championship. Stephen Curry had put up 40 points against Gonzaga, 30 points against Georgetown, and 33
points against Wisconsin, so he had the Jayhawks full attention. By the time KU played this game, the other
number 1 seeds North Carolina, Memphis, and UCLA had won and advanced to the Final Four, so the pressure
was on KU to advance all four number 1 seeds for the first time in history. This was by far, the ugliest game KU
had played in the tournament, and perhaps all year. They looked like they were playing tight and trying not to
lose, rather than going out and taking it. Fortunately, its defense was good because its offense lacked big time.
Sherron Collins missed a shot with 21 seconds left and KU clinging to a 59-57 lead, and Davidson having Curry
who had become known as someone who could make a 3 from the next gym over, KU fans were clinging to their
seats and holding their breath. KU double teamed Curry and would not let him have a shot, so he had to pass
the ball to Jason Richards who missed a 25-footer as time expired which advanced the Jayhawks to its first Final
Four since 2003. Curry scored 25 points for Davidson but on 9 of 25 shooting, so give the Jayhawks credit for its
defense. So, all 4 number 1 seeds advanced to the Final Four for the first time in history where top ranked North
Carolina would face 4th ranked Kansas in one semi-final, while 2nd ranked Memphis would face 3rd ranked UCLA
in the other.
During practice leading up to the first game, KU senior Rodrick Stewart in a freak accident fractured his kneecap
and would be out for the season and ending his KU career, so things got off to a rough start for KU. In the first
game, KU would face North Carolina for the first time since Roy Williams left KU 5 years before and returned to
his alma mater. The Jayhawks had known many heartbreaks under Williams in the NCAA tournament and this
time, they would give him another. This game was really 3 games within one game. The Jayhawks won the first
game by jumping out to a 40-12 lead when Cole Aldrich made a bucket with 6:49 left in the first half. North
Carolina began a valiant comeback effort at this time, but a bucket by Sherron Collins with 0:02 left in the half
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gave KU a 17-point lead (44-27). Mario Chalmers hit a bucket 8 seconds into the half to put KU up 19 but North
Carolina was not done fighting. Over the next 3 minutes, the game stayed between the 17 and 19-point range,
but then NC put on their own show, while KU went dead. The Jayhawks went 6:00 without scoring a point while
Carolina scored 14 points to make an 18-point lead dip to a 4-point lead at 54-50. For the next 5:49 the game
lingered between 4 and 8 points with KU never trailing. Then finally in the last 4:29, KU went on a 15-5 run to
close out the 18-point win and move on to the championship game.
The title game was one for the ages as KU faced off against Memphis. The game was tight most of the way with
Memphis leading by as much as 6 points the first half and KU leading by 7 points. The half ended with KU holding
on to a 5-point lead 33-28. Memphis tied the game just over a minute into the second half and from there it
was never more than a 3-point lead for either team until Derrick Rose hit a shot with 7:35 left to put Memphis
up 51-47. The Memphis lead would grow to 7 points at the 5:10 mark. It would stay between 5 and 7 points
until Robert Dozier hit a pair of free throws with 2:12 left to put Memphis up by 9 points, but KU was not ready
to quit. Memphis was one of the worst free throw shooting teams in the country, ranking 339th out of 341
teams, shooting only 59% and KU would take advantage. KU would take the ball down the court and Darrell
Arthur hit an 18-foot jumper to make it 60-53 with 1:57 left. Sherron Collins stole the inbounds pass, gave it up
immediately and then positioned himself in the right corner, where he would get the ball back and sink an open
3-pointer to make it 60-56 with 1:49 left. Russell Robinson would foul Chris Douglas-Roberts and he would make
both free throws to make it 62-56 but still with 1:39 left. Joey Dorsey fouled Mario Chalmers who would make
both free throws to make it 62-58 with 1:23 left. Chalmers would then foul Chris Douglas-Roberts who missed
the front end of the 1 and 1 with 1:15 left and Darrell Arthur rebounded. Arthur then made a jumper with 1:00
left to make the score 62-60 and force Memphis to take a timeout. The last minute did not go well for KU, but
it ended well, so as Shakespeare put it, “all’s well that ends well”. Memphis missed a shot and KU got the
rebound, but Arthur was called for an offensive foul at the 0:16 mark. Douglas-Roberts missed both free throws,
but Joey Dorsey got the offensive rebound and Brandon Rush fouled Derrick Rose with 10 seconds left. Rose
missed the first free throw and then made the 2nd to give Memphis a 3-point lead. The ball was inbounded to
Sherron Collins who streaked down the sideline and handed the ball off to Mario Chalmers on the famous “Chop
Play”, and Chalmers sank “The SHOT” as it’s known in KU lore to tie the game with 2.1 seconds left. Dorsey tried
a heave as time expired but missed sending the game into overtime with KU having all of the momentum. KU
scored the first 6 points of OT and never looked back running out to the 75-68 win and Rock Chalk Championship!
In the final 2:12 of regulation, KU scored 12 points by not missing a shot, including free throws, while Memphis
missed its only shot attempt and 4 of its last 5 free throw attempts. KU finished the season with a 37-3 record,
its 4th consecutive Big 12 title, and a 23-game home court winning streak intact, including Bill Self’s first
undefeated season at Allen Fieldhouse.
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0 Darrell Arther Conner Teahan Russell Robinson Sherron Collins Rodrick Stewart
SO C 6-9 225 2 FR G 6-5 212 3 SR G 6-1 205 4 SO G 5-11 205 5 SR G 6-4 200
0 Dallas, TX Leawood, KS New York, NY Chicago, IL Seattle, WA
1 Jeremy Case
SR G 6-1 190
1 Brennan Bechard
JR G 6-0 185
1 Tyrel Reed
FR G 6-3 193
1 Mario Chalmers
JR G 6-1 190
2 Sasha Kaun
SR C 6-11 250
0 McAlester, OK 1 Lawrence, KS 4 Burlington, KS 5 Anchorage, AK 4 Melbourne, FL
2 Brandon Rush
JR G 6-6 210
3 Darnell Jackson
SR F 6-9 253
4 Brad Witherspoon
SO G 6-1 190
4 Chase Buford
FR G 6-3 210
4 Cole Aldrich
FR C 6-11 245
5 Kansas City, MO 2 Oklahoma City, OK 0 Humboldt, KS 1 San Antonio, TX 5 Bloomington, MN
5 Matt Kleinmann
JR C 6-10 250
1 Brady Morningstar
RS G 6-4 185
Head Coach
Bill Self
4 Overland Park, KS 2 Lawrence, KS
Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Strength/Conditioning Dir Basketball Ops
Joe Dooley Curtis Townsend Danny Manning Andrea Hudy Ronnie Chalmers
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2007-2008 Results

Brady Morningstar Redshirt 11/9/2007 Louisiana-Monroe W 107-78 Allen Fieldhouse
Julian Wright NBA 11/11/2007 UMKC W 85-62 Allen Fieldhouse
11/15/2007 Washburn W 92-60 Allen Fieldhouse
2007-2008 Big XII Standings 11/21/2007 Northern Arizona W 87-46 Allen Fieldhouse
Con Overall 11/25/2007 Arizona W 76-72 OT Allen Fieldhouse
Team W L W L 11/28/2007 Florida Atlantic W 87-49 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas 13 3 37 3 12/2/2007 at USC W 59-55 Galen Center, LA
Texas 13 3 31 7 12/5/2007 Eastern Washington W 85-47 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas State 10 6 21 12 12/8/2007 DePaul W 84-66 Allen Fieldhouse
Oklahoma 9 7 23 12 12/15/2007 Ohio W 84-66 Sprint Center
Baylor 9 7 21 11 12/18/2007 at Georgia Tech W 71-66 Alex. Mem. Col. Atlanta
Texas A&M 8 8 25 11 12/22/2007 Miami (OH) W 78-54 Allen Fieldhouse
Texas Tech 7 9 16 15 12/29/2007 Yale W 86-53 Allen Fieldhouse
Nebraska 7 9 20 13 1/5/2008 at Boston College W 85-60 Conte Forum
Oklahoma State 7 9 17 16 1/8/2008 Loyola (MD) W 90-60 Allen Fieldhouse
Missouri 6 10 16 16 1/12/2008 at Nebraska W 79-58 Bob Devaney Sports Ctr
Iowa State 4 12 14 18 1/14/2008 Oklahoma W 85-55 Allen Fieldhouse
Colorado 3 13 12 20 1/19/2008 at Missouri W 76-70 Mizzou Arena
Additions to 2006-2007 Team 1/26/2008 Nebraska W 84-49 Allen Fieldhouse
Name Reason 1/30/2008 at Kansas State L 75-84 Bramlage Coliseum
Conner Teahan Recruiting 2/2/2008 at Colorado W 72-59 Coors Events Center
Tyrel Reed Recruiting 2/4/2008 Missouri W 90-71 Allen Fieldhouse
Chase Buford Recruiting 2/9/2008 Baylor W 100-90 Allen Fieldhouse
Cole Aldrich Recruiting 2/11/2008 at Texas L 69-72 Frank Erwin Center
2/16/2008 Colorado W 69-45 Allen Fieldhouse
2/23/2008 at Oklahoma State L 60-61 Gallagher-Iba Arena
2/27/2008 at Iowa State W 75-64 Hilton Coliseum
3/1/2008 Kansas State W 88-74 Allen Fieldhouse
3/3/2008 Texas Tech W 109-51 Allen Fieldhouse
3/8/2008 at Texas A&M W 72-55 Reed Arena
Big 12 Tournament
3/14/2008 Nebraska W 64-54 Sprint Center
3/15/2008 Texas A&M W 77-71 Sprint Center
3/16/2008 Texas W 84-74 Sprint Center
NCAA Tournament
3/20/2008 #16 Portland State W 85-61 Qwest Center, Omaha
3/22/2008 #8 UNLV W 75-56 Qwest Center, Omaha
3/28/2008 #12 Villanova W 72-57 Ford Field, Detroit
3/30/2008 #10 Davidson W 59-57 Ford Field, Detroit
4/5/2008 #1 North Carolina W 84-66 Alamodome, San Ant
4/7/2008 #1 Memphis W 75-68 OT Alamodome, San Ant
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00 Darrell Arthur 40 24.7 12.8 6.3 0.8 1.3 214 394 54.3% 2 12 16.7% 80 114 70.2%
2 Conner Teahan 21 3.0 2.2 0.4 0.3 0 16 27 59.3% 12 20 60.0% 2 2 100.0%
4 Sherron Collins 34 23.8 9.3 2.2 3.1 0.1 116 251 46.2% 38 105 36.2% 45 58 77.6%
5 Rodrick Stewart 33 11.6 2.8 2.2 1.4 0.1 35 71 49.3% 5 16 31.3% 17 28 60.7%
10 Jeremy Case 30 4.9 1.6 0.3 0.9 0 17 45 37.8% 11 29 37.9% 2 2 100.0%
11 Brennan Bechard 12 1.8 1.2 0.3 0.2 0 5 9 55.6% 2 5 40.0% 2 4 50.0%
14 Tyrel Reed 23 6.3 2.0 0.4 0.9 0 18 35 51.4% 11 24 45.8% 0 1 0.0%
15 Mario Chalmers 39 30.0 12.8 3.1 4.3 0.6 164 318 51.6% 73 156 46.8% 97 130 74.6%
24 Sasha Kaun 40 17.7 7.1 3.9 0.3 1.2 109 176 61.9% 0 0 0.0% 66 122 54.1%
25 Brandon Rush 38 29.7 13.3 5.1 2.1 0.8 180 414 43.5% 80 191 41.9% 67 86 77.9%
32 Darnell Jackson 40 24.3 11.2 6.7 1.1 0.5 171 273 62.6% 2 6 33.3% 103 149 69.1%
40 Brad Witherspoon 12 2.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 0 0 4 0.0% 0 3 0.0% 2 2 100.0%
41 Chase Buford 13 1.6 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.1 1 9 11.1% 0 6 0.0% 0 0 0.0%
45 Cole Aldrich 40 8.3 2.8 3.0 0.1 0.9 43 83 51.8% 0 0 0.0% 26 38 68.4%
54 Matt Kleinmann 20 2.2 0.4 0.7 0.1 0.1 3 7 42.9% 0 0 0.0% 1 3 33.3%
Brady Morningstar

15 0 13 3 3 0 6 0 37 3 80.5 61.5 38.7 18.0
Overall
1176 2314 50.8% 271 683 39.7% 598 852 70.2% 721 356 235 529 706
Big 12 Results Tied for first with Texas

Big 12 Tournament Big 12 Tournament Champions with wins over Nebraska, Texas A&M, and Texas
NCAA Seed 1
NCAA Region Midwest
Results Won the National Championship with wins over Portland State, UNLV, Villanova,
Davidson, North Carolina, and Memphis
Brandon Rush All Big 12 1st Team
Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Darrell Arthur All Big 12 1st Team
Mario Chalmers All Big 12 2nd Team
NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Darnell Jackson All Big 12 3rd Team
Sherron Collins All Big 12 Defensive Team
Big 12 6th Man Award
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2008-2009
With the Jayhawks losing all 5 starters and 8 total players from last year’s team, this year began with a lot of
uncertainty. How can we win a 5th consecutive Big 12 title when we have so little returning? The answer is that
you return a couple of high caliber players in Junior Sherron Collins and Sophomore Cole Aldrich, you bring back
a lock down defender from redshirt, Brady Morningstar, and you get 8 new players, including some talented
freshman Marcus and Markieff Morris, as well as Tyshawn Taylor. Oh yeah, you also get a little luck along the
way. But the Jayhawks had 10 players who were freshmen or sophomores on this team, and still managed #5.
The season started out well enough, getting wins over UMKC and Florida Gulf Coast at Allen Fieldhouse, and
Washington at the Sprint Center before facing Syracuse, also at the Sprint Center. The Jayhawks led by 13 five
minutes into the second half and again by 7 with just under 4 minutes, but it couldn’t hold off Johnny Flynn and
Syracuse. Flynn hit a 3-pointer with 9 seconds left to tie the game and send it to overtime where the Orange
dominated, winning the game 89-81.
The Jayhawks would go on to win its next 4 games at Allen Fieldhouse to inferior competition before falling flat
on its face again at the Sprint Center, this time to Massachusetts. It looked pitiful in that game losing 61-60,
then better against Temple, winning at AFH before getting blown out at unranked Arizona 84-67. Fans were
beginning to think we might have to endure a down year. The team won its next game to go 9-3 on the year.
The next game, it welcomed 14th ranked Tennessee to AFH. The Jayhawks jumped on the Vols early and often
riding Sherron Collins 26 points, 9 assists and Cole Aldrich’s 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 blocks to a 92-85 win.
AFH was juiced and the Vols were rattled from the opening tip. Bruce Pearl called 2 timeouts in the first 4-1/2
minutes while the Jayhawks continued to ride the fieldhouse to a 25-9 cushion. Tennessee would fight back at
times, but it could never get all the way back, as KU would answer a run with a run and hold on for the victory.
KU would win against Siena but then would go to Michigan State to take on the #8 Spartans. MSU proved to be
too much for the young Jayhawks, especially on the road and Kalin Lucas scored 27 points to lead the Spartans
to a 75-62 victory over the outmanned Jayhawks. Sherron Collins led the way with 25 points and Cole Aldrich
added 14 and 11 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough.
There were 5 teams ranked this year in the Big 12, KU for parts of the year, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and
Baylor. KU started off conference play by winning its first 8 games, including 4 on the road, but none of those
games were against the best competition. It lost the 9th game, a heartbreaker at #17 Missouri where it led by
14 at the half and just folded up down the stretch. The Jayhawks shot poorly but outrebounded the Tigers 42-
26, including 15 from Cole Aldrich to go along with his 5 blocks, but Aldrich only had 8 points and Sherron Collins
only had 9. In addition, the Jayhawks had 1 field goal in the last 8 minutes. That was a basket by Mario Little
with 29 seconds left which tied the game. Zhaire Taylor then hit a 10-footer at the end to give Mizzou the 2-
point win 62-60. The Jayhawks had 27 turnovers in this game.
KU rattled off 3 more wins before bringing their 11-1 conference mark into Norman to take on the #3 ranked
Sooners. Oklahoma won its first 11 conference games before losing at Texas to also bring an 11-1 conference
mark into this showdown. But more than losing that Saturday game to Texas, it also lost Blake Griffin to a
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concussion and he was unable to play against the Jayhawks on Monday night. That’s where the Jayhawks had
a little luck to go with some grit and toughness in this year’s run. There was also no round robin format this
year since the Big 12 was still 12 teams, so this was the only time they had to face the Sooners. In Griffin’s
absence, freshman sensation Willie Warren led Oklahoma with 22 points, but he couldn’t hold off hot shooting
from Sherron Collins and Tyshawn Taylor who both put the Jayhawks on their backs with 26 points apiece. Cole
Aldrich also had 15 points, 20 rebounds and 4 blocks. The final score, Kansas 87, Oklahoma 78.
The next game was the rematch against Missouri, but this time at AFH. The Jayhawks threw the first punch and
continued punching throughout the game. It ran out to an 18-1 lead and there would be no comeback this time
as KU ran MU out of the building with a 90-65 win for KU’s 40th straight home win. Sherron Collins led the way
with 25 points and 6 assists, while Tyshawn Taylor had 15 points and 6 assists, and Cole Aldrich chipped in with
19 points and 15 rebounds. KU was now in 15-1 in conference and positioned to win its 5th consecutive Big 12
title if it could win its last 2 games at Texas Tech and at home against Texas.
Unfortunately, the Jayhawks went into Lubbock and fell asleep and got totally dominated by a very inferior
Texas Tech team that would finish 3-13 in the conference. Not only would the Jayhawks lose, but it would get
blasted out of United Spirit Arena by an 84-65 score. As luck would have it (I did say we had a little luck), the
team we hate the most, Missouri, actually helped us out and did us a big favor. On the same night we lost to
TTU, Missouri was busy taking care of Oklahoma 73-64 at Mizzou Arena, so we still had a 1 game lead over OU
with 1 game to go (at AFH). We knocked off Texas 83-73 to finish 14-2 and win the Big 12 by 1 game over
Oklahoma.
KU lost in the first round of the Big 12 tournament to Baylor and received a #3 seed in the Midwest Region. I
have never figured out why the Big 12 champ received a 3 seed and had to go a few hundred miles away to play
in Minnesota, and the 2nd place team got a 2 seed and went just down the road to the Sprint Center to play, but
it is what it is. KU’s first opponent in Bloomington was South Dakota State and it won 84-74 behind Sherron
Collins’ 32 points and Cole Aldrich’s 23 points and 13 rebounds. NDSU’s Ben Woodside poured in 37 points but
it wasn’t enough to get the upset.
The second game pitted KU against 11th seed Dayton and it scored a big victory behind Cole Aldrich’s triple
double with 13 points, 10 blocks, and 20 rebounds. That was the first triple double in recorded KU history
(blocked shots were not a stat when Wilt Chamberlain played). Sherron Collins added 25 points.
The Jayhawks went to Indianapolis to take on #2 seed Michigan State. KU came out to play and did a great job
the first half jumping out to a 13-point lead and hanging on for a 36-29 halftime lead. The second half, MSU
showed their experience and their poise and brought the game back to an even match-up. It stayed a 3 to 5-
point game throughout most of the 2nd half but the Jayhawks just ran out of gas down the stretch. Cole Aldrich
would have 17 points and 14 rebounds, while Sherron Collins added 20 points but it wasn’t enough as Michigan
State pulled out the 67-62 win ending KU’s season.
All in all, this was a very good season and perhaps Bill Self’s best coaching job since
he lost so much and was still able to go 27- 8 and win the Big 12. This season also
marked the 3rd consecutive season that Kansas had to deal with the National
Player of the year in the conference (Kevin Durant, Michael Beasley, and Blake
Griffin). It was also Self’s second consecutive season of going undefeated
at home to stretch the home court winning streak to 41 games. Self had 5
consecutive Big 12 titles and 6 home losses at this time.
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Quintrell Thomas Conner Teahan Sherron Collins

1 Tyshawn Taylor
1 Brennan Bechard
1 FR F 6-8 245 2 FR G 6-5 212 4 JR G 5-11 205 FR G 6-3 185 SR G 6-0 185
Newark, NJ Leawood, KS Chicago, IL 0 Hoboken, NJ 1 Lawrence, KS
1 Brady Morningstar
SO G 6-4 185
1 Tyrel Reed
SO G 6-3 193
2 Markieff Morris
FR C 6-10 245
2 Marcus Morris
FR F 6-9 235
2 Mario Little
JR G 6-6 218
2 Lawrence, KS 4 Burlington, KS 1 Philadelphia, PA 2 Philadelphia, PA 3 Chicago, IL
2 Travis Releford
FR G 6-6 210
2 Jordan Juenemann
FR G 6-3 195
3 Tyrone Appleton
JR G 6-2 203
4 Chase Buford
SO G 6-3 210
4 Cole Aldrich
SO C 6-11 245
4 Kansas City, MO 5 Hays, KS 2 Gary, IN 1 San Antonio, TX 5 Bloomington, MN
5 Matt Kleinmann Jeff Withey

SR C 6-10 250 5 RS C 7-0 235
4 Overland Park, KS San Diego, CA
Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Strength/Conditioning

Bill Self Joe Dooley Curtis Townsend Danny Manning Andrea Hudy
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2008-2009 Results

Russell Robinson Graduation 11/16/2008 UMKC W 71-56 Allen Fieldhouse
Rodrick Stewart Graduation 11/18/2008 Flor Gulf Coast W 85-45 Allen Fieldhouse
Jeremy Case Graduation 11/24/2008 Washington W 73-54 Sprint Center
Sasha Kaun Graduation 11/25/2008 Syracuse L 81-89 OT Sprint Center
Darnell Jackson Graduation 11/28/2008 Coppin State W 85-53 Allen Fieldhouse
Darrel Arthur NBA 12/1/2008 Kent State W 87-60 Allen Fieldhouse
Mario Chalmers NBA 12/3/2008 New Mexico State W 100-79 Allen Fieldhouse
Brandon Rush NBA 12/6/2008 Jackson State W 86-62 Allen Fieldhouse
12/13/2008 Massachusetts L 60-61 Sprint Center
2008-2009 Big XII Standings 12/20/2008 Temple W 71-59 Allen Fieldhouse
Con Overall 12/23/2008 at Arizona L 67-84 McKale Center
Team W L W L 12/30/2008 Albany W 79-43 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas 14 2 27 8 1/3/2009 Tennessee W 92-85 Allen Fieldhouse
Oklahoma 13 3 30 6 1/6/2009 Siena W 91-84 Allen Fieldhouse
Missouri 12 4 31 7 1/10/2009 at Michigan State L 62-75 Breslin Center
Texas 9 7 23 12 1/13/2009 Kansas State W 87-71 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas State 9 7 22 12 1/17/2009 at Colorado W 73-56 Coors Events Center
Texas A&M 9 7 24 10 1/19/2009 Texas A&M W 73-53 Allen Fieldhouse
Oklahoma State 9 7 23 12 1/24/2009 at Iowa State W 82-67 Hilton Coliseum
Nebraska 8 8 18 13 1/28/2009 at Nebraska W 68-62 Bob Devaney Sport Cen
Baylor 5 11 24 15 1/31/2009 Colorado W 66-61 Allen Fieldhouse
Iowa State 4 12 15 17 2/2/2009 at Baylor W 75-65 Ferrell Center
Texas Tech 3 13 14 19 2/7/2009 Oklahoma State W 78-67 Allen Fieldhouse
Colorado 1 15 9 22 2/9/2009 at Missouri L 60-62 Mizzou Arena
Additions to 2007-2008 Team 2/18/2009 Iowa State W 72-55 Allen Fieldhouse
Name Reason 2/21/2009 Nebraska W 70-53 Allen Fieldhouse
Quintrell Thomas Recruiting 2/23/2009 at Oklahoma W 87-78 Lloyd Noble Center
Tyshawn Taylor Recruiting 3/1/2009 Missouri W 90-65 Allen Fieldhouse
Markieff Morris Recruiting 3/4/2009 at Texas Tech L 65-84 United Spirit Arena
Marcus Morris Recruiting 3/7/2009 Texas W 83-73 Allen Fieldhouse
Travis Releford Recruiting Big 12 Tournament
Jordan Juennaemann Recruiting 3/12/2009 Baylor L 64-71 Ford Center, OKC
Mario Little Recruiting NCAA Tournament
Tyrone Appleton Recruiting 3/20/2009 #14 North Dak State W 84-74 HHH Metrodome, Minn.
Jeff Withey Transfer (Arizona) 3/22/2009 #11 Dayton W 60-43 HHH Metrodome, Minn.
3/27/2009 #2 Michigan State L 62-67 Lucas Oil Stad. Indianap
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1 Quintrell Thomas 26 5.4 1.5 2.0 0.1 0.2 11 25 44.0% 0 0 0.0% 17 25 68.0%
2 Conner Teahan 21 3.9 0.7 0.9 0.1 0.0 4 22 18.2% 2 17 11.8% 5 5 100.0%
4 Sherron Collins 35 35.1 18.9 2.9 5.0 0.0 226 521 43.4% 77 205 37.6% 132 166 79.5%
10 Tyshawn Taylor 35 26.5 9.7 2.2 3.0 0.2 120 237 50.6% 24 66 36.4% 76 105 72.4%
11 Brennan Bechard 11 1.5 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0 6 0.0% 0 4 0.0% 1 2 50.0%
14 Tyrel Reed 35 20.7 6.5 1.9 1.1 0.0 66 162 40.7% 49 126 38.9% 47 57 82.5%
21 Markieff Morris 35 15.6 4.6 4.4 1.0 0.2 60 134 44.8% 3 16 18.8% 39 60 65.0%
22 Marcus Morris 35 18.5 7.4 4.7 1.1 0.3 94 190 49.5% 6 15 40.0% 64 106 60.4%
23 Mario Little 23 12.5 4.7 3.2 0.9 0.7 42 82 51.2% 3 8 37.5% 20 32 62.5%
24 Travis Releford 32 7.0 2.7 1.4 0.2 0.0 33 58 56.9% 3 8 37.5% 17 32 53.1%
25 Jordan Juenemann 5 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0%
32 Tyrone Appleton 21 2.2 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.0 7 13 53.8% 0 0 0.0% 3 6 50.0%
41 Chase Buford 11 1.2 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.1 2 4 50.0% 0 1 0.0% 0 0 0.0%
45 Cole Aldrich 35 29.6 14.9 11.1 1.0 2.7 199 333 59.8% 0 0 0.0% 122 154 79.2%
54 Matt Kleinmann 17 2.1 0.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 3 5 60.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 3 33.3%
5 Jeff Withey Joined in January and set out per NCAA transfer rules

11 4 14 2 0 1 2 1 27 8 76.4 65.4 39.2 15.9
Overall
945 1979 47.8% 217 585 37.1% 567 782 72.5% 555 239 155 508 664
Big 12 Results Won the Championship by 1 game over Oklahoma and Blake Griffin
Big 12 Tournament Lost in the first round to Baylor
NCAA Seed 3
NCAA Region Midwest
Results Had wins over #14 North Dakota State and #11 Dayton before losing to #2 seed
Michigan State in the Sweet 16
Sherron Collins All Big 12 1st Team
All American 2nd Team
Cole Aldrich All Big 12 1st Team
All American Honorable Mention
Marcus Morris Big 12 All Rookie Team
Tyshawn Taylor Big 12 All Rookie Team
Tyrel Reed Big 12 All Academic Team
Matt Kleinmann Big 12 All Academic Team
AP National Coach of the Year
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2009-2010
The Jayhawks returned all 5 starters and every member of the 2008-2009 team who played meaningful minutes
except Mario Little who would redshirt and have his senior season next year. It also would add #3 high school
prospect Xavier Henry and his brother C.J. along with highly regarded freshmen Thomas Robinson and Elijah
Johnson. The team came into the season ranked #1 and so the fan base had a lot of excitement.
It won its first 12 games against some big names like UCLA, California, and Michigan, but none of them were
ranked this year. It didn’t face a ranked team until it played at #18 Temple on January 2nd, 2010. The game
stayed within single digits until about the 8-minute mark of the first half, when KU used a 21-6 run to end the
half and take a 40-23 lead into halftime. KU came out in the second half and continued to pound it to the Owls
and take the 84-52 win behind the balanced scoring of Xavier Henry (15 points), Sherron Collins (14 points),
Marcus Morris (13 points), and Cole Aldrich (10 points). There was not much resistance for the top ranked
Jayhawks playing its first real test of the season.
KU barely squeaked by Cornell at AFH its next game before going on the road again and visiting #16 Tennessee.
Tennessee had suspended 4 players and were playing short-handed, so it seemed the Jayhawks should have no
trouble; however, somebody forgot to tell Tennessee. Three Tennessee walk-ons saw playing time and one of
them, Skyler McBee nailed a 3-pointer to give Tennessee a 6-point lead with less than a minute to go in the
game and sealed the outcome. KU turned the ball over 16 times and only forced 8 Tennessee turnovers. The
normally good shooting Jayhawks could only manage 37.7% while allowing Tennessee to shoot 48.7%.
The loss to Tennessee dropped the Jayhawks to #3 in the AP poll and put league foe Texas in the #1 spot. So
this team would have to work to win the Big 12 this year. After Tennessee, came conference play and the
Jayhawks won its first five games, including defeating #25 Baylor. Next up came #11 Kansas State in Manhattan.
ESPN Gameday was in Bramlage and the K-State fans were juiced. The teams put on a show in a game that
featured 20 lead changes and 14 ties. Wildcat star Jacob Pullen would spend a portion of the first half retching
due to sickness and Sherron Collins spent the entire game fighting cramps. Still, Collins would score 16 points,
including a driving layup with 9 seconds left in overtime to lead the Jayhawks to an 81-79 victory with the help
of 2 double doubles; Cole Aldrich with 18 points and 13 boards, and Marcus Morris with 13 points and 10 boards.
This game was the first time since 1958 that both teams were ranked in the top 15 when they played each other.
It also made the Jayhawks 31-2 against the Wildcats since the inception of the Big 12.
The next game also featured an overtime on the road, this time at Colorado, but the Jayhawks hung on to get
the 72-66 win. It would get a home win over Nebraska before traveling to Austin to take on the 14 th ranked
Longhorns (it had fallen hard from their #1 ranking once Big 12 play began). The Jayhawks would have no trouble
with it, getting an 80-68 win. It would return home to face Iowa State to get an easy win and then travel again,
this time to College Station to face #24 Texas A&M. It would win a defensive battle 59-54 and take complete
command of the Big 12 race, leading by 3 games over 2nd place K-State and 4 games over Baylor and Texas A&M.
It would win its next 2 at home against Colorado and Oklahoma before taking its unblemished 13-0 conference
record into Stillwater. K-State was still 3 games back in the league race but with only 3 games to go, KU had
clinched at least a tie of its 6th consecutive Big 12 title. What is it about Bill Self playing at his alma mater that
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makes it so tough? An Oklahoma State team that would finish 9-7 in the Big 12 and 22-11 overall, much less
difficult than some of the other teams KU had defeated this year, put up its best outing of the year and knocked
off the top ranked Jayhawks 85-77 to take away the possibility of an undefeated Big 12 season, and also to keep
the Jayhawks from clinching the outright title.
It would win its last 2 games to claim the crown outright and win its 6th consecutive Big 12 title. This is the first
time any BCS conference had a 6-time consecutive winner since UCLA’s teams of 1967-1979 (record 13
consecutive conference crowns). The Jayhawks ended the conference season 15-1, 4 games ahead of 2nd place
K-State, Baylor, and Texas A&M. This also gave Bill Self his 3rd consecutive undefeated season at AFH bringing
the winning streak to 59 consecutive. He now has 6 losses at home and 6 consecutive Big 12 championships.
KU rolled into the Big 12 Tournament as clearly the team to beat, and it did not disappoint. It had little trouble
disposing of Texas Tech 80-68, #23 Texas A&M 79-66, and #9 K-State, 72-64 to win its 7th Big 12 Tournament
title in 14 years of the conference. The win over Texas Tech on March 11, 2010 was the program’s 2000 th win,
the second team to reach that milestone. It earned the #1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament where it would
go to Oklahoma City to play the first 2 games.
This team is the best team that Bill Self has had at Kansas, and is the only team he’s had that was clearly the
best team in the country heading into the NCAA tournament; but if it had one flaw it was that sometimes it
would seem to play down to the competition, playing close games against teams you wouldn’t expect to be
close, and even losing a couple of games people would expect them to win, such as the game at Tennessee
when Tennessee had so many players out or losing at a mediocre Oklahoma State team (no offense OSU, but
you did not have a great team). On the flip side of that, the Jayhawks seemed to play its best when the
competition was the best. So, if it could get past the first couple of rounds in the NCAA tournament, the
competition should be very good, and it could win KU’s 2nd championship in 3 years. Unfortunately, that did
not happen.
The team slept to a first round win over #16 Lehigh 90-74, but it was not a pretty game at all; and yet it was so
much more beautiful than what followed. One of the most painful experiences in KU history was the second
round game against 9th seed Northern Iowa in 2010 (maybe even more painful than the Arizona loss of 1997).
KU came out of the gates flat, as it had done numerous other times, and it pretty much stayed flat. Northern
Iowa jumped out to a 10-2 lead and kept it up throughout the first half, taking an 8-point lead into halftime. The
misery continued into the second half as UNI went up by 12 at 47-35 with 12 and a half minutes left, before KU
finally started trying to make a comeback. The Jayhawks got it down to 56-53 at the 4:25 mark when Sherron
Collins made a pair of free throws and got the pro KU Ford Center crowd to come alive. The teams exchanged
buckets back and forth, but UNI was able to build a 63-56 lead at the 1:18 mark. Tyshawn Taylor made a pair of
free throws at 1:07 and the Kansas press forced a turnover which led to another pair of free throws, this time
by Marcus Morris at 0:53. The KU press forced another turnover and Sherron Collins got a bucket to trim the
lead to 63-62 at 0:43 and it looked like KU might yet prevail. After a KU timeout, Northern Iowa inbounded the
ball and the stupidest play in the history of college basketball happened, and yet it led to a Northern Iowa win.
This time Northern Iowa was able to throw over KU’s press and Ali Farokhmanesh had the ball at the 3-point
line, all alone and 34 seconds left on the shot clock. If UNI runs clock, even if it doesn’t score, it only gives KU
about 5 seconds left to try and win the game. Instead Farokhmanesh lets loose with a 3-pointer with no one
under the basket. If he misses, KU has the ball with no shot clock and trailing by 1. But as luck would have it on
this day, the shot went in and KU’s comeback was done with Northern Iowa claiming a 69-67 win and KU going
home heartbroken. Another great season ends in disaster.
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Thomas Robinson Xavier Henry Conner Teahan Sherron Collins Jeff Withey
0 FR F 6-9 237 1 FR G 6-6 220 2 SO G 6-5 212 4 SR G 5-11 205 5 FR C 7-0 235
Washington, DC Oklahoma City, OK Leawood, KS Chicago, IL San Diego, CA
1 Tyshawn Taylor
SO G 6-3 185
1 Brady Morningstar
JR G 6-4 185
1 C.J. Henry
FR G 6-4 205
1 Tyrel Reed
JR G 6-3 193
1 FRElijah Johnson
G 6-4 195
0 Hoboken, NJ 2 Lawrence, KS 3 Oklahoma City, OK 4 Burlington, KS 5 Las Vegas, NV
2 Markieff Morris
SO C 6-10 245
2 Marcus Morris
SO F 6-9 235
2 Jordan Juenemann
SO G 6-3 195
4 Chase Buford
JR G 6-3 210
4 Cole Aldrich
JR C 6-11 245
1 Philadelphia, PA 2 Philadelphia, PA 5 Hays, KS 1 San Antonio, TX 5 Bloomington, MN
2 Mario Little
RS G 6-6 218
2 Travis Releford
RS G 6-6 210
3 Chicago, IL 4 Kansas City, MO

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2009-2010 Results

Brennan Bechard Graduation 11/13/2009 Hofstra W 101-65 Allen Fieldhouse
Matt Kleinmann Graduation 11/17/2009 Memphis W 57-55 Scottrade Center, Slouis
Quintrell Thomas Transfer (UNLV) 11/19/2009 Central Arkansas W 94-44 Allen Fieldhouse
Tyrone Appleton Transfer (SW Bapt) 11/25/2009 Oakland W 89-59 Allen Fieldhouse
Travis Releford Redshirt 11/27/2009 Tennessee Tech W 112-75 Allen Fieldhouse
Mario Little Redshirt 12/2/2009 Alcorn State W 98-31 Allen Fieldhouse
12/6/2009 at UCLA W 73-61 Pauley Pavilion
2009-2010 Big XII Standings 12/9/2009 Radford W 99-64 Allen Fieldhouse
Con Overall 12/12/2009 La Salle W 90-65 Sprint Center
Team W L W L 12/19/2009 Michigan W 75-64 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas 15 1 33 3 12/22/2009 California W 84-69 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas State 11 5 29 8 12/29/2009 Belmont W 81-51 Allen Fieldhouse
Texas A&M 11 5 24 10 1/2/2010 at Temple W 84-52 Liacouras Cntr, Philly
Baylor 11 5 28 8 1/6/2010 Cornell W 71-66 Allen Fieldhouse
Missouri 10 6 23 11 1/10/2010 at Tennessee L 68-76 Thom-Bol Arena
Texas 9 7 24 10 1/13/2010 at Nebraska W 84-72 Bob Devaney Sport Cen
Oklahoma State 9 7 22 11 1/16/2010 Texas Tech W 89-63 Allen Fieldhouse
Colorado 6 10 15 16 1/20/2010 Baylor W 81-75 Allen Fieldhouse
Oklahoma 4 12 13 18 1/23/2010 at Iowa State W 84-61 Hilton Coliseum
Iowa State 4 12 15 17 1/25/2010 Missouri W 84-65 Allen Fieldhouse
Texas Tech 4 12 19 16 1/30/2010 at Kansas State W 81-79 OT Bramlage Coliseum
Nebraska 2 14 15 18 2/3/2010 at Colorado W 72-66 OT Coors Events Center
2/6/2010 Nebraska W 75-64 Allen Fieldhouse
Additions to 2008-2009 Team 2/8/2010 at Texas W 80-68 Frank Erwin Center
Name Reason 2/13/2010 Iowa State W 73-59 Allen Fieldhouse
Thomas Robinson Recruiting 2/15/2010 at Texas A&M w 59-54 Reed Arena
Xavier Henry Recruiting 2/20/2010 Colorado W 94-74 Allen Fieldhouse
C.J. Henry Recruiting 2/22/2010 Oklahoma W 81-68 Allen Fieldhouse
Elijah Johnson Recruiting 2/27/2010 at Oklahoma State L 77-85 Gallagher-Iba Arena
3/3/2010 Kansas State W82-65 Allen Fieldhouse
3/6/2010 at Missouri W 77-56 Mizzou Arena
Big 12 Tournament
3/11/2010 Texas Tech W 80-68 Sprint Center
3/13/2010 Kansas State W 72-64 Sprint Center
NCAA Tournament
3/18/2010 #16 Lehigh W 90-74 Ford Center, OKC
3/20/2010 #9 Northern Iowa L 67-69 Ford Center, OKC
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0 Thomas Robinson 13 5.6 2.5 2.7 0.3 0.1 33 68 48.5% 0 0 0.0% 17 43 39.5%
1 Xavier Henry 36 27.5 13.4 4.4 1.5 0.5 162 354 45.8% 69 165 41.8% 90 115 78.3%
2 Conner Teahan 15 3.0 1.1 1.0 0.3 0.4 7 22 31.8% 3 9 33.3% 3 5 60.0%
4 Sherron Collins 36 33.0 15.5 2.1 4.5 0.1 185 434 42.6% 70 189 37.0% 118 138 85.5%
5 Jeff Withey 19 3.8 1.3 1.4 0.0 0.1 7 13 53.8% 0 0 0.0% 5 9 55.6%
10 Tyshawn Taylor 36 23.1 7.2 2.4 3.4 0.2 89 203 43.8% 19 56 33.9% 63 88 71.6%
13 C.J. Henry 23 6.6 3.1 0.7 0.3 0.0 14 24 58.3% 11 21 52.4% 1 2 50.0%
14 Tyrel Reed 36 15.6 5.1 1.4 1.1 0.1 63 127 49.6% 44 93 47.3% 15 18 83.3%
15 Elijah Johnson 33 7.2 2.4 1.0 1.3 0.5 21 38 55.3% 4 14 28.6% 10 15 66.7%
21 Markieff Morris 36 17.6 6.8 5.3 1.1 1.0 86 152 56.6% 10 19 52.6% 61 98 62.2%
22 Marcus Morris 36 24.7 12.8 6.1 1.0 0.3 174 305 57.0% 12 32 37.5% 99 150 66.0%
41 Chase Buford 11 2.3 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.0 1 3 33.3% 0 0 0.0% 4 7 57.1%
45 Cole Aldrich 36 26.8 11.3 9.8 0.9 3.5 149 265 56.2% 0 0 0.0% 108 159 67.9%
24 Travis Releford
23 Mario Little
Jeff Withey not eligible until January

14 1 15 1 3 0 1 1 33 3 81.6 64.2 40.5 16.9
Overall
1033 2111 48.9% 262 648 40.4% 609 871 69.9% 609 301 232 470 658
Big 12 Results Won the Championship by 4 games over Kansas State, Texas A&M, and Baylor
Big 12 Tournament Big 12 Tournament Champions with wins over Texas Tech, Texas A&M, and Kansas
State
NCAA Seed Overall Number 1
NCAA Region Midwest
Results Won the first round over #16 Lehigh before losing in the 2nd round to Northern Iowa
Sherron Collins All Big 12 1st Team
All American 1st Team
Cole Aldrich All Big 12 1st Team
All American 2nd Team
All Big 12 Academic Team
National Academic Player of the Year
Marcus Morris All Big 12 2nd Team
Xavier Henry All Big 12 Rookie Team
All Big 12 Freshman Team
Tyrel Reed All Big 12 Academic Team
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2010-2011
Gone from last year’s team was Sherron Collins, Cole Aldrich, and Xavier Henry, along with C.J. Henry who opted
to transfer. But back with the team was both Morris twins and Tyshawn Taylor who were all juniors now, along
with senior sharpshooters Brady Morningstar and Tyrell Reed. Mario Little and Travis Releford would also return
from redshirts and the Jayhawks would add the number 1 high school recruit in Josh Selby. Selby was suspended
for 9 games due to some eligibility issues concerning him and a personal family friend from before he arrived at
KU. KU came into the season ranked #7 and as always expectations were high.
The first 6 games went without problems, but the Jayhawks welcomed 3-3 UCLA to Allen Fieldhouse on
December 2, 2010 and couldn’t put them away until the final horn. UCLA was intent on ending the Jayhawks 63
game home court winning streak and nearly got it done. Tyler Honeycutt scored 31 points including a 3-pointer
with 5 seconds to go to tie the game. Mario Little was getting positioned to take the final shot at the buzzer to
try and avoid overtime when Malcolm Lee was called for a foul with 0:00.7 left on the clock. Little made the
first free throw but missed the second and so KU came away with a 77-76 victory and a 64-game home court
winning streak.
KU won their next game over #13 Memphis in the Jimmy V classic in Madison Square Garden and a game against
Colorado State, then came the much-anticipated debut of Josh Selby in KU’s 10th game against USC in the
fieldhouse. Selby’s first game was one to be remembered as he hit 5 three pointers on the day, including one
with KU trailing 68-66 with 26 seconds left to take a one-point lead. The team would hold on for the 70-68 win
and extend the home court winning streak to 65. Unfortunately, Selby never lived up to the hype the rest of
the way and he finished with a very forgettable season.
The team though still played good basketball and finished the non-conference portion of the schedule by beating
Michigan at Ann Arbor 67-60 in overtime to go into conference play with a 15-0 record. It would continue by
winning its first 3 conference games and then tragedy hit the Jayhawk family that had nothing to do with
basketball. On January 21, 2011, Thomas Robinson’s mother unexpectedly passed away from a heart attack in
Washington D.C. The entire team was up with Thomas all night the night before and all day during the game.
The game started with KU scoring the first 10 points and jumping on the Longhorns early and often to build a
15-point lead during the first half. Texas wasn’t going to lay down and fought back to get the visitors within 12
at the halftime break. The second half belonged to Texas as the Jayhawks just ran out of gas from being up all
night and TU raced out to a 74-63 win, giving KU its first loss of the season and ending its 69-game home court
winning streak. Credit has to be given to the Longhorns as they played a great game, but the Jayhawks certainly
were at a disadvantage. Robinson played in the game scoring 2 points and grabbing 5 rebounds.
The Jayhawks rebounded well and won the next 6 games, including knocking off #19 Missouri in the Border War,
before going on the road and facing 16-9 (4-6 conference) Kansas State in the Sunflower Showdown. The
Jayhawks had just been named the new #1 team in the country, but it certainly didn’t play like it. K-State, led
by Jacob Pullen’s 38 points (career high) dominated from the opening tip. Pullen was 5 of 6 from the 3-point
line and a whopping 15 of 19 from the free throw line. Both Morris twins faced foul trouble with both picking
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up 2 in the first 9 minutes of the game, but neither fouled out. The Wildcats took a 42-33 lead into the half and
were never threatened the second half as they pulled out to an 84-68 win.
The Jayhawks rebounded from this loss also and went on to win the last 5 games, including #24 Texas A&M and
at #22 Missouri in the Border War. It finished the conference season at 14-2 winning its 7th consecutive Big 12
title by 1 game over Texas. It also won its last 6 games at AFH starting a new winning streak and leaving Bill Self
with 7 home losses and 7 consecutive Big 12 titles.
KU then won the Big 12 Tournament for the 8th time in the 15 years of the conference by knocking off Oklahoma
State, Colorado, and #10 Texas; the 4th time they have defeated Texas in the championship game of the
tournament and the 6th time Texas has played for the championship but failed to win a title.
The Jayhawks were rewarded with its 3rd number 1 seed in the last 4 years in the Southwest Region and began
play in Tulsa against #16 seed Boston U. This was the first year that a play-in format was held; whereas, 4 teams
play 2 games for the right to be 16 seeds, and 4 other teams play for the right to be 11 seeds. This format did
not bode well for the Jayhawks. The bracket was filled with upsets and the Jayhawks could have breezed into
the Final Four. In the first round alone, #4 Louisville was ousted by #13 Morehead State, #12 Richmond beat #5
Vanderbilt, play-in team #11 VCU beat #6 Georgetown, #7 Texas A&M was upended by #10 Florida State, and
#9 Illinois defeated #8 UNLV. Fortunately, KU was not in the upset area and knocked off Boston 72-53.
The second round in the Southwest saw #10 FSU defeat #2 Notre Dame, and #11 play-in VCU knocked off #3
Purdue. The Jayhawks stayed alive by knocking off #9 seed Illinois. In the 3 rd round, the favorites won as #11
VCU knocked off #10 FSU, and #1 Kansas knocked off #12 Richmond. There were no clear-cut winners in this
year’s tournament, but Ohio State, Duke, and Kansas were widely regarded as the 3 best teams. Ohio State got
knocked off by #4 seed Kentucky in the 3rd round, and Duke got beat by #5 seed Arizona also in the 3rd round,
so KU was the best team in the tournament after 3 rounds; but somebody forgot to tell VCU that.
VCU hit 9 of 12 3-pointers in the first half and KU never threatened. With 5 minutes left in the half, KU trailed
by 17 points. The lead was down to 14 at the half and it got down to 46-44 with 13:11 left in the game, but then
VCU went on a 10-2 run to take control once again and gain the 71-61 win. KU only shot 35.6% from the field
while allowing VCU to shoot 39.6%. But what really did the Jayhawks in was 3-point shooting. VCU settled down
the second half only making 3 of 13 to give them 12 of 25 for the game, but the Jayhawks only shot 2 of 19 from
beyond the arc, including Brady Morningstar, Marcus Morris, and Josh Selby at 0 of 3, and Tyrell Reed 1 of 7.
Even from the free throw line KU only shot 15 of 28 for a paltry 53.8%. This game belonged to VCU from the
opening tip until the final horn. So, the Final Four this year featured #11 seed VCU, #8 seed Butler, #4 seed
Kentucky, and #3 seed Connecticut.
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Thomas Robinson Jeff Withey 1 Tyshawn Taylor

1 Royce Woolridge
1 Brady Morningstar
0 SO F 6-9 237 5 SO C 7-0 235 JR G 6-3 185 FR G 6-3 180 SR G 6-4 185
Washington, DC San Diego, CA 0 Hoboken, NJ 1 Phoenix, AZ 2 Lawrence, KS
1 Tyrel Reed
SR G 6-3 193
1 Elijah Johnson
SO G 6-4 195
2 Niko Roberts
FR G 5-11 175
2 Markieff Morris
JR C 6-10 245
2 Marcus Morris
JR F 6-9 235
4 Burlington, KS 5 Las Vegas, NV 0 Huntington, NY 1 Philadelphia, PA 2 Philadelphia, PA
2 Mario Little
2 Travis Releford
2 Jordan Juenemann
3 Josh Selby Conner Teahan
SR G 6-6 218 SO G 6-6 210 JR G 6-3 195 FR G 6-2 183 2 RS G 6-5 212
3 Chicago, IL 4 Kansas City, MO 5 Hays, KS 2 Baltimore, MD Leawood, KS
Justin Wesley
4 RS F 6-9 220
Fort Worth, TX

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2010-2011 Results

Sherron Collins Graduation 11/12/2010 Longwood W 113-75 Allen Fieldhouse
Xavier Henry NBA 11/15/2010 Valparaiso W 79-44 Allen Fieldhouse
Cole Aldrich NBA 11/19/2010 North Texas W 93-60 Allen Fieldhouse
C.J. Henry Transfer (South Naz) 11/23/2010 Texas A&M - CC W 82-41 Allen Fieldhouse
Conner Teahan Redshirt 11/26/2010 Ohio W 98-41 Orleans Arena Lvegas
Chase Buford Academics 11/27/2010 Arizona W 87-79 Orleans Arena Lvegas
12/2/2010 UCLA W 77-76 Allen Fieldhouse
2010-2011 Big XII Standings 12/7/2010 Memphis W 81-68 Mad Sq Garden
Con Overall 12/11/2010 Colorado State W 76-55 Sprint Center
Team W L W L 12/18/2010 USC W 70-68 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas 14 2 35 3 12/22/2010 at California W 78-63 Haas Pavilion
Texas 13 3 28 8 12/29/2010 Texas-Arlington W 82-57 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas State 10 6 23 11 1/2/2011 Miami (Ohio) W 83-56 Allen Fieldhouse
Texas A&M 10 6 24 9 1/5/2011 UMKC W 99-52 Allen Fieldhouse
Missouri 8 8 23 11 1/9/2011 at Michigan W 67-60 OT Crisler Arena
Colorado 8 8 24 14 1/12/2011 at Iowa State W 84-79 Hilton Coliseum
Baylor 7 9 18 13 1/15/2011 Nebraska W 63-60 Allen Fieldhouse
Nebraska 7 9 19 13 1/17/2011 at Baylor W 86-65 Ferrell Center
Oklahoma State 6 10 20 14 1/22/2011 Texas L 63-74 Allen Fieldhouse
Oklahoma 5 11 14 18 1/25/2011 at Colorado W 82-78 Coors Event Center
Texas Tech 5 11 13 19 1/29/2011 Kansas State W 90-66 Allen Fieldhouse
Iowa State 3 13 16 16 2/1/2011 at Texas Tech W 80-66 United Spirit Arena
2/5/2011 at Nebraska W 86-66 Bob Devaney Sprts Cen
Additions to 2009-2010 Team 2/7/2011 Missouri W 103-86 Allen Fieldhouse
Name Reason 2/12/2011 Iowa State W 89-66 Allen Fieldhouse
Josh Selby Recruiting 2/14/2011 at Kansas State L 68-84 Bramlage Coliseum
Royce Woolridge Recruiting 2/19/2011 Colorado W89-63 Allen Fieldhouse
Niko Roberts Recruiting 2/21/2011 Oklahoma State W 92-65 Allen Fieldhouse
Justin Wesley Recruiting 2/26/2011 at Oklahoma W 82-70 Lloyd Noble Center
Mario Little Redshirt 3/2/2011 Texas A&M W 64-51 Allen Fieldhouse
Travis Releford Redshirt 3/5/2011 at Missouri W 70-66 Mizzou Arena
Big 12 Tournament
3/10/2011 Oklahoma State W 63-62 Sprint Center
3/11/2011 Colorado W 90-83 Sprint Center
3/12/2011 Texas W 85-73 Sprint Center
NCAA Tournament
3/18/2011 #16 Boston U W 72-53 BOK Center, Tulsa
3/20/2011 #9 Illinois W 73-59 BOK Center, Tulsa
3/25/2011 #12 Richmond W 77-57 Alamodome, Santonio
3/27/2011 #11 VCU L 61-71 Alamodome, Santonio
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0 Thomas Robinson 33 14.6 7.6 6.4 0.6 0.7 101 168 60.1% 0 0 0.0% 49 96 51.0%
5 Jeff Withey 26 6.2 2.3 1.8 0.2 0.7 22 34 64.7% 0 0 0.0% 17 33 51.5%
10 Tyshawn Taylor 36 27.1 9.3 1.9 4.6 0.3 116 242 47.9% 19 50 38.0% 82 114 71.9%
11 Royce Woolridge 16 2.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.1 3 12 25.0% 1 5 20.0% 2 4 50.0%
14 Tyrel Reed 38 28.7 9.7 3.1 1.7 0.2 109 267 40.8% 72 190 37.9% 79 99 79.8%
15 Elijah Johnson 36 13.7 3.4 1.3 1.8 0.1 46 92 50.0% 22 55 40.0% 10 15 66.7%
20 Niko Roberts 12 1.8 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.0 1 6 16.7% 0 4 0.0% 0 0 0.0%
21 Markief Morris 38 24.4 13.6 8.3 1.4 1.1 195 331 58.9% 25 59 42.4% 103 153 67.3%
22 Marcus Morris 38 28.3 17.2 7.6 1.6 0.6 240 421 57.0% 26 76 34.2% 148 215 68.8%
23 Mario Little 32 13.7 5.1 2.9 0.8 0.3 64 133 48.1% 11 30 36.7% 25 36 69.4%
24 Travis Releford 29 10.4 3.7 1.4 0.7 0.1 39 78 50.0% 14 37 37.8% 16 25 64.0%
32 Josh Selby 26 20.4 7.9 2.2 2.2 0.0 72 193 37.3% 34 94 36.2% 28 37 75.7%
2 Conner Teahan
4 Justin Wesley

15 0 14 2 3 0 3 1 35 3 81.2 64.7 38.8 17.7
Overall
1114 2193 50.8% 271 710 38.2% 585 862 67.9% 674 295 153 507 666
Big 12 Results Won the Championship by 1 game over Texas

Big 12 Tournament Big 12 Tournament Champions with wins over Oklahoma State, Colorado, and Texas
NCAA Seed 1
NCAA Region Midwest
Results Won the first 3 games over #16 Boston University, #9 Illinois, and #12 Richmond
before losing in the Regional Final to #12 seed VCU
Marcus Morris All Big 12 1st Team
All-American 2nd Team
Markieff Morris All Big 12 2nd Team
Honorable Mention All-American
Brady Morningstar All Big 12 Defensive Team
Academic All Big 12 2nd Team
Tyrel Reed All Big 12 Academic Team
Academic All-American
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2011-2012
Gone from last year’s team were Mario Little, Tyrell Reed, and Brady Morningstar to graduation, as well as
Marcus and Markieff Morris and Josh Selby to the NBA, along with Royce Wooldridge, who elected to transfer.
Only Tyshawn Taylor from last year’s starting lineup will be on this year’s team. On the recruiting front, KU
picked up Naadir Tharpe, Christian Garrett, Merv Lindsay, Jamari Traylor and highly regarded recruit Ben
McLemore. They also got Conner Teahan back from redshirt and picked up transfer Kevin Young who would be
eligible immediately. Unfortunately, Traylor and McLemore were ruled academically ineligible as partial
qualifiers, which meant they could practice with the team but could not play. In addition to Tyshawn Taylor, KU
also returned Thomas Robinson, Elijah Johnson, Jeff Withey, and Travis Releford; all of whom would play vital
roles on this team. Also, different this year is the makeup of the Big 12 Conference. Nebraska and Colorado
thought things looked better east (Nebraska) and west (Colorado), so the Big 12 only had 10 teams and they
would all play each other twice, giving each team 18 conference games instead of 16.
Junior Thomas Robinson and senior Tyshawn Taylor would lead a group of overachievers to have a remarkable
season. It kicked off with a blowout of Towson before facing #2 Kentucky in the Champions Classic at Madison
Square Garden. Kentucky was young, but they were an incredibly talented group. Terrence Jones, Michael Kidd-
Gilchrist, Doron Lamb, Anthony Davis, and Marquis Teague were on that team. The Jayhawks played them even
through the first half, taking a 28-all score into half. The 2 teams exchanged buckets to open the second half,
but then Kentucky went on an 11-0 run to take control of the game. It upped the lead to 17 at one point and
settling for a 75-65 win. Tyshawn Taylor led KU with 22 points but he got it on 3 of 13 shooting and 15 of 17
free throws.
The Jayhawks went from New York to Maui to play in the Maui Invitational where they knocked off Georgetown
and UCLA before facing #6 Duke in the championship game. The Duke game had a little of everything, most of
it bad from KU’s standpoint. Thomas Robinson had 16 points and 15 rebounds, Jeff Withey had 14 points and
10 rebounds, and Tyshawn Taylor had 17 points and a whopping 11 turnovers (out of 17 Jayhawk TOs). This
game was one where Bill Self said that Tyshawn Taylor can do things that you just can’t coach; but sometimes
he does things that looks like he’s never been coached. Even with all of the turnovers, the real culprit for the
loss was a reserve for Duke, Tyler Thornton who had taken 9 shots all year. With Duke up by 2 and the shot
clock winding down, the Jayhawk defense was all over Thornton. There’s no way he could see the rim, but he
let it fly and it went in, giving Duke the 5-point lead, and essentially sealing the 68-61 win.
Things didn’t get any easier for the Jayhawks as they returned to Allen Fieldhouse and won 3 games but then
welcomed the second ranked Ohio State Buckeyes to town. OSU was without Jared Sullinger, who was suffering
from back spasms, but the Jayhawks fortunately had Tyshawn Taylor who had sprained the MCL in his right knee
at practice earlier in the week but opted to play. Taylor only scored 9 points, but he had 13 assists to help the
Jayhawks get the 78-67 win. Thomas Robinson led the Jayhawks with 21 points and Elijah Johnson added 15.
KU shot 58.3% including 9 of 17 from beyond the arc. It took control of the game early and never left much
doubt.
As big as the Ohio State win was, KU laid an egg it’s next game out when they lost to undermanned Davidson
80-74 at the Sprint Center. It then went on the road to USC and got the win before returning home to win the
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final 2 non-conference games, taking a 10-3 mark into conference play. The conference this year was stacked
with some top ranked teams and the first game was against rival #23 K-State. KU would win the game 67-49
along with the first 7 conference games. Among those early conference games was a game against #3 Baylor at
AFH. Baylor came in undefeated at 17-0 and 4-0 in conference play. This is the 4th game this year that KU has
played a team ranked #6 or higher. But this is Allen Fieldhouse and all of those things go out the door when
teams come to this building. The Jayhawks came out sizzling, led by its 2 top stars Thomas Robinson (27 points,
14 rebounds) and Tyshawn Taylor (28 points, 6 assists) but they had plenty of help as Jeff Withey got 10 points
and 10 boards, Elijah Johnson and Travis Releford both got 11 points. The Jayhawks shot 57.4% from the field
to take the 92-74 win and proving once again that the road to the Big 12 Title goes through Lawrence, Kansas.
KU would take its 17-3 mark (7-0 conference) into Hilton Coliseum to face a pesky Cyclones team and would
come out with its first loss of the year, 72-64. It would then return home to knock off Oklahoma 84-62, then go
to Columbia for the final Border War to be played at Mizzou (Missouri is leaving for the SEC after the season).
Unfortunately, the Jayhawks could not get the win against the 4th ranked Tigers and fell to 8-2 in the conference.
From there it was on to Baylor for the rematch against the #6 Bears, the 6 th time KU has played a #6 or higher
team. They won that game 68-54 to prove they were still the cream of the Big 12.
The team actually won their last 8 games to go 16-2 in the conference, winning by 2 games over Missouri. But
the 2nd game against Missouri, the final Border Showdown game is one for the ages. It was #3 Missouri coming
into AFH to face #4 Kansas. It was close until the 4:43 mark of the first half when MU held a 33-31 advantage,
but KU would go cold and finish the half poorly. MU would do just the opposite and go on a 11-2 run to take a
44-32 lead into halftime. Ricardo Ratliffe made a layup at the 17:03 mark of the 2nd half to give MU a 19-point
lead 55-36. When Kim English made a layup at 10:50, the lead was still 16 points. The Jayhawks were just
getting started. They began to claw back, slowly and methodically. When TRob hit a layup at 9:01, the lead had
dropped into single digits 67-58 and the comeback was coming on. At the 6-minute mark, the lead had shrunk
to 69-66. At 2:29, Robinson hit another layup to make it 71-70. The Jayhawks would never come all the way
back to tie until 0:16 was left in the game when Thomas converted a 3-point play to make it 75 all. With 4
seconds left, Phil Pressey drove to the basket, but TRob was there and blocked the shot. Travis Releford got the
rebound and the game was going to overtime. The OT went back and forth with neither team leading by more
than 3 points. When Tyshawn hit 2 free throws with 0:08, KU led 87-86 and MU could not get off a shot in its
final possession giving KU the 19-point comeback win in the final Border Showdown game. TRob had 28 points
and 12 boards, while Tyshawn had 24 points and 5 assists. Conner Teahan also went 4 for 4 from beyond the
arc to score 12 points. KU not only won its 8th consecutive Big 12 Title, but it was also the 12th total Big 12 Title
in 16 years of the Big 12 Conference. The team also gave Bill Self another undefeated season at home, winning
all 16 of its games to finish with a 22-game home winning streak. Bill Self now has 8 consecutive titles and only
7 AFH defeats
In the Big 12 Tournament, KU defeated Texas A&M, then lost to #12 Baylor. In the NCAA tournament, it received
a #2 seed and started the tournament playing in Omaha against Detroit Mercy. Prior to the Jayhawks game, #2
Missouri got beat by #15 Norfolk State, and #2 Duke went down to Lehigh, so Detroit had KU’s attention. KU
toyed with the Titans for the first 11 minutes, and even trailed 21-19; but then used a 13-2 run late in the first
half that allowed it to take a 34-24 lead into halftime. It opened the 2nd half with a 16-4 run that allowed it to
coast the rest of the way to a 65-50 victory and a date with #10 seed Purdue in the second round. The Purdue
game started a nasty habit for the Jayhawks as it seemed they couldn’t play well until they got behind. The
team missed 17 of its first 19 shots, including all 7 3-pointers to trail 19-8. It would make the game closer but
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would still trail by 6 at the half and by 10 in the second half before making its final comeback. It took its first
lead with 23.3 seconds left in the game but managed to hold on to it until game’s end.
The next round featured a game against North Carolina State where the Jayhawks didn’t get behind, but they
also couldn’t get much of a lead as Thomas Robinson kept missing easy shots and Tyshawn Taylor couldn’t get
anything going. Robinson still managed to score 18 points and grab 15 rebounds, and Taylor got 10 rebounds
to go with his 6 points (2 of 14 shooting), but the hero of the day might have been Jeff Withey who recorded 10
blocked shots. KU shot just 37.5% from the field including 1 of 15 from beyond the arc, and it only hit 11 of 20
from the free throw line. But NC State only shot 28.4% to allow KU to hang on for the win.
The Regional Final would see KU face #1 seed and 4th ranked North Carolina and Ol’ Roy for the 2nd time in the
NCAA tournament. Carolina was led by stars James-Michael McAdoo, Tyler Zeller, and Harrison Barnes, but star
point guard Kendall Marshall had been injured earlier in the tournament and would not play. With freshman
point guard Stillman White getting 7 assists in Marshall’s absence, UNC seemed plenty capable, shooting almost
64% in the first half. KU hung with them basket for basket and it was all tied up at 47 at the half. In the second
half, things continued to be tight, but KU turned up the defensive pressure and took control going on a 12-0 run
in the final 5:47 to finish the game and claim the 13-point victory 80-67. North Carolina only shot 7 for 31 the
second half. All 5 KU starters were in double figures led by Tyshawn Taylor with 22 points, Thomas Robinson 18
points, Jeff Withey 15 points, Travis Releford with 11 and Elijah Johnson with 10.
KU opened the Final Four against another #2 seed (and 7th ranked) Ohio State in a rematch of their earlier game
in AFH. This time OSU had Jared Sullinger, so KU would have to play harder. It certainly didn’t start out that
way, getting down by 13 points in the first half before it finally started to put things together. It pulled back to
34-25 at the break and then opened the second half on a 13-4 run while Ohio State was missing its first 10 shots.
The game was tied at 38 and was a nip and tuck battle the rest of the way. The Jayhawks were led by Thomas
Robinson with 19 points and 8 rebounds. Travis Releford added 15 points while Elijah Johnson had 11 points
and added 10 rebounds. Tyshawn Taylor only mustered 10 points but added 9 assists, and Jeff Withey added 7
blocked shots, so this was a team effort win. They Jayhawks only led for 3:48 of this game, but as with the
Purdue game, the last second was the only one that mattered. Next, they would move on to the National
Championship game and face another rematch, against top ranked and tournament favorite Kentucky.
Kentucky would go on to have the top 2 picks in the upcoming NBA draft, 4 first round picks and 6 total picks,
so KU had a large hill to climb. Just like the Ohio State game, KU would get the first bucket, but things would
turn. The game was still a 2-point game with just under 15 minutes to play, but Kentucky methodically began
to build a lead that would swell to 18 points at 2:59 39-21. It would stay at 18 until KU hit a couple of baskets
in the last minute of the half to get it to 14 (41-27) at the half. The lead would stay in double digits throughout
most of the second half and swell to 16 points on a couple of occasions before KU finally started to mount a
comeback; but it was too little too late and too big of a deficit to overcome against too good of a team. KU got
it down to 5 points at 62-57 on Robinson’s free throws with 1:37 left, but UK would hit its free throws down the
stretch and hold on for the 67-59 win. KU finished the season with a 32-7 mark, the 3rd consecutive season they
would win more than 30 games.
Just one more strange twist to this NCAA run was Tyshawn Taylor who came into the tournament shooting
43.5% from beyond the 3-point line. In the first 5 games of the tournament, he was 0 for 20. He did make 1 of
1 against UK finishing the tournament 1 for 21 but dropping his season average to 38.2%. KU played 10 games
this year against top 10 teams and finished 7-3 against them.
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Thomas Robinson Naadir Tharpe Conner Teahan Justin Wesley Jeff Withey
0 JR F 6-9 237 1 FR G 5-11 170 2 SR G 6-5 212 4 SO F 6-9 220 5 JR C 7-0 235
Washington, DC Worcester, MA Leawood, KS Fort Worth, TX San Diego, CA
1 Tyshawn Taylor
SR G 6-3 185
1 Elijah Johnson
JR G 6-4 195
2 Niko Roberts
SO G 5-11 175
2 Christian Garrett
FR G 6-3 185
2 Merv Lindsay
FR F 6-7 205
0 Hoboken, NJ 5 Las Vegas, NV 0 Huntington, NY 1 Los Angeles, CA 2 Morena Valley, CA
2 Travis Releford
JR G 6-6 210
2 Jordan Juenemann
SR G 6-3 195
4 Kevin Young
JR F 6-8 190
2 Ben McLemore
RS G 6-5 195
3 Jamari Traylor
RS F 6-8 220
4 Kansas City, MO 5 Hays, KS 0 Perris, CA 3 St. Louis, MO 1 Chicago, IL

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2011-2012 Results

Brady Morningstar Graduation 11/11/2011 Towson W 100-54 Allen Fieldhouse
Tyrell Reed Graduation 11/15/2011 Kentucky L 65-75 Madison Sqare Garden
Mario Little Graduation 11/21/2011 Georgetown W 67-63 Lahaina Civic Cntr, Maui
Marcus Morris NBA 11/22/2011 UCLA W 72-56 Lahaina Civic Cntr, Maui
Markieff Morris NBA 11/23/2011 Duke L 61-68 Lahaina Civic Cntr, Maui
Josh Selby NBA 11/30/2011 Florida Atlantic W 77-54 Allen Fieldhouse
Royce Woolridge Transfer (Wash St) 12/3/2011 South Florida W 70-42 Allen Fieldhouse
12/6/2011 Long Beach State W 88-80 Allen Fieldhouse
2011-2012 Big XII Standings 12/10/2011 Ohio State W 78-67 Allen Fieldhouse
Con Overall 12/19/2011 Davidson L 74-80 Sprint Center
Team W L W L 12/22/2011 USC W 63-47 Galen Center, LA
Kansas 16 2 32 7 12/29/2011 Howard W 89-34 Allen Fieldhouse
Missouri 14 4 30 5 12/31/2011 North Dakota W 84-58 Allen Fieldhouse
Baylor 12 6 30 8 1/4/2012 Kansas State W 67-49 Allen Fieldhouse
Iowa State 12 6 22 10 1/7/2012 at Oklahoma W 72-61 Lloyd Noble Center
Kansas State 10 8 22 10 1/11/2012 at Texas Tech W 81-46 United Spirit Arena
Texas 9 9 20 13 1/14/2012 Iowa State W 82-73 Allen Fieldhouse
Oklahoma State 7 11 15 18 1/16/2012 Baylor W 92-74 Allen Fieldhouse
Oklahoma 5 13 15 16 1/21/2012 at Texas W 69-66 Frank Erwin Center
Texas A&M 4 14 14 18 1/23/2012 Texas A&M W 64-54 Allen Fieldhouse
Texas Tech 1 17 8 23 1/28/2012 at Iowa State L 64-72 Hilton Coliseum
2/1/2012 Oklahoma W 84-62 Allen Fieldhouse
Additions to 2010-2011 Team 2/4/2012 at Missouri L 71-74 Mizzou Arena
Name Reason 2/8/2012 at Baylor W 68-54 Ferrell Center
Kevin Young Transfer(LMU) 2/11/2012 Oklahoma State W 81-66 Allen Fieldhouse
Naadir Tharpe Recruiting 2/13/2012 at Kansas State W 59-53 Bramlage Coliseum
Christian Garrett Recruiting 2/18/2012 Texas Tech W 83-50 Allen Fieldhouse
Merv Lindsay Recruiting 2/22/2012 at Texas A&M W 66-58 Reed Arena
Ben McLemore Recruiting 2/25/2012 Missouri W 87-86 OT Allen Fieldhouse
Jamari Traylor Recruiting 2/27/2012 at Oklahoma State W 70-58 Gallagher-Iba Arena
Conner Teahan Redshirt 3/3/2012 Texas W 73-63 Allen Fieldhouse
Big 12 Tournament
3/9/2012 Baylor L 72-81 Sprint Center
NCAA Tournament
3/16/2012 #15 Detroit W 65-50 Cen. Link Center, Omaha
3/18/2012 #10 Purdue W 63-60 Cen. Link Center, Omaha
3/23/2012 #11 NC State W 60-57 Edward Jones Dome, StL
3/25/2012 #1 North Carolina W 80-67 Edward Jones Dome, StL
3/31/2012 #2 Ohio State W 64-62 M-B Superdome, NO, LA
4/2/2012 #1 Kentucky L 59-67 M-B Superdome, NO, LA
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0 Thomas Robinson 39 31.8 17.7 11.9 1.8 0.9 261 517 50.5% 7 14 50.0% 163 239 68.2%
1 Naadir Tharpe 38 8.6 0.9 0.3 0.7 0.4 11 38 28.9% 6 22 27.3% 1 2 50.0%
2 Conner Teahan 39 21.0 5.5 2.1 1.1 0.0 68 187 36.4% 51 152 33.6% 26 31 83.9%
4 Justin Wesley 15 3.1 1.2 1.6 0.0 0.1 17 30 56.7% 0 0 0.0% 11 26 42.3%
5 Jeff Withey 39 24.8 9.0 6.3 0.7 3.6 113 211 53.6% 0 0 0.0% 124 156 79.5%
10 Tyshawn Taylor 39 33.4 16.6 2.3 4.8 0.2 226 474 47.7% 58 152 38.2% 137 199 68.8%
15 Elijah Johnson 39 32.2 10.2 3.2 3.5 0.1 148 344 43.0% 69 204 33.8% 32 46 69.6%
20 Niko Roberts 7 2.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.0 0 4 0.0% 0 1 0.0% 0 2 0.0%
21 Christian Garrett 7 2.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0%
22 Merv Lindsay 32 5.5 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.0 5 9 55.6% 1 3 33.3% 0 1 0.0%
24 Travis Releford 39 30.9 8.5 4.2 1.8 0.2 119 239 49.8% 26 80 32.5% 68 104 65.4%
40 Kevin Young 38 11.3 3.4 3.0 0.6 0.4 47 98 48.0% 3 9 33.3% 33 51 64.7%
23 Ben McLemore Sat out due to being ruled academically ineligble
31 Jamari Traylor Sat out due to being ruled academically ineligble

10 3 16 2 1 1 5 1 32 7 73.5 61.7 35.1 15.1
Overall
1023 2169 47.2% 222 643 34.5% 597 863 69.2% 587 285 222 506 678
Big 12 Results Won the Championship by 2 games over Missouri

Big 12 Tournament Beat Texas A&M before losing to Baylor in the second round
NCAA Seed 2
NCAA Region Midwest
Results Won the first 5 games with wins over #15 Detroit, #10 Purdue, #11 NC State, #1 North
Carolina, and #2 Ohio State before falling to overall #1 Kentucky in the National
Championship Game
Thomas Robinson All Big 12 1st Team
All-American 1st Team
Tyshawn Taylor All Big 12 1st Team
All-American 3rd Team
Jeff Withey All Big 12 3rd Team
Naismith National Coach of the Year
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The Jayhawks lost Thomas Robinson to the NBA as well as Tyshawn Taylor and Conner Teahan to graduation but
returned 3 starters Jeff Withey, Elijah Johnson, and Travis Releford, along with Kevin Young. The Jayhawks also
added in-state 5-star Perry Ellis and 4-star Andrew White III from Virginia. In addition, partial qualifiers Jamari
Traylor and Ben McLemore would be eligible. The starting lineup this year would feature 4 seniors but be led
by a freshman. The makeup of the Big 12 also changed again, as Texas A&M and Missouri turned their backs on
their long-time rivals Texas and Kansas and headed to the SEC. The Big 12 would counter by adding TCU and
West Virginia, which would keep the conference at 10 members and would play a round-robin format.
The season started with a win against Southeast Missouri State and then playing #21 Michigan State in the
Champions Classic. The game was tight throughout the first half, neither team leading by more than 5 points,
with KU taking a 35-32 lead into the break. The second half went much the same but MSU’s Keith Appling took
control late when the game was on the line. With MSU up by 1 at the 1:38 mark, he drilled a 3-pointer for a 4-
point Michigan State lead. Then after Ben McLemore completed a 3-point play to bring it back to 1, Appling
made an acrobatic play and hit another bucket to give MSU a 3-point lead again with 16 seconds left. Travis’s
Releford’s 3-point attempt at the buzzer missed and KU is now 0-2 in the Champions Classic. Elijah Johnson led
the Jayhawks with 16 points while Ben McLemore added 14. The Spartans outshot the Jayhawks 52.1% (25 of
48) to 50.0% (24 of 48), and also won the rebound battle 31-25.
KU rebounded from that loss and won the next 8 games before taking their 9-1 record into Columbus to take on
the #7 Ohio State Buckeyes in the first true road game of the year. The team had to weather a 14-0 OSU run in
the first half, and the consequential amplification of the crowd to make sure it didn’t get blown out of the
building. It handled the pressure superbly, and in fact made its own run to take a 37-35 lead into halftime. In
the second half, KU had more Ben McLemore than Ohio State and it was able to cruise to the 74-66 win by
holding OSU without a field goal for more than 10 minutes. Ohio State shot just 9 of 36 in the second half and
only 31% for the game. McLemore’s 22 points led the Jayhawks, followed by 14 and 10 rebounds from Jeff
Withey, 13 points from Elijah Johnson, and 11 from Travis Releford. Kevin Young also got 10 boards for the
visitors. The Jayhawks would win its last 2 con-conference games to take a 12-1 mark into conference play.
The conference started in a wacky way with Iowa State coming to AFH for the first game for both teams. Iowa
State came out firing and knocked down 14 3-pointers on the night. There were 9 lead changes in the first half
and it continued into the second, but KU went nearly 9 minutes where its only scores were 3 free throws. Iowa
State seemed to take control. Korie Lucious hit a pair of free throws with 8.4 seconds left and gave ISU a 3-point
lead and things seemed bleak for KU. The ball was inbounded to Elijah Johnson who brought it up the court.
Travis Releford set a screen for McLemore who then received a pass from Johnson and put up the prayer. He
yelled “Bank” so the banked 3-pointer with 1 second left was legitimate and sent the game into overtime. The
Jayhawks scored the first 9 points in overtime and cruised to the victory. All McLemore did was score 33 points
on 10-12 shooting, including 6-6 from beyond the arc, and 7-7 from the free throw line.
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KU continued winning its first 7 conference games, including a 59-55 win at #11 Kansas State, which was riding
its own 8-game winning streak. The game was close almost throughout with KU taking the only double-digit
lead at the 6:50 mark of the second half when Ben McLemore hit a jumper to put KU up by 10. But K-State got
it back to 5 by the 5:30 mark. KU was led by Travis Releford’s 12 points, followed by Elijah Johnson and Jeff
Withey with 11 each. Withey also had 10 rebounds. K-State was led by Shane Southwell who had 19 points,
while Rodney McGruder added 13, and Angel Rodriguez had 12. The victory made KU 23-2 in Bramlage
Coliseum. After the K-State game and the next 2 conference wins boosted the Jayhawk record to 19-1 on the
year and 7-0 in conference play, and #2 in the polls, the wheels fell off the wagon.
The first game was at AFH against Oklahoma State where Marcus Smart performed his infamous and idiotic
backflip after OSU had secured the win, ending KU’s 33 game home court winning streak, and giving Self his 8 th
AFH defeat. The next game was at lowly (they would finish 2-16) TCU in the infamous “YMCA” game where Bill
Self made the comment that a Kansas team has not played that bad since Dr. Naismith took a team to play
Topeka YMCA. This was the first time TCU and KU would play as members of the Big 12. TCU had never beaten
a top 5 team. KU would not score at all until 7:17 into the game and it would only score 13 the first half. It got
better the second half, but not enough as TCU went on for the 62-55 win as KU shot only 30% from the field,
including 3 of 22 from three. This would go down as one of the worst losses in KU history. The next game was
at Oklahoma, which made the first time since 2005, KU had lost 3 straight.
The next game was against #10 K-State which the Jayhawks would win 83-62 to get back on track, then take
down Texas at home 73-47. It then hit the road and got payback against Oklahoma State, winning 68-67 in
double overtime, before getting payback on TCU 74-47.
Next up was another wacky game against Iowa State, this time in Ames. In the earlier game, Iowa State hit 14
threes. This time they hit 17. In the earlier game, Ben McLemore scored 33 points. This game he had all of 7
points but Elijah Johnson “blacked out” (his words) and went for 39 points, including 8 in the final 29 seconds
of regulation and 12 in overtime, to lead Kansas to a 108-96 win, the second time it’s taken ISU to overtime this
year and won. Travis Releford added 19 points and Kevin Young and Jeff Withey both had 13 for KU, but this
night was all about Elijah and what a great game he had. The win was Bill Self’s 500th as a college coach.
KU would win the next 2 home games and then get blown out by Baylor to end the season at 14-4, tied with K-
State for its 9th straight Big 12 Championship. It would go into the Big 12 Tournament and knock off Texas Tech,
Iowa State (no overtime needed this time), and Kansas State (for the 3rd time this season and the 47th time in
the last 50 meetings) to claim the Big 12 Tournament Title for the 9th time in 18 years of the conference. It
would be awarded the #1 seed in the South Region and would play the first 2 games in Kansas City.
KU knocked off Western Kentucky and North Carolina before heading to Arlington, TX to take on 4 th seed and
10th ranked Michigan in the “Elijah meltdown” game. As great as Johnson was against Iowa State, he was just
that bad against Michigan, particularly late. The Jayhawks were in total control, leading by 14 with under 7
minutes to play and still by 10 with less than 3 minutes before Elijah made a few uncharacteristic mistakes,
(including missing a free throw with only seconds left that would have put KU up by 4), that allowed Trey Burke
and Michigan to tie the game and have all the momentum to win the game in overtime. KU would finish 31-6,
the 4th consecutive year winning 30+ games, an NCAA record; but it ended with another difficult loss after a
great season. Bill Self has 9 consecutive Big 12 titles with 8 home defeats. Another interesting tidbit from this
season was that 4 Jayhawks; Travis Releford, Jeff Withey, Elijah Johnson, and Ben McLemore, were named
National Player of the Week on at least one occasion each.
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Naadir Tharpe Rio Adams Andrew White III Justin Wesley Jeff Withey
1 SO G 5-11 170 2 FR G 6-3 190 3 FR G 6-7 220 4 JR F 6-9 220 5 SR C 7-0 235
Worcester, MA Seattle, WA Richmond, VA Fort Worth, TX San Diego, CA
1 Evan Manning
FR G 6-3 170
1 Tyler Self
FR G 6-2 165
1 Elijah Johnson
SR G 6-4 195
2 Niko Roberts
JR G 5-11 175
2 Christian Garrett
SO G 6-3 185
0 Lawrence, KS 1 Lawrence, KS 5 Las Vegas, NV 0 Huntington, NY 1 Los Angeles, CA
2 Ben McLemore
FR G 6-5 195
2 Travis Releford
SR G 6-6 210
3 Jamari Traylor
FR F 6-8 220
3 Perry Ellis
FR F 6-8 225
4 Kevin Young
SR F 6-8 190
3 St. Louis, MO 4 Kansas City, MO 1 Chicago, IL 4 Wichita, KS 0 Perris, CA
3 Landen Lucas
RS C 6-10 240
3 Portland, OR

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2012-2013 Results

Tyshawn Taylor Graduation 11/9/2012 SE Missouri State W 74-55 Allen Fieldhouse
Conner Teahan Graduation 11/13/2012 Michigan State L 64-67 Georgia Dome, Atlanta
Jordan Juenemann Graduation 11/15/2012 Chattanooga W 69-55 Allen Fieldhouse
Thomas Robinson NBA 11/19/2012 Washington State W 78-41 Sprint Center
Merv Lindsay Transfer (New Mex) 11/20/2012 Saint Louis W 73-59 Sprint Center
11/26/2012 San Jose State W 70-57 Allen Fieldhouse
2012-2013 Big XII Standings 11/30/2012 Oregon State W 84-78 Sprint Center
Con Overall 12/8/2012 Colorado W 90-54 Allen Fieldhouse
Team W L W L 12/15/2012 Belmont W 89-60 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas 14 4 31 6 12/18/2012 Richmond W 87-59 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas State 14 4 27 8 12/22/2012 at Ohio State W 74-66 Value City Arena
Oklahoma State 13 5 24 9 12/29/2012 American W 89-57 Allen Fieldhouse
Oklahoma 11 7 20 12 1/6/2013 Temple W 69-62 Allen Fieldhouse
Iowa State 11 7 23 12 1/9/2013 Iowa State W 97-87 OT Allen Fieldhouse
Baylor 9 9 23 14 1/12/2013 at Texas Tech W 60-46 United Spirit Arena
Texas 7 11 16 18 1/14/2013 Baylor W 61-44 Allen Fieldhouse
West Virginia 6 12 13 19 1/19/2013 at Texas W 64-59 Frank Erwin Center
Texas Tech 3 15 11 20 1/22/2013 at Kansas State W 59-55 Bramlage Coliseum
TCU 2 16 11 21 1/26/2013 Oklahoma W 67-54 Allen Fieldhouse
1/28/2013 at West Virginia W 61-56 WVU Coliseum
Additions to 2011-2012 Team 2/2/2013 Oklahoma State L 80-85 Allen Fieldhouse
Name Reason 2/9/2013 at TCU L 55-62 Daniel Meyer Coliseum
Rio Adams Recruiting 2/9/2013 at Oklahoma L 66-72 Lloyd Noble Center
Andrew White III Recruiting 2/11/2013 Kansas State W 83-62 Allen Fieldhouse
Evan Manning Recruiting 2/16/2013 Texas W 73-47 Allen Fieldhouse
Tyler Self Recruiting 2/20/2013 at Oklahoma State W 68-67 2OT Gallagher-Iba Arena
Perry Ellis Recruiting 2/23/2013 TCU W 74-48 Allen Fieldhouse
Landen Lucas Recruiting 2/25/2013 at Iowa State W 108-96 OT Hilton Coliseum
3/2/2013 West Virginia W 91-65 Allen Fieldhouse
3/9/2013 at Baylor L 58-81 Ferrell Center
Big 12 Tournament
3/14/2013 Texas Tech W 91-63 Sprint Center
3/15/2013 Iowa State W 88-73 Sprint Center
NCAA Tournament
3/22/2013 #16 WKU W 64-57 Sprint Center
3/24/2013 #8 North Carolina W 70-58 Sprint Center
3/29/2013 #4 Michigan L 85-87 OT Cowboys Stadium, Arlin
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1 Naadir Tharpe 37 19.4 5.5 1.5 3.1 0.0 69 201 34.3% 35 106 33.0% 31 35 88.6%
2 Rio Adams 14 3.5 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.0 10 25 40.0% 2 5 40.0% 5 13 38.5%
3 Andrew White III 37 9.6 2.2 1.2 0.0 0.8 18 54 33.3% 10 36 27.8% 10 16 62.5%
4 Justin Wesley 11 2.3 0.4 1.1 0.2 0.0 2 4 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 3 5 60.0%
5 Jeff Withey 37 30.9 13.7 8.5 0.9 3.9 185 318 58.2% 1 1 100.0% 137 192 71.4%
10 Evan Manning 12 2.8 0.7 0.4 0.1 0.0 3 7 42.9% 2 6 33.3% 0 0 0.0%
11 Tyler Self 15 2.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 2 6 33.3% 0 2 0.0% 0 1 0.0%
15 Elijah Johnson 37 31.0 9.9 3.1 4.6 0.2 126 330 38.2% 52 157 33.1% 61 80 76.3%
20 Niko Roberts 19 3.6 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 1 7 14.3% 0 4 0.0% 2 4 50.0%
23 Ben McLemore 37 32.2 15.9 5.2 2.0 0.7 198 400 49.5% 73 174 42.0% 120 138 87.0%
24 Travis Releford 37 33.8 11.9 3.8 2.6 0.2 155 270 57.4% 39 94 41.5% 90 114 78.9%
31 Jamari Traylor 25 5.0 2.1 2.1 0.3 0.1 27 63 42.9% 0 0 0.0% 22 38 57.9%
34 Perry Ellis 37 13.6 5.8 3.9 0.6 0.3 76 160 47.5% 2 3 66.7% 62 84 73.8%
40 Kevin Young 36 22.8 7.8 6.8 1.2 0.6 113 201 56.2% 0 6 0.0% 53 89 59.6%
33 Landen Lucas

12 1 14 4 3 0 2 1 31 6 75.2 61.9 36.6 15.5
Overall
985 2049 48.1% 216 594 36.4% 596 809 73.7% 575 260 247 517 620
Big 12 Results Tied for the Championship with K-State (4th tie in the streak)
Big 12 Tournament Big 12 Tournament Champions with wins over Texas Tech, Iowa State, and Kansas
State
NCAA Seed 1
NCAA Region South
Results Won the first 2 games over #16 Western Kentucky and #8 North Carolina before losing
in the Sweet 16 to Michigan
Jeff Withey All Big 12 1st Team
Ben McLemore All Big 12 1st Team
Travis Releford All Big 12 2nd Team
Team 4 Players from this team were name the National Player of the Week at least one time
during the seaons (Jeff Withey, Ben McLemore, Travis Releford, and Elijah Johnson)
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2013-2014
Gone from last year were all 5 starters, 4 to graduation and 1 to the NBA. But a stellar recruiting class was
coming in including McDonald’s All-Americans Wayne Selden, and the number 1 high school recruit Andrew
Wiggins, also called the next Lebron James. In addition to these, KU had coming in a 7-footer #6 Joel Embiid, as
well as another in-state recruit Conner Frankamp. Add in Frank Mason and Brannen Greene and it was quite a
nice haul. It also added Memphis graduate transfer Tarik Black, a Center. It also had coming back Perry Ellis,
Naadir Tharpe, Jamari Traylor, and Andrew White III. On the negative side, it went from one of the most
experienced teams last year to one of the most inexperienced teams. On the positive, it has a junior point guard
and a senior center, wrapped around all of that young talent.
This young team started out winning its first 5 games including knocking off #4 Duke in the Champions Classic
for its first victory in the Classic. The game was billed as Jabari Parker vs Andrew Wiggins, as they were widely
considered the top 2 freshmen in the country. But both teams showed they were a lot more than just one
freshman player. Parker looked like an All-American at times and he won the individual battle scoring 27 points
to Wiggins’ 22, but Wiggins was spectacular down the stretch when the game was on the line. Perry Ellis had
24 points, Wayne Selden and Frank Mason both chipped in 15 to lead the Jayhawks. Amile Jefferson had 17
points for Duke. The Blue Devils shot 51.7% to the Jayhawk’s 56.1%; while the Jayhawks outrebounded the
Devils by a 39-24 margin giving KU the final 94-83 win.
The 5th game was in the Battle for Atlantis against Wake Forest and the Jayhawks would win 87-78 before getting
derailed by Villanova in the 2nd game 63-59. The 3rd place game was against UTEP and the Jayhawks would win
it 67-63 to claim 3rd place. It would then go on the road to play at Colorado and lose a heartbreaker 75-72 before
going to #19 Florida and dropping another thriller 67-61. It won the next 3 against New Mexico, Georgetown,
and Toledo before having a tough setback against #21 San Diego State at Allen Fieldhouse to give Bill Self his 9 th
home defeat in his 11th season. It took a 9-4 mark into conference play.
Things just got tougher in conference play as the first 7 games were against; at unranked Oklahoma, against #25
Kansas State, at #8 Iowa State, against #9 Oklahoma State, against #24 Baylor, at unranked TCU, and against #16
Iowa State. Even with the Big 12 being so tough this year, the Jayhawks managed to win all 7 of those games to
open conference play at 7-0. Most of the games were easy enough victories, but the one against Oklahoma
State was a nail biter, between two teams who had become bitter toward one another, particularly due to
Marcus Smart running off with his mouth, and him being over-rated as well. Joel Embiid had begun to show
how good he really was, and he was a force in this one nearly getting a triple double with 13 points, 11 rebounds,
and 8 blocks. The Jayhawks built a 47-30 halftime lead before losing most of it in the second half when Phil
Forte and Markel Brown got hot from the 3-point line. Forte hit 7 of 10 and Brown hit 5 of 9, but the rest of the
Cowboys went 0 for 9, including Smart’s 0 for 6. Naadir Tharpe led the Jayhawks with 21 points and 6 assists.
The game included 6 flagrant or technical fouls, including 2 on Markel Brown who would foul out. The Jayhawks
hung on when OSU lost their cool, getting the 80-78 win.
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After it won against Iowa State, playing against ranked teams didn’t stop as it had to go to #25 Texas and lost its
first conference game 81-69. It won the next 2 at Baylor and against West Virginia before dropping another
one, this time at Kansas State 85-82 in overtime. It won the next 4 against TCU, at Texas Tech, against #19 Texas,
and against Oklahoma. It lost the next game at Oklahoma State before winning against Texas Tech, and then
playing at West Virginia in the conference finale.
Eron Harris (28 points), Juwan Staten (24 points), and Devin Williams (22 points, 13 rebounds) were hot for West
Virginia and played like pros. Andrew Wiggins scored 41 for the Jayhawks but it wasn’t enough to offset the
ultra-hot Mountaineers. Joel Embiid set out his second straight game due to back problems. WVU came out of
the gates hot and led this game for almost the entire length. It built a 25-point lead at the 16:43 mark of the
second half but had to hang on down the stretch to preserve the win. Wiggins scored 14 straight points for the
Jayhawks at one point and helped them get within 78-68 with 6:13 remaining. Frank Mason hit a 3-pointer to
make it 85-80 with 1:24 left but West Virginia was able to hit its free throws (7 of 8) down the stretch to hang
on for the 92-86 win. The Jayhawks had already wrapped up its 10th consecutive conference championship
previously and finished up 14-4, winning the conference by 2 games over Oklahoma.
KU won the first game of the conference tournament against Oklahoma State before losing the 2 nd game to
Iowa State. That was good enough to get a #2 seed in the South Region and to play the first 2 games in St. Louis.
Unfortunately, Joel Embiid was still not able to play.
KU took care of Eastern Kentucky in the first game of the tournament but really played poorly in the second
game against Stanford. Andrew Wiggins had a habit of disappearing once in a while and this was one of those
games. He only took 6 shots, only made one, and only scored 4 points in his last college game. Tarik Black led
the Jayhawks with 18 points, and Conner Frankamp tried to give them a chance, but couldn’t hit a tie-breaking
three at the buzzer. Frankamp hit one 3-pointer with 25 seconds to go to make a 7-point Stanford lead drop to
4 points. After Anthony Brown made 1 of 2 free throws to make it a 5-point game, Frankamp hit another three
with 18 seconds left to make it a 2-point game 59-57. Anthony Brown again made 1 of 2 free throws and gave
Frankamp the final shot, but it was not good, and Stanford walked away with the 60-57 win.
KU finished this season with a 25-10 mark, the only time Bill Self has lost double digit games in his time at Kansas.
The team finished the season with a 9-game home court winning streak. Bill Self now has 9 home losses and 10
consecutive Big 12 championships.
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Frank Mason Wayne Selden Andrew White III Justin Wesley Evan Manning
0 FR G 5-11 185 1 FR G 6-5 230 3 SO G 6-7 220 4 SR F 6-9 220 5 SO G 6-3 170
Petersburg, VA Roxbury, MA Richmond, VA Fort Worth, TX Lawrence, KS
1 Naadir Tharpe
JR G 5-11 170
1 Brannen Greene
FR G 6-7 215
1 Christian Garrett
JR G 6-3 185
2 Niko Roberts
SR G 5-11 175
2 Joel Embiid
FR C 7-0 250
0 Worcester, MA 4 Juliette, GA 5 Los Angeles, CA 0 Huntington, NY 1 Yaounde,
Camaroon
2 Andrew Wiggins
FR G 6-8 200
2 Conner Frankamp
FR G 6-0 165
2 Tarik Black
SR C 6-9 260
3 Jamari Traylor
SO F 6-8 220
3 Landen Lucas
FR C 6-10 240
2 Vaughan, Ontario 3 Wichita, KS 5 Memphis, TN 1 Chicago, IL 3 Portland, OR
3 Perry Ellis
SO F 6-8 225
1 Tyler Self
RS G 6-2 165
Head Coach
Bill Self
Assistant Coach
Curtis Townsend
4 Wichita, KS 1 Lawrence, KS
Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Dir BBall Operations Dir Stu-Ath Develop Strength/Conditioning
Norm Roberts Jerrance Howard Brennan Bechard Fred Quartlebaum Andrea Hudy
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2013-2014 Results

Jeff Withey Graduation 11/8/2013 Louisiana Monroe W 80-63 Allen Fieldhouse
Elijah Johnson Graduation 11/12/2013 Duke W 94-83 United Center, Chicago
Travis Releford Graduation 11/19/2013 Iona W 86-66 Allen Fieldhouse
Kevin Young Graduation 11/22/2013 Towson W 88-58 Allen Fieldhouse
Ben McLemore NBA 11/28/2013 Wake Forest W 87-78 Imperial Arena, Bahamas
Rio Adams Transfer (East Ken) 11/29/2013 Villanova L 59-53 Imperial Arena, Bahamas
Tyler Self Redshirt 11/30/2013 UTEP W 67-63 Imperial Arena, Bahamas
12/7/2013 at Colorado L 72-75 Coors Events Center
2013-2014 Big XII Standings 12/10/2013 at Florida L 61-67 O'Connell Center
Con Overall 12/14/2013 New Mexico W 80-63 Sprint Center
Team W L W L 12/21/2013 Georgetown W 86-64 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas 14 4 25 10 12/30/2013 Toledo W 93-83 Allen Fieldhouse
Oklahoma 12 6 23 10 1/5/2014 San Diego State L 57-61 Allen Fieldhouse
Texas 11 7 24 11 1/8/2014 at Oklahoma W 90-83 Lloyd Nobel Center
Iowa State 11 7 28 8 1/11/2014 Kansas State W 86-60 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas State 10 8 20 13 1/13/2014 at Iowa State W 77-70 Hilton Coliseum
West Virginia 9 9 17 16 1/18/2014 Oklahoma State W 80-78 Allen Fieldhouse
Baylor 9 9 17 16 1/20/2014 Baylor W 78-68 Allen Fieldhouse
Oklahoma State 8 10 21 13 1/25/2014 at TCU W 91-69 Daniel-Meyers Coliseum
Texas Tech 6 12 14 18 1/29/2014 Iowa State W 92-81 Allen Fieldhouse
TCU 0 18 9 22 2/1/2014 at Texas L 69-81 Frank Erwin Center
2/4/2014 at Baylor W 69-52 Ferrell Center
Additions to 2012-2013 Team 2/8/2014 West Virginia W 83-69 Allen Fieldhouse
Name Reason 2/10/2014 at Kansas State L 82-85 OT Bramlage Coliseum
Frank Mason Recruiting 2/15/2014 TCU W 95-65 Allen Fieldhouse
Wayne Seldon Recruiting 2/18/2014 at Texas Tech W 64-63 United Spirit Arena
Andrew Wiggins Recruiting 2/22/2014 Texas W 85-54 Allen Fieldhouse
Joel Embiid Recruiting 2/24/2014 Oklahoma W 83-75 Allen Fieldhouse
Brannen Greene Recruiting 3/1/2014 at Oklahoma State L 65-72 Gallagher-Iba Arena
Conner Frankamp Recruiting 3/5/2014 Texas Tech W 82-57 Allen Fieldhouse
Tarik Black Grad Tfer (Mem) 3/8/2014 at West Virginia L 86-92 WVU Coliseum
Hunter Mickelson Transfer (Arkansas) Big 12 Tournament
3/13/2014 Oklahoma State W 77-70 OT Sprint Center
3/14/2014 Iowa State L 83-94 Sprint Center
NCAA Tournament
3/21/2014 #15 East Kentucky W 80-69 Scottrade Center, StL
3/23/2014 #10 Stanford L 57-60 Scottrade Center, StL
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0 Frank Mason 33 13.5 5.5 1.3 2.1 0.5 63 151 41.7% 18 55 32.7% 47 71 66.2%
1 Wayne Selden 28 23.1 9.7 2.6 2.5 0.3 121 277 43.7% 42 128 32.8% 56 89 62.9%
3 Andrew White III 18 6.3 2.4 1.2 0.2 0.2 15 34 44.1% 8 25 32.0% 6 12 50.0%
4 Justin Wesley 14 2.4 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.1 0 3 0.0% 0 2 0.0% 1 2 50.0%
5 Evan Manning 6 1.7 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 1 4 25.0% 1 3 33.3% 1 2 50.0%
10 Naadir Tharpe 34 29.4 8.5 2.1 5.0 0.0 95 218 43.6% 43 114 37.7% 55 67 82.1%
14 Brannen Greene 28 6.5 2.4 1.0 0.4 0.0 20 52 45.5% 10 30 33.3% 16 19 84.2%
20 Niko Roberts 6 2.3 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0 3 0.0% 0 2 0.0% 2 4 50.0%
21 Joel Embiid 35 29.2 11.2 8.1 1.4 2.6 107 171 62.6% 1 5 20.0% 98 143 68.5%
22 Andrew Wiggins 35 32.8 17.1 5.9 1.5 1.0 189 422 44.8% 43 126 34.1% 176 227 77.5%
23 Conner Frankamp 27 8.3 2.5 0.6 0.6 0.1 22 64 34.4% 15 48 31.3% 8 10 80.0%
25 Tarik Black 35 16.1 5.5 3.9 0.3 0.0 74 107 69.2% 0 1 0.0% 33 55 60.0%
31 Jamari Traylor 34 16.1 4.8 4.1 0.8 0.8 62 92 67.4% 0 0 0.0% 40 60 66.7%
33 Landen Lucas 22 4.9 1.5 1.4 0.0 0.3 12 21 57.1% 0 0 0.0% 10 20 50.0%
34 Perry Ellis 35 27.8 13.5 6.7 1.0 0.6 174 317 54.9% 8 17 47.1% 116 152 76.3%
11 Tyler Self
42 Hunter Mickelson

9 4 14 4 1 1 1 1 25 10 79 70.1 38.2 14.9
Overall
955 1937 49.3% 189 556 34.0% 665 935 71.1% 523 204 196 463 732
Big 12 Results Big 12 Champions by 2 games over Oklahoma

Big 12 Tournament Won the first game over Oklahoma State but lost the second round to Iowa State
NCAA Seed 2
NCAA Region South
Results Won the first game over #15 Eastern Kentucky but lost the second round to Stanford
Andrew Wiggins All Big 12 1st Team
Joel Embiid All Big 12 2nd Team
Big 12 All Defensive Team
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2014-2015
The Jayhawks lost 3 starters from last year’s team (Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid to the NBA, Naadir Tharpe
to transfer), but brought back Perry Ellis and Wayne Selden. Also coming back were Frank Mason, Brannen
Greene, and Jamari Traylor. On the other hand, there were several other departures; 3 to graduation (Tarik
Black, Niko Roberts, and Justin Wesley) and 2 additional transfers; Andrew White and Conner Frankamp. But
top-notch recruiting left the team in good shape as it picked up the #3 prospect Cliff Alexander and the #11 Kelly
Oubre, as well as lesser known Devonte’ Graham and a 16-year-old Ukrainian sharpshooter Sviatoslav
Mykhailiuk. There were problems to come during this season as Kelly Oubre had a hard time “getting it” for Bill
Self until well into the season when he became a force for the Jayhawks. Cliff Alexander also did not live up to
the hype and ended up missing the last 8 games altogether due to the University having questions about his
eligibility.
The Jayhawks opened with a win over UC Santa Barbara but got a complete beatdown (72-40) by #1 Kentucky
in the Champions Classic, making the Jayhawks 1-3 in the event. This game clearly exposed many Jayhawk
weaknesses, as this was a game where men played against boys. KU only made 11 field goals in this game and
only shot 19.6% from the field including 3 of 15 from behind the arc. This was the lowest point total in Bill Self’s
time at Kansas, by far. The Jayhawks ended the first half on an 11-3 run to bring the score to 38-28 UK, but the
second half was much worse than the first. Kentucky scored the first 6 points of the second half and KU did not
score for 6 minutes. Kentucky kept pouring it on and before the Jayhawks knew what hit them, they were down
64-36 and UK would continue pounding them to the final 72-40 margin.
The team turned things around, winning the next 8 games, including wins over Rhode Island, Tennessee, and
#20 Michigan State to win the Orlando Classic. It continued with wins over Florida, at Georgetown, Temple, and
against #13 Utah before taking another beatdown at Temple just prior to Christmas break. The Temple game
was almost as ugly as the Kentucky game as KU started out down 7-0 and it was over 3 minutes into the game
before they would score. KU improved from the Kentucky game to hit 32.1%, but that was still lousy enough to
get beat by 25 points, the largest defeat in the Bill Self era to an unranked opponent. This team is setting records
for Bill Self teams, and not in a good way.
The Jayhawks came back after Christmas and began to turn things around winning the last 2 non-conference
games against Kent State and UNLV before starting conference play. The first conference game was at #21
Baylor where it squeaked out a 56-55 win. Then it was home and hosting Texas Tech in an easy win before
hosting #24 Oklahoma State, and winning 67-57 in a game that was ugly with 49 fouls, including 3 technicals
(and Marcus Smart wasn’t even in the game) and a whopping 71 free throws attempted.
From there it was back on the road to always tough Hilton Coliseum to face the #11 Cyclones. The Jayhawks
put up a good fight but lost 86-81. KU (3-0) went into the game as the only unbeaten team in the Big 12 but
Iowa State was ready to defend their home turf. Naz Long scored 20 points and George Niang added 15 to pace
the Cyclones. They led Iowa State to a 71-57 lead with 6:26 left, but Perry Ellis (19 points and 11 rebounds) and
Frank Mason (21 points) brought KU back to within 82-79 before Niang was credited with drawing a crucial
charge with 14 seconds left that sealed the deal.
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After facing the 11th ranked Cyclones, the Jayhawks returned home to take on #19 Oklahoma (winning 85-78)
and then traveling to #17 Texas and winning 75-62. They followed that up with a win at TCU and against Kansas
State, before facing Iowa State in the rematch in Allen Fieldhouse and winning 89-76. Next came a road game
at Stillwater where the Jayhawks seem to have an extra difficult time playing, and this was no different, losing
67-62. They returned to the winning ways with victories at Texas Tech and over #16 Baylor before returning to
the road and facing #23 West Virginia.
West Virginia was looking for its first NCAA Tournament bid in 3 seasons when it welcomed the Jayhawks to
town. It had lost 3 of their previous 4 games and the last 4 games to ranked opponents, but they still found
themselves ranked #23. The Mountaineers were led by Juwan Staten with 20 points while Perry Ellis had 19 for
the Jayhawks. Frank Mason hit a layup with 2:16 left that gave KU a 61-60 lead. 3 empty possessions by WVU
and 2 empty possessions from KU, including missing the front end of a 1-1 free throw by Landen Lucas, left the
score at 61-60 with 0:08 left. Juwan Staten took the inbounds pass, went the length of the court, made a spin
move around Frank Mason and made the layup to put WVU up 62-61 with 3.5 seconds left. Jamari Traylor threw
a perfect inbounds pass the length of the floor to Perry Ellis, but Ellis missed a wide-open layup to give WVU the
win.
KU followed that up with a win against TCU and then another road loss, this time to Kansas State, before winning
at home against Texas and the rematch with #20 West Virginia (76-69 win in OT) before losing the finale at #15
Oklahoma on a Buddy Hield put back at the buzzer. When all was said and done, this team had lost 5 conference
games but still won the conference by 1 game over Oklahoma and Iowa State; the first time the Big 12 champ
had 5 losses.
In the Big 12 Tournament, KU won the first 2 games over TCU and #16 Baylor before losing the rubber match to
#13 Iowa State. KU kept their streak of Big 12 Titles alive with their 11 th straight, but Iowa State got the win in
the Big 12 Tournament. This was a particularly difficult season to win the Big 12 as 8 of the 10 schools spent
one or more weeks in the AP top 25. KU was as high as #5, Texas as high as #6, Iowa State #9, Oklahoma #13,
West Virginia and Baylor at #13, Oklahoma State at #21, and TCU at #25.
The Jayhawks were seeded #2 in the Midwest Region. The NCAA selection committee swears they don’t make
seedings and placement based on interesting matchups, but you will never convince me. They under-seeded a
#4 or #5 worthy Wichita State team to a #7 seed to set up a KU/WSU second round game, assuming both won
their first games. KU won its first game over #15 New Mexico State and WSU won its first game setting up the
matchup. Wayne Selden failed to score, Frank Mason had 5 turnovers, and Mason and Kelly Oubre both fouled
out. KU shot just 35.1% from the field and went 6/21 from 3-point land. Wichita State shot 49% including 10/20
from three to take the 78-65 win. This was a bitter end to the Jayhawks season, which saw Coach Self go to 11
consecutive Big 12 titles against 9 home losses, and saw KU end the season with a 24-game home court winning
streak intact.
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Frank Mason Wayne Selden Cliff Alexander Devonte’ Graham Evan Manning
0 SO G 5-11 185 1 SO G 6-5 230 2 FR F 6-8 240 4 FR G 6-2 175 5 JR G 6-3 170
Petersburg, VA Roxbury, MA Chicago, IL Charlotte, NC Lawrence, KS
1 Sviatoslav
Mykhailiuk
1 Tyler Self
SO G 6-2 165
1 Kelly Oubre
FR G 6-7 200
1 Brannen Greene
SO G 6-7 215
1 Christian Garrett
SR G 6-3 185
0 FR G 6-8 195 1 Lawrence, KS 2 Henderson, NV 4 Juliette, GA 5 Los Angeles, CA
Cherkasy, Ukraine
2 Josh Pollard
FR G 6-4 200
3 Jamari Traylor
JR F 6-8 220
3 Landen Lucas
SO C 6-10 240
3 Perry Ellis
JR F 6-8 225
4 Hunter Mickelson
JR F 6-10 245
2 Orem, UT 1 Chicago, IL 3 Portland, OR 4 Wichita, KS 2 Jonesboro, AR
Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Dir BBall Operations
Bill Self Curtis Townsend Norm Roberts Jerrance Howard Brennan Bechard
Dir Stu-Ath Develop Video Coordinator Strength/Conditioning

Fred Quartlebaum Fred Cox Andrea Hudy
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2014-2015 Results

Justin Wesley Graduation 11/14/2014 UC Santa Barbara W 69-59 Allen Fieldhouse
Niko Roberts Graduation 11/18/2014 Kentucky L 40-72 Bankers Life Fdhs, Ind
Tarik Black Graduation 11/24/2014 Rider W 87-60 Allen Fieldhouse
Andrew Wiggins NBA 11/27/2014 Rhode Island W 76-60 HP Fieldhouse, FL
Joel Embiid NBA 11/28/2014 Tennessee W 82-67 HP Fieldhouse, FL
Andrew White III Transfer (Neb) 11/30/2014 Michigan State W 61-56 HP Fieldhouse, FL
Naadir Tharpe Transfer (Unknown) 12/5/2014 Florida W 71-65 Allen Fieldhouse
Conner Frankamp Transfer (Wich St) 12/10/2014 at Georgetown W 75-70 Verizon Center, DC
12/13/2014 Utah W 63-60 Sprint Center
2014-2015 Big XII Standings 12/20/2014 Lafayette W 96-69 Allen Fieldhouse
Con Overall 12/22/2014 at Temple L 52-77 Wells Fargo Cntr, Philly
Team W L W L 12/30/2014 Kent State W 78-62 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas 13 5 27 9 1/4/2015 UNLV W 76-61 Allen Fieldhouse
Oklahoma 12 6 24 11 1/7/2015 at Baylor W 56-55 Ferrell Center
Iowa State 12 6 25 9 1/10/2015 Texas Tech W 86-54 Allen Fieldhouse
West Virginia 11 7 25 10 1/13/2015 Oklahoma State W 67-57 Allen Fieldhouse
Baylor 11 7 24 10 1/17/2015 at Iowa State L 81-86 Hilton Coliseum
Texas 8 10 20 14 1/19/2015 Oklahoma W 85-78 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas State 8 10 15 17 1/24/2015 at Texas W 75-62 Frank Erwin Center
Oklahoma State 8 10 18 14 1/28/2015 at TCU W64-61 Wilerson-Gaines
TCU 4 14 18 15 1/31/2015 Kansas State W 68-57 Allen Fieldhouse
Texas Tech 3 15 13 19 2/2/2015 Iowa State W 89-76 Allen Fieldhouse
2/7/2015 at Oklahoma State L 62-67 Gallagher-Iba Arena
Additions to 2013-2014 Team 2/10/2015 at Texas Tech W 73-51 United Supermarkets A
Name Reason 2/14/2015 Baylor W 74-64 Allen Fieldhouse
Cliff Alexander Recruiting 2/16/2015 at West Virginia L 61-62 WVU Coliseum
Kelly Oubre Recruiting 2/21/2015 TCU W 81-72 Allen Fieldhouse
Devonte' Graham Recruiting 2/23/2015 at Kansas State L 63-70 Bramlage Coliseum
Sviataslov 2/28/2015 Texas W 69-64 Allen Fieldhouse
Mykhailiuk Recruiting 3/3/2015 West Virginia W 76-69 OT Allen Fieldhouse
Josh Pollard Recruiting 3/7/2015 at Oklahoma L 73-75 Lloyd Noble Center
Big 12 Tournament
3/12/2015 TCU W 64-59 Sprint Center
3/13/2015 Baylor W 62-52 Sprint Center
3/14/2015 Iowa State L 66-70 Sprint Center
NCAA Tournament
3/20/2015 #15 New Mex State W 75-56 Cent Link Center, Omaha
3/22/2015 #7 Wichita State L 65-78 Cent Link Center, Omaha
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0 Frank Mason 36 33.5 12.6 3.9 3.9 0.1 150 340 44.1% 42 98 42.9% 110 140 78.6%
1 Wayne Selden 36 29.4 9.4 2.8 2.6 0.5 112 293 38.2% 46 126 36.5% 69 105 65.7%
2 Cliff Alexander 28 17.6 7.1 5.3 0.4 1.3 73 129 56.6% 0 0 0.0% 53 79 67.1%
4 Devonte' Graham 35 20.4 5.7 1.5 2.1 1.1 46 117 39.3% 17 40 42.5% 55 76 72.4%
5 Evan Manning 9 3.0 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 2 5 40.0% 1 3 33.3% 0 0 0.0%
10 Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk
26 11.2 2.8 1.2 0.7 0.0 26 85 30.6% 15 52 28.8% 5 6 83.3%
11 Tyler Self 9 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 1 4 25.0% 0 2 0.0% 0 0 0.0%
12 Kelly Oubre 36 21.0 9.3 5.0 0.8 0.4 110 248 44.4% 34 95 35.8% 79 110 71.8%
14 Brannen Greene 29 17.8 5.7 2.1 0.8 0.0 57 135 42.2% 40 99 40.4% 44 48 91.7%
22 Josh Pollard 7 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0 1 4 25.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0%
31 Jamari Traylor 35 15.0 4.8 3.7 0.9 0.1 67 138 48.6% 0 0 0.0% 33 55 60.0%
33 Landon Lucas 32 15.2 3.5 4.3 0.4 0.6 41 77 53.2% 0 0 0.0% 30 45 66.7%
34 Perry Ellis 34 28.8 13.8 6.9 1.2 0.7 166 363 45.7% 18 46 39.1% 119 163 73.0%
42 Hunter Mickelson 19 7.0 2.4 1.8 0.1 1.0 16 32 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 13 15 86.7%

11 2 13 5 2 1 1 1 27 9 71.1 64.8 26.1 13.2
Overall
869 1976 44.0% 213 562 37.9% 610 842 72.4% 475 237 175 463 639
Big 12 Results Big 12 Champions by 1 game over Oklahoma and Iowa State
Big 12 Tournament Won the first 2games over TCU and Baylor but lost the championship game to Iowa
State
NCAA Seed 2
NCAA Region Midwest
Results Won the first game over #15 New Mexico State but lost the second round to #7
Wichita State
Perry Ellis All Big 12 1st Team
Frank Mason All Big 12 2nd Team
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2015-2016
The Jayhawks returned 4 starters from last year’s team and the only key piece of the puzzle not coming back
was Kelly Oubre. The team had also signed McDonald’s All-Americans Cheick Diallo and Carlton Bragg Jr. so
expectations were high, and the team did not disappoint.
In the summer before the season began, the Jayhawks were chosen to represent the United States in the World
University Games in Gwangju, South Korea. They played 8 games against pro players from Turkey, Brazil, Chile,
Serbia, Switzerland, Lithuania, Russia, and Germany and won all of them, including a double OT win in the
championship game against Germany. They brought home the Gold Medal for Team U.S.A. (since they were
representing the U.S.A., they were not called Team Kansas), even though they were college kids playing against
professionals.
The regular season started with a win against Northern Colorado, then on to Michigan State in the Champions
Classic. The Jayhawks seemed to be in control of the game with Michigan State, taking multiple double digit
leads in the second half, but Denzel Valentine had other ideas as he recorded a triple double going for 29 points,
12 assists, and 12 rebounds to lead #13 MSU to a 79-73 win over #4 KU, making KU 1-4 in the early season
classic.
After that loss, the Jayhawks went to Maui to compete in the Maui invitational and knocked off Chaminade 123-
72, UCLA 92-73, and #19 Vanderbilt 70-63 to win the Maui tournament for the second time. The team won 7
more games leading up to conference play and then knocked off #23 Baylor 102-74 in Allen Fieldhouse to open
conference play before participating in what was the game of the year in college basketball.
On January 4, 2016, Oklahoma came to Allen Fieldhouse and with the Jayhawks played one of the best basketball
games of all time, a 109-106 thriller as #1 KU outdueled Buddy Hield and #2 Oklahoma in 3 overtimes (the 1st 3
OT game in Allen Fieldhouse history). Hield’s 46 points matched the most points ever against KU in Allen
Fieldhouse (K-State’s Mike Wroblewski in 1962). Hield wasn’t alone as Jordan Woodard scored 27 points for
the Sooners. But the Jayhawks had plenty of scoring as well, with Perry Ellis leading the way with 27, while
Devonte’ Graham added 22, Wayne Selden 21, and Frank Mason with 15. With KU up 107-106 with 8.6 seconds
to play in the second overtime, Buddy Hield tried to inbound the ball but Frank Mason deflected it, then corralled
it for a steal and was fouled. He sank 2 free throws to give KU the 109-106 lead. Hield got off a game-tying
attempt but amazingly on this night, he missed preserving the KU win.
After winning the next game at Texas Tech, the team then lost 3 road games over a 5-game stretch at #11 West
Virginia, unranked Oklahoma State, and #14 Iowa State and were only 5-3 in the conference. The rest of the Big
12 was getting excited because Baylor, West Virginia, and Oklahoma were all a game ahead of KU, but KU fans
were not concerned because they know how these conference standings play out. The next game was out of
conference in the Big 12/SEC challenge and the Jayhawks hosted #20 Kentucky. Wayne Selden had his best
game as a Jayhawk going for 33 points, including 7 in overtime to give the Jayhawks the 90-84 win, but in just
one overtime in this game, not the 3 OTs of the Oklahoma game.
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Back in conference action, the Jayhawks won the next 3 games, including the rematch with #10 West Virginia,
to go to 8-3 before the rematch with #3 Oklahoma, this time at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman. It was another
doozy, but nowhere near the one in Lawrence. Devonte’ Graham carried the Jayhawks in this one going for 27
points, and perhaps even more importantly held Buddy Hield to 24 points (on 5 of 15 shooting). The win put
the Jayhawks in sole possession of first place, a game ahead of the Sooners. They then went on to win their last
6 games in regulation, including wins at #19 Baylor, at #23 Texas, and over #21 Iowa State at home to finish the
conference race with a 15-3 mark, 2 games ahead of West Virginia. KU also won all of its home games to run its
home court winning streak to 40 games. Bill Self now has 12 consecutive Big 12 titles against 9 home losses.
The Jayhawks also went on to win the Big 12 Tournament with wins over Kansas State, #22 Baylor, and #9 West
Virginia, to capture the 10th Big 12 Tournament Title for KU in the 20 years of the conference. No other team
has won more than 4 (Iowa State), which shows that Kansas not only dominates the Big 12 regular season but
also the Big 12 Tournament.
For their efforts, the Jayhawks earned a number 1 seed in the South Region and the number 1 overall seed.
They won the first 3 games over #16 seeded Austin Peay, #9 Connecticut, and #5 Maryland (ranked #18) before
falling to #2 seed and #6 ranked Villanova in the Regional Finals. Villanova played a superb defensive game, but
the game was still settled on an officiating call. With 34 seconds left and the Jayhawks down by 2, Ryan
Arcidiacono ran into Devonte’ Graham, knocking the ball away. A foul should have been called on Arcidiacono
but was not, and furthermore, a foul was called on Graham (his 5 th) when he went after the loose ball that
Arcidiacono had knocked away. Graham should have gone to the free throw line with a chance to tie the game,
but instead Arcidiacono went to the free throw line and made two free throws to put Villanova up by 4 and
Graham went to the bench with his 5th foul. Credit Villanova for playing a great game, but that call was just
wrong. If the call was right, perhaps Villanova still wins, because the other thing that beat the Jayhawks on this
night is that they just could not hit a shot, even open ones, but you hate to have an official’s call seal the
outcome.
The final AP poll had Kansas ranked #3, Oklahoma #4, West Virginia #14, Iowa State #15, and Baylor #24, with
Texas still receiving votes. Kentucky was ranked #16, Michigan State #7, and Villanova by virtue of winning the
National Championship was ranked #1; so, KU played 11 games against the AP final Top 25, including 8 in
conference, so they earned the Big 12 championship.
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Frank Mason Wayne Selden Lagerald Vick Devonte’ Graham Evan Manning
0 JR G 5-11 185 1 JR G 6-5 230 2 FR G 6-5 175 4 SO G 6-2 175 5 SR G 6-3 170
Petersburg, VA Roxbury, MA Memphis, TN Charlotte, NC Lawrence, KS
1 Sviatoslav
Mykhailiuk
1 Tyler Self
JR G 6-2 165
1 Cheick Diallo
FR F 6-9 218
1 Brannen Greene
JR G 6-7 215
1 Carlton Bragg Jr.
FR F 6-9 220
0 SO G 6-8 195 1 Lawrence, KS 2 Centereach, NY 4 Juliette, GA 5 Cleveland, OH
Cherkasy, Ukraine
2 Clay Young
SO G 6-5 205
3 Jamari Traylor
SR F 6-8 220
3 Landen Lucas
JR C 6-10 240
3 Perry Ellis
SR F 6-8 225
4 Hunter Mickelson
SR F 6-10 245
2 Lansing, KS 1 Chicago, IL 3 Portland, OR 4 Wichita, KS 2 Jonesboro, AR
Dir Stu-Ath Develop Video Coordinator Aaron Miles Strength/Conditioning

Fred Quartlebaum James Cox Asst Dir Stu-Ath Dev Andrea Hudy
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2015-2016 Results

Christian Garrett Graduation 11/13/2015 Northern Colorado W 109-72 Allen Fieldhouse
Kelly Oubre NBA 11/17/2015 Michigan State L 73-79 United Cntr, Chicago
Cliff Alexander NBA 11/23/2015 Chaminade W 123-72 Lahaina Civiv Cntr, Maui
Josh Pollard Unknown 11/24/2015 UCLA W 92-73 Lahaina Civiv Cntr, Maui
11/25/2015 Vanderbilt W 70-63 Lahaina Civiv Cntr, Maui
2015-2016 Big XII Standings 12/1/2015 Loyola (MD) W 94-61 Allen Fieldhouse
Con Overall 12/5/2015 Harvard W 75-69 Allen Fieldhouse
Team W L W L 12/9/2015 Holy Cross W 92-59 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas 15 3 33 5 12/12/2015 Oregon State W 82-67 Sprint Center
West Virginia 13 5 26 9 12/19/2015 Montana W 88-46 Allen Fieldhouse
Oklahoma 12 6 29 8 12/22/2015 at San Diego State W 70-57 Viejas Arena
Texas 11 7 20 13 12/29/2015 UC Irvine W 78-53 Allen Fieldhouse
Baylor 10 8 22 12 1/2/2016 Baylor W 102-74 Allen Fieldhouse
Iowa State 10 8 23 12 1/4/2016 Oklahoma W 109-106 3OT Allen Fieldhouse
Texas Tech 9 9 19 13 1/9/2016 at Texas Tech W 69-59 United Supermarkets A
Kansas State 5 13 17 16 1/12/2016 at West Virginia L 63-74 WVU Coliseum
Oklahoma State 3 15 12 20 1/16/2016 TCU W 70-63 Allen Fieldhouse
TCU 2 16 12 21 1/19/2016 at Oklahoma State L 67-86 Gallagher-Iba Arena
1/23/2016 Texas W 76-67 Allen Fieldhouse
Additions to 2014-2015 Team 1/25/2016 at Iowa State L 72-85 Hilton Coliseum
Name Reason 1/30/2016 Kentucky W 90-84 OT Allen Fieldhouse
Lagerald Vick Recruiting 2/3/2016 Kansas State W 77-59 Allen Fieldhouse
Cheick Diallo Recruiting 2/6/2016 at TCU W 75-56 Schollmaier Arena
Carlton Bragg Jr. Recruiting 2/9/2016 West Virginia W 75-65 Allen Fieldhouse
Dwight Coleby Transfer (Ole Miss) 2/13/2016 at Oklahoma W 76-72 Lloyd Noble Center
2/15/2016 Oklahoma State W 94-67 Allen Fieldhouse
2/23/2016 at Baylor W 66-60 Ferrell Center
2/29/2016 at Texas W 86-56 Frank Erwin Center
Big 12 Tournament
3/11/2016 Baylor W 70-66 Sprint Center
3/12/2016 West Virginia W 81-71 Sprint Center
NCAA Tournament
3/17/2016 #16 Austin Peay W 105-79 Wells Fargo A, Des M
3/19/2016 #9 Connecticut W 73-61 wells Fargo M, Des M
3/24/2016 #5 Maryland W 76-63 KFC Yumi Cntr, L'ville
3/26/2016 #2 Villanova L59-64 KFC Yumi Cntr, L'ville
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0 Frank Mason 38 33.5 12.9 4.3 4.6 0.1 155 357 43.4% 43 113 38.1% 136 184 73.9%
1 Wayne Selden 38 29.8 13.8 3.4 2.6 0.3 189 399 47.4% 74 189 39.2% 71 116 64.2%
2 Lagerald Vick 19 4.8 2.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 14 25 56.0% 8 17 47.1% 3 6 50.0%
4 Devonte' Graham 38 32.6 11.3 3.3 3.7 0.1 144 313 46.0% 75 170 44.1% 67 90 74.4%
5 Evan Manning 15 2.5 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 3 6 50.0% 3 6 50.0% 0 0 0.0%
35 12.4 5.4 1.3 0.9 0.0 67 149 45.0% 37 92 40.2% 17 25 68.0%
11 Tyler Self 14 2.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.0 1 6 0.0% 1 5 20.0% 0 1 0.0%
13 Cheick Diallo 27 13.6 3.0 2.5 0.0 0.9 33 58 56.9% 0 0 0.0% 15 27 55.6%
14 Brannen Greene 30 12.8 5.4 2.1 0.8 0.1 44 84 52.4% 31 63 49.2% 42 50 84.0%
15 Carlton Bragg Jr. 38 8.9 3.8 2.5 0.4 0.2 64 114 56.1% 4 7 57.1% 12 18 66.7%
21 Clay Young 9 2.2 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 2 4 50.0%
31 Jamari Traylor 37 7.5 2.9 3.2 0.5 0.9 41 77 53.2% 0 0 0.0% 27 40 67.5%
33 Landen Lucas 36 18.4 5.8 6.8 0.6 0.8 74 115 64.3% 0 1 0.0% 59 89 66.3%
34 Perry Ellis 38 30.3 16.9 5.8 1.3 0.5 237 446 53.1% 28 64 43.8% 139 177 78.5%
42 Hunter Mickelson 26 7.7 2.3 2.3 0.5 0.9 25 57 43.9% 0 1 0.0% 11 16 68.8%

12 1 15 3 3 0 3 1 33 5 81.3 67.6 38 15.9
Overall
1092 2207 49.5% 304 728 41.8% 601 843 71.3% 604 253 158 478 719
Big 12 Results Big 12 Champions by 2 games over West Virginia

Big 12 Tournament Big 12 Tournament Champions with wins over Kansas State, Baylor, and West Virginia
NCAA Seed 1
NCAA Region South
Results Won the first 3 games over #16 Austin Peay, #9 Connecticut, and #5 Maryland before
losing in the Regional Finals to #2 Villanova
Perry Ellis All Big 12 1st Team
Frank Mason All Big 12 2nd Team
AP National Coach of the Year
NABC National Coach of the Year
Team Set the KU record for 3-pointers in a season at 304
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2016-2017
Perry Ellis was lost to graduation and Wayne Selden, Brannen Greene, and Cheick Diallo opted to try their luck
in the NBA, but still 3 starters returned; Frank Mason, Devonte’ Graham, and Landen Lucas. KU also lost Jamari
Traylor, Hunter Mickelson, and Evan Manning to graduation. But on the more positive side, it picked up the
number 1 high school prospect Josh Jackson, as well as another McDonald’s All-American 7-footer Udoka
Azubuike, so excitement hung in the air.
The season got off to a crazy start from a scheduling standpoint as the first 2 games were to Bluebloods Indiana
in the Armed Forces Classic in Hawaii and Duke in the Champions Classic in Madison Square Garden. The first
game didn’t go the #3 Jawhawks way, as #11 Indiana won a 103-99 thriller in overtime, when it hit 15 of 31
threes, and outrebounded the Jayhawks 50-39. Carlton Bragg, Devonte’ Graham, Frank Mason, and Landen
Lucas all fouled out, so it’s no wonder Indiana was able to get the win. The 2016-2017 Frank Mason show was
opened this night as Frank scored 30 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and added 9 assists to begin his run to the
unanimous NCAA Player of the Year. The Jayhawks’ next game was in New York City 4 days later against top
ranked Duke, so there wasn’t time to worry about the early season loss. The Jayhawks led the Blue Devils by 12
with 8:03 to play but allowed Duke to tie the game with 16 seconds remaining. Fortunately, the Jayhawks had
Frank Mason who hit a jumper as time expired to give the Jayhawks a 2-point win. I’m not sure how the
Jayhawks managed to win this game because they shot 2 of 19 from 3-point land to Duke’s 8 of 19 and they only
made 9 of 19 free throws to Duke’s 21 of 30. The Jayhawks, at this time, were 2-4 in the Champions Classic with
both wins over Duke.
The team went on to win its next 17 games but had to adjust on the fly along the way. It was expected that
Carlton Bragg Jr. would take over the spot vacated by Perry Ellis’ graduation and that Josh Jackson would take
over the spot vacated by Wayne Selden. While Josh played a superb role on this team, Carlton never seemed
to be able to play the way Bill Self wanted. In addition, Udoka Azubuike was expected to play an important role
either backing up Landen Lucas or taking over the starting role; but unfortunately, he injured his wrist 11 games
in and was lost for the season. This left the Jayhawks with limited options for the C/F positions with only Landen
Lucas, an ineffective Bragg, Freshman Mitch Lightfoot, and transfer Dwight Coleby. So Self changed things up
and went with a 4-guard lineup of Mason, Graham, Jackson, and Mykhailiuk, along with Center Landen Lucas.
This worked out well, especially with Jackson and Mykhailiuk being 6-8, and Jackson and 6th man Lagerald Vick
both being very athletic and able to rebound. Among this streak of games was Jerod Haase’s return to Allen
Fieldhouse on 12/3/2016 as the coach of Stanford.
The team’s 18 game winning streak included its first 7 conference games, including 3 on the road. It got derailed
on January 24th, 2017 at #18 West Virginia, the 4th consecutive season it’s lost in Morgantown. The next game
it went to Rupp Arena and knocked off #4 Kentucky in the Big12/SEC challenge, even though it only shot 5 of 19
from 3 and 10 of 18 free throws. Back into conference play, it beat #2 (not a typo) Baylor but then ran into an
unbelievably hot Iowa State team in Allen Fieldhouse. Iowa State made 18 3-point shots out of 34 attempts,
and that was with Matt Thomas, the best 3-point shooter for Iowa State, going 0-5. So many bad shots found
their way through the hole, so hats off to the Cyclones for ending the Jayhawks 51 game home court winning
streak and giving Bill Self his 10th loss at AFH against 13 consecutive Big 12 Championships. Fortunately, for the
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Jayhawks and their fans, they didn’t dwell on the loss and went on to win their next 8 games to finish 16-2 in
conference and win the league by 4 games over Baylor, Iowa State, and West Virginia. This 8-game winning
streak included a one-point win at Texas Tech and the rematch with #4 Baylor in Waco.
Sandwiched in between those games was the most remarkable comeback since the 2008 National
Championship game against Memphis. #3 KU trailed #9 West Virginia by 14 points with 2:58 to play at Allen
Fieldhouse and looked certain to lose its second consecutive home game; something that hadn’t been done
since 1989. The KU fans were criticized by Dick Vitale for leaving early, something that just doesn’t happen at
AFH. And boy were those fans that left sorry that they did? Frank Mason hit 2 free throws to make the deficit
10, then hit a three with 2:19 remaining before Devonte’ Graham hit a three with 1:56 to cut the margin to 64-
58. Devonte’ hit another three with 33 seconds to go and Mason hit 2 free throws with 21 seconds to tie the
game at 71. Tarik Phillip missed a 3-pointer with 2 seconds left so the game went to overtime. The OT was filled
with excitement as well, with Devonte’ sandwiching two 3-pointers around a Jackson basket to give KU an 8-
point lead with 2:13 remaining but WVU wouldn’t quit. Mason had to hit 4 crucial free throws down the stretch
to allow KU to hold on to the lead and get the 4-point win. Besides KU hitting shots at the end of this game, the
biggest contributing factor to the win was late turnovers. KU forced several WVU turnovers using the press – a
WVU staple – against them and forced 4 more in overtime. Dick Vitale called this one of the greatest comeback
wins he’s ever seen.
Prior to the start of the Big 12 Tournament, Self announced that Josh Jackson was suspended for the first game
of the tournament for violation of team rules. TCU took full advantage and outplayed the Jayhawks to an 85-82
win, so the Jayhawks got a couple of days rest before the NCAA Tournament.
Even with the tournament loss, KU was still given the #1 seed in the Midwest Region and second seed overall.
The team won the first 3 games handily with wins over #16 seed UC Davis 100-62, #9 Michigan State 90-70, and
#4 seed Purdue 98-66 (15th ranked). It looked like it was on its way to rolling through the Midwest regional but
then it fell flat against #3 seed (and 9th ranked) Oregon in the Regional Finals 74-60, in Kansas City no less. Credit
has to be given to Oregon but for whatever reason, no one on the Jayhawks could hit a shot on this day. The
team shot 5/25 from three while Oregon knocked down 11/25, many of them bad shots that went in, including
a half-time buzzer beater that banked in. Two-point shots weren’t much better where KU only hit 21/60 while
Oregon hit 29/57. So, for whatever reason the basketball Gods had for KU fans, another great team falls short
of the ultimate goal.
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Frank Mason Lagerald Vick Devonte’ Graham Sviatoslav Josh Jackson

SR G 5-11 185 SO G 6-5 175 JR G 6-2 175 1 Mykhailiuk 1 FR G 6-8 207
0 2 4
Petersburg, VA Memphis, TN Charlotte, NC
0 JR G 6-8 195
Cherkasy, Ukraine
1 Detroit, MI
1 Tucker Vang
JR G 6-2 180
1 Carlton Bragg Jr.
SO F 6-9 220
2 Tyler Self
SR G 6-2 165
2 Clay Young
JR G 6-5 205
2 Dwight Coleby
JR F 6-9 236
2 Goddard, KS 5 Cleveland, OH 0 Lawrence, KS 1 Lansing, KS 2 Bahamas
3 Landen Lucas
3 Udoka Azubuike
4 Mitch Lightfoot
1 Malik Newman Sam Cunliffe
SR C 6-10 240 FR C 7-0 280 FR F 6-8 210 RS G 6-3 178 3 RS 6-6 200
3 Portland, OR 5 Delta, Nigeria 4 Gilbert, AZ 4 Jackson, MS Seattle, WA
Dir Stu-Ath Develop Video Coordinator Strength/Conditioning Assoc Dir–Sports Med

Fred Quartlebaum Jeremy Case Andrea Hudy Billy Cowgill
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2016-2017 Results

Evan Manning Graduation 11/11/2016 Indiana L 99-103 OT Stan Sheriff Cntr, Honolulu
Jamari Traylor Graduation 11/15/2016 Duke W 77-75 Mad Sq Garden
Perry Ellis Graduation 11/18/2016 Siena W 86-65 Allen Fieldhouse
Hunter Mickelson Graduation 11/21/2016 UAB W 83-63 Sprint Center
Wayne Selden NBA 11/22/2016 Georgia W 65-54 Sprint Center
Brannen Greene NBA 11/25/2016 UNC Asheville W 95-57 Allen Fieldhouse
Cheick Diallo NBA 11/29/2016 Long Beach State W 91-61 Allen Fieldhouse
12/3/2016 Stanford W 89-74 Allen Fieldhouse
2016-2017 Big XII Standings 12/6/2016 UMKC W 105-62 Allen Fieldhouse
Con Overall 12/10/2016 Nebraska W 89-72 Allen Fieldhouse
Team W L W L 12/17/2016 Davidson W 89-71 Sprint Center
Kansas 16 2 31 5 12/22/2016 UNLV W 71-53 Thom & Mack Center
West Virginia 12 6 28 9 12/30/2016 at TCU W86-80 Schollmaier Arena
Baylor 12 6 27 8 1/3/2017 Kansas State W 90-88 Allen Fieldhouse
Iowa State 12 6 24 11 1/7/2017 Texas Tech W 86-68 Allen Fieldhouse
Oklahoma State 9 9 20 13 1/10/2017 at Oklahoma W 81-70 Lloyd Noble Center
Kansas State 8 10 21 14 1/14/2017 Oklahoma State W 87-80 Allen Fieldhouse
TCU 6 12 24 15 1/16/2017 at Iowa State W 76-72 Hilton Coliseum
Texas Tech 6 12 18 14 1/21/2017 Texas W 79-67 Allen Fieldhouse
Oklahoma 5 13 11 20 1/24/2017 at West Virginia L 69-85 WVU Coliseum
Texas 4 14 11 22 1/28/2017 at Kentucky W 79-73 Rupp Arena
2/1/2017 Baylor W 73-68 Allen Fieldhouse
Additions to 2015-2016 Team 2/4/2017 Iowa State L 89-92 OT Allen Fieldhouse
Name Reason 2/6/2017 at Kansas State W74-71 Bramlage Coliseum
Josh Jackson Recruiting 2/11/2017 at Texas Tech W80-79 United Supermarkest A
Udoka Azubuike Recruiting 2/13/2017 West Virginia W 84-80 OT Allen Fieldhouse
Mitch Lightfoot Recruiting 2/18/2017 at Baylor W 67-65 Ferrell Center
Malik Newman Transfer (Miss St) 2/22/2017 TCU W 87-68 Allen Fieldhouse
Sam Cunliffe Transfer (Ariz St) 2/25/2017 at Texas W 77-67 Frank Erwin Center
Tucker Vang Walk On 2/27/2017 Oklahoma W 73-63 Allen Fieldhouse
3/4/2017 at Oklahoma State W 90-85 Gallagher-Iba Arena
Big 12 Tournament
3/9/2017 TCU L 82-85 Sprint Center
NCAA Tournament
3/17/2017 #16 UC Davis W 100-62 BOK Center, Tulsa
3/19/2017 #9 Michigan State W 90-70 BOK Center, Tulsa
3/23/2017 #4 Purdue W 98-66 Sprint Center
3/25/2017 #3 Oregon L 60-74 Sprint Center
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0 Frank Mason 36 36.1 20.9 4.2 5.2 0.1 241 492 49.0% 82 174 47.1% 189 238 79.4%
2 Lagerald Vick 36 24.4 7.4 3.5 0.9 0.4 97 219 44.3% 34 92 37.0% 38 46 82.6%
4 Devonte Graham 36 35.3 13.4 3.1 4.1 0.2 157 367 42.8% 94 242 38.8% 73 92 79.3%
36 27.3 9.8 3.0 1.8 0.3 124 280 44.3% 70 176 39.8% 33 47 70.2%
11 Josh Jackson 35 30.8 16.3 7.4 3.0 1.1 220 429 51.3% 34 90 37.8% 98 173 56.6%
12 Tucker Vang 10 1.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 1 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0%
15 Carlton Bragg 31 13.8 5.2 4.1 0.5 0.5 67 132 50.8% 0 4 0.0% 27 42 64.3%
20 Tyler Self 13 2.2 0.8 0.2 0.4 0.0 3 10 30.0% 2 6 33.3% 2 2 100.0%
21 Clay Young 10 1.9 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.0 0 1 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 2 5 40.0%
22 Dwight Coleby 24 5.6 1.7 1.8 0.1 0.5 17 30 56.7% 0 0 0.0% 7 18 38.9%
33 Landon Lucas 35 25.6 8.0 8.3 1.1 1.0 113 179 63.1% 0 0 0.0% 53 85 62.4%
35 Udoka Azubuike 11 12.9 5.0 4.4 0.2 1.6 22 35 62.9% 0 0 0.0% 11 29 37.9%
44 Mitch Lightfoot 25 4.1 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.4 10 18 55.6% 2 3 66.7% 2 12 16.7%
14 Malik Newman 0 Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules.
3 Sam Cunliffe 0 Joined the team in January. Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules.

12 1 16 2 0 1 3 1 31 5 83.2 71.9 38.9 16.2
Overall
1071 2193 48.8% 318 787 40.4% 535 789 67.8% 584 250 162 456 639
Big 12 Results Big 12 Champions for the 13th consecutive year by 4 games over West Virginia, Iowa
State, and Baylor
Big 12 Tournament Lost in the first round to TCU
NCAA Seed 1
NCAA Region Midwest
Results Won the first 3 games over #16 UC Davis, #9 Michigan State, and #4 Purdue before
losing in the Regional Finals to #3 Oregon
Frank Mason All Big 12 1st Team
National Player of the Year
Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year
Swept every National Player of the Year (Naismith, Wooden, AP, Sporting News, USA
Today, Oscar Robertson, NABC, and others)
Josh Jackson All Big 12 1st Team
Big 12 Freshman of the Year
Devonte’ Graham All Big 12 2nd Team
Team Set the KU record for 3-pointers in a season at 318 breaking last year’s record of 304
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2017-2018
There were high expectations coming into this season even though the Jayhawks lost Frank Mason, Josh Jackson,
and Landen Lucas. The team still had 2 starters returning in seniors Devonte’ Graham and Svi Mykhailiuk. It
also returned Lagerald Vick, Mitch Lightfoot, and were getting back 7-footer Udoka Azubuike, plus adding highly
rated prospect Billy Preston and lesser known freshman Marcus Garrett. Add to this group, the much-
anticipated beginning of Malik Newman’s KU career and things looked bright for the #4 ranked Jayhawks. This
season would turn out to be one of the stranger seasons in KU lore.
Prior to the first game, Billy Preston was suspended for 1 game due to violation of team rules. Before the 2 nd
game, he was involved in a minor traffic accident and there were questions about the ownership of the car he
was driving, so the Jayhawks held him out as a precaution. He continued sitting out as the Jayhawks sent the
information to the NCAA, and the NCAA could not seem to answer the question of whether there was a rules
violation, or if Billy Preston would become eligible. Finally, Preston gave up after 18 games of sitting out and
decided to sign a pro contract overseas, so he could try to improve his stock for the NBA draft.
Back to the games; things started well enough winning against Tennessee State in the opener and then defeating
#7 Kentucky in the Champions Classic, the 3rd consecutive win against UK, and bringing KU’s Classic record to 3-
4. The team went on to win the next 5 games and everything seemed to be rolling when it faced Washington
at the Sprint Center. An unranked and unheralded Washington made them look silly and won the game. Next
came an even more surprising defeat because it was at AFH (Bill Self’s 11th) against Arizona State. ASU was
ranked #16 at the time, but by season’s end they would barely make the NCAA tournament as a play-in team.
KU got one piece of good news on the personnel front, as high schooler Silvio De Sousa from Angola, who had
signed a letter of intent with the Jayhawks in November was graduating in December and would join the
Jayhawks after Christmas. He wasn’t declared eligible until January, just before Billy Preston decided to leave,
but he finally was and gave KU a much needed big, even if he was a freshman with virtually no practice time
under Self.
KU would win the next 4 games after the Arizona State defeat but would again lose in AFH to #18 Texas Tech
(Bill Self’s 12th), the first time Texas Tech has ever won at AFH and the end of a personal 16-game losing streak
to KU. The Jayhawks turned the ball over 15 times and gave up 18 offensive rebounds, got outrebounded by
15, and never led in this game.
KU would go on to win the next 5, including an improbable comeback win at #6 West Virginia, to end the WVU
4-game winning streak against the Jayhawks in Morgantown. West Virginia led throughout, mostly by double
digits but Devonte’ Graham stole the ball with just under 8 minutes to play and made a layup and free throw to
cut the WVU lead to 7, and from there, the Jayhawks outplayed the Mountaineers to get the win. Also, in this
5-game winning streak were a 4-point win at #16 TCU, a 5 point win against a down Iowa State team, a 1 point
win against Kansas State, and a 3 point win against Baylor where the Jayhawks led most of the way but fell 6
back late and scored the last 9 points to get the win. 3 of these games are games that the Jayhawks would
usually roll to comfortable wins at AFH, but they just got by in these during this strange season.
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KU then rolled into Norman and was handled well by the #12 Sooners the first half but #5 KU came out in the
second half and took the lead and apparent control of the game until Lon Kruger decided to get spineless and
employ a Hak-a-Doke strategy, whereas he put in a seldom used player who’s only purpose was to foul Udoka
Azubuike. That strategy would not have worked if Bill Self had simply taken Doke out, but Coach Self was
stubborn, and he allowed Doke to stay in the game for 4 fouls and 6 missed free throws, wherein OU took the
lead and the game. Hey, I’m not blaming Kruger for the strategy, but it was still spineless.
KU’s next game was against Texas A&M in the Big 12/SEC Challenge and they won it 79-68. It then went into
Manhattan and beat K-State 70-56, the first time it won by double digits in Big 12 play (and only 1 of 3 Big 12
games it would win by DD all year). It next played Oklahoma State at AFH and lost for the 3rd time this year,
bringing Bill Self to 13 AFH losses against 13 Titles (although he would get his 14 th consecutive this year). The
Jayhawks again looked like a team that was below average and the Cowboys looked like a top-ranked team. The
game was not near as close as the final 5-point margin.
The Jayhawks won the next game before going to Baylor and experiencing their worst defeat of the year.
Fortunately, KU didn’t dwell on that game either as it won its next five games to win the Big 12 for the 14th
consecutive year by 2 games over West Virginia and Texas Tech. Within that 5-game winning streak are some
games worth mentioning such as the game against #20 West Virginia in AFH, where the Jayhawks were trailing
by 11 points in the second half and came back once again on WVU after trailing by double digits in the second
half; the 3rd consecutive time they have done that. They also had a 30-point win in the rematch with Oklahoma
where there was no chance to employ the same Hak-A-Doke strategy used in the first game. And third, there
was the rematch with #6 Texas Tech in Lubbock with the #8 Jayhawks holding a 1 game lead in the Big 12 over
Texas Tech and 2 games over West Virginia. The Jayhawks won that game with superb leadership shown by
Devonte’ Graham (something KU fans have become accustomed to) to assure themselves of at least a tie for
their 14th consecutive Big 12 Championship.
KU finished the regular season by winning against Texas (to claim the outright title) and losing again to Oklahoma
State, this time in Stillwater 82-64. This was the first time in 103 total tries that any team in the Big 12 has swept
a season series with Bill Self in his 15 years. It also turned out to be the Jayhawks worst defeat of the conference
season surpassing the 16-point drubbing they took at Baylor. KU also finished the season with a 4-game home
court winning streak. I only mention that because, even though it lost 3 times this year at home, it had only lost
3 times at home in the last 5 years, so I’m hoping it has a 4-game home winning streak that will stretch to 50 or
more in the coming years.
To continue this crazy season, 2 days before the Jayhawks opened play in the Big 12 Tournament, Udoka
Azubuike strained the MCL in his left knee and was out for the tournament with hope being that he could be
ready for NCAA play. The Jayhawks first round opponent was the same Oklahoma State team who had beaten
them soundly twice this year, including 5 days prior, and now the Jayhawks had to play them without Doke.
Mitch Lightfoot and Silvio De Sousa needed to step up and they did, combining for 14 points and 14 rebounds,
but the hero of the night was Malik Newman who scored 30 points to give KU an 82-68 win. The second game
was against K-State and the Jayhawks received a break of sorts because K-State’s best player Dean Wade was
injured in the first-round game and would not play. Additionally, Devonte’ Graham accidentally poked Barry
Brown in the eye less than 2 minutes into the game and he would not return, so without their top 2 players, the
Wildcats could not handle the Jayhawks, even though KU did not play that well; but good enough to get an 83-
67 win. This win set up KU vs WVU, round 3 and it was just as good as the first 2. The second half comeback
this time was limited to 8 points, but the Jayhawks shot lights out to win 81-70. In that game, Silvio was a man
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going for 16 points and 10 boards. So, the Jayhawks won 13 league games and only 3 of them were by double
digits. But they played 3 games in the tournament and won all by double digits; and they didn’t have their big
man. Like I said …. Crazy season. This was the Jayhawks 11th Big 12 Tournament Title in 22 seasons of the Big
12 and their 18th Big 12 Regular Season Title in 22 years of the Big 12.
KU was rewarded with a 1 seed in the Midwest Region, the NCAA record 29 th consecutive season it went to the
NCAA tournament. Also, the fact that it won 20 games for the 29th consecutive season is an NCAA record, along
with its 14th consecutive Big 12 Championship.
KU would face #16 Penn in the first round. At the time #1 seeds were 132-0 all time in the tournament and yet,
Seth Davis picked Penn to upset the Jayhawks. At the 8:01 mark of the first half, Penn and KU were making him
look pretty good as Penn took a 10-point lead on the Jayhawks. KU would then score the next 11 points and
close the half on a 22-5 run to take control. The game remained relatively close, but KU would close out strong
for a 76-60 victory. Udoka Azubuike only played 3 minutes of this game, and Devonte’ Graham put the team on
his shoulders going for 29 points to lead the way. KU started out 1 for 9 on their first 9 3-point attempts but
made 6 of their last 8 to settle down and get the victory.
This part doesn’t concern KU, but #1 seeds are no longer undefeated in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
The first 3 #1s all won to make them 135-0, but the final #1 seed to play in this year’s tournament, Virginia, the
#1 overall seed, fell to #16 seed University of Maryland Baltimore County 74-54. Perhaps as surprising as the
game itself was the margin of victory. In that same region, #4 seed Arizona, who many had winning the whole
tournament, went down to #13 seed Buffalo 89-68.
KU’s second round opponent was led by big man Angel Delgado who scored 24 points and 23 rebounds and
manhandled Mitch Lightfoot and Silvio De Sousa. Thank Goodness for the Jayhawks that Udoka Azubuike was
able to go 22 minutes and slow down Delgado or the Jayhawks might have been going home. Malik Newman
poured in 28 points to lead the Jayhawks, while Svi Mykhailiuk added 16. Seton Hall played their tails off but
KU answered every call and hit their free throws down the stretch to get the 83-79 victory and move on to the
next weekend’s tournament in Omaha.
The round of 32 also featured some real surprises with some of the teams that lost and some of the margins of
victory. #2 seed North Carolina lost to #7 Texas A&M 86-65 and #5 Clemson knocked off #4 Auburn 84-53. This
one got KU’s attention because Clemson would be the next opponent. KU would come out and get the first
bucket. Clemson would tie it up, then KU would go up again and Clemson would be behind the rest of the game.
KU built a nice 13-point lead at the half and then Clemson opened the 2nd half with a bucket to make it an 11-
point game, but KU then had 3 different players hit a 3-pointer to make it a 20-point lead at 49-29. It was still
at 20-point game at the 12-minute mark when Clemson began to make a comeback. The game never got down
to single digits until the 3:18 mark and Kansas was playing not to lose. It got down as close as 4 in the closing
seconds, but KU held on for the 80-76 win.
KU would face #2 seed Duke, who most basketball pundits called the most talented team in college basketball, in the
regional finals, the only region that featured #1 vs #2. It was also widely regarded as the best basketball game of the
entire tournament. No runaways for either team, no great comebacks, just hard-nosed grit it out toughness by the Duke
youngsters and the KU veterans. The game was so good, it needed an extra 5 minutes to settle. KU got the first bucket
to go up by 2, which would be its biggest lead of the first half. Duke would lead most of the way but never by more than
4 points and it carried a 3-point lead 36-33 into the half. Udoka Azubuike would spend time in foul trouble as would
Duke’s Wendell Carter who had 3 before the break. KU came out the second half and went on a 13-3 run to take a 7-point
lead which would be its biggest of the game. KU would keep the lead or be tied until just under the 6-minute mark when
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Duke went up by 2. Grayson Allen made a pair of free throws at 1:25 that put Duke up by 3. Both teams had empty
possessions and then Devonte’ Graham found Svi open for a 3-pointer with 0:27 left to tie the game. Duke had the ball
without a shot clock and could take the last shot to win the game. They put the ball in their senior’s hand and Allen drove
into the lane with Malik Newman playing superb defense and then Silvio De Sousa stepping over to help. Allen put the
shot up off the glass, it hit the front of the rim and almost went in but didn’t. It rolled around the rim and almost went in
again, but rolled off into Lagerald Vick’s hands and the game was going to overtime. This game featured 18 lead changes
and 5 ties, with 5 lead changes and 3 of the ties being in overtime. But when KU took a 5-point lead with 28 seconds left,
it would control the end and claim the 85-81 victory in overtime. One would look at the game and say KU won because it
had more Malik Newman than Duke had, and they would be partially right. Malik scored 6 points the first half, another
13 points in the second half, and all 13 of KU’s points in the overtime to give him a 32-point game, a new career high. And
the defense he played on Grayson Allen at the end of regulation was superb. But also, credit needs to be given to Svi who
played tremendous defense against Duke’s Marvin Bagley III who only got 16 points, 5 below his average. Svi also had 11
points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists, including his big 3 to tie the game in regulation. Silvio De Sousa also played 26 minutes
in relief of Doke who spent much time in foul trouble and fouled out in regulation. Silvio recorded 10 rebounds. This
game was truly entertaining, especially for a Jayhawk fan since they won. The Jayhawks are headed to the Final Four for
the first time since 2012.
KU would face Villanova, the only other #1 seed who made it to the Final Four, and clearly one of the best teams in the
country during this year. KU would have to have one of its hot shooting nights similar to the West Virginia game in the
Big 12 Tournament. Villanova, which shoots just a tad below the Jayhawks on 3-pointers on the season would have to
have an average, or even a poor night shooting to give the Jayhawks a chance. Unfortunately for KU, just the opposite
unfolded in the semi-final. KU got the first bucket on a Doke hook, but then Villanova scored 3 straight 3-pointers and
mixed in a deuce for an 11-2 lead. KU got a bucket, then Villanova went on another 11-0 run, and before KU could catch
a breath, it was down 22-4 and would never get it back to single digits again. By this time, KU had 5 turnovers, Villanova
was 6 of 10 from beyond the arc, KU had called 2 timeouts, and there was still 13:03 left on the clock in the first half.
Things were not to get any better for the Jayhawks during the rest of the game, although they continued to fight and try
to get things going. But every time they would get something going, Villanova would answer. KU never got the lead less
than 11 points and saw it grow to as much as 22 points. Villanova ended up hitting 18 3-pointers, a Final Four record.
They took 40 attempts and only 25 2-point attempts. Villanova would go on to win the National Championship and all 6
of its wins in the tournament were by double digits, so it was clearly the best team of 2018.
This season was a strange one with 3 home court losses, some games that looked like this is the worst team KU has had
in a lot of years, and some games where it looked like one of the better teams. Hats off to this team for making it further
than any team has in a while and for finally getting beat by a better team, something that hasn’t happened since 2012.
Even though next year’s team will be almost completely different, the run this team had makes it even more exciting to
get to it.
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Marcus Garrett Lagerald Vick Sam Cunliffe ** Devonte’ Graham Sviatoslav

FR G 6-5 180 JR G 6-5 175 SO 6-6 200 JR G 6-2 175 1 Mykhailiuk
0 2 3 4
Dallas, TX Memphis, TN Seattle, WA Charlotte, NC
0 JRCherkasy,
G 6-8 195
Ukraine
1 Chris Teahan
FR G 6-4 175
1 Malik Newman
RS G 6-3 178
2 Clay Young
JR G 6-5 205
2 Silvio De Sousa ***
FR F 6-9 245
3 Udoka Azubuike
FR C 7-0 280
2 Leawood, KS 4 Jackson, MS 1 Lansing, KS 2 Luanda, Angola 5 Delta, Nigeria
4 Mitch Lightfoot
5 James Sosinski Dedrick Lawson Charlie Moore
1 K.J. Lawson
FR F 6-8 210 SO F 6-7 260 1 JR F 6-9 230 3 SO G 5-11 170 SO G 6-8 205
4 Gilbert, AZ 5 Chandler, AZ Memphis, TN Chicago, IL 3 Memphis, TN
2 Billy Preston *
FR F 6-10 240
Head Coach
Bill Self
Assistant Coach
Curtis Townsend
Assistant Coach
Norm Roberts
Assistant Coach
Jerrance Howard
3 Los Angeles, CA
Dir BBall Operations Dir Stu-Ath Develop Video Coordinator Strength/Conditioning Assoc Dir–Sports Med
Brennan Bechard Fred Quartlebaum Jeremy Case Andrea Hudy Billy Cowgill
*Was originally on the team but never played due to Kansas and NCAA investigations about his eligibility.
** Not eligible until Second Semester. *** Joined the team in Jan. after completing High School
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2017-2018 Results

Frank Mason Graduation 11/10/2017 Tennessee State W 92-56 Allen Fieldhouse
Landen Lucas Graduation 11/14/2017 Kentucky W 65-61 United Center, Chicago
Tyler Self Graduation 11/17/2017 South Dakota State W 98-64 Allen Fieldhouse
Josh Jackson NBA 11/21/2017 Texas Southern W 114-71 Allen Fieldhouse
Carlton Bragg Jr Transfer (Ariz St) 11/24/2017 Oakland W 102-59 Allen Fieldhouse
Dwight Coleby Transfer (West Ken) 11/28/2017 Toledo W 96-58 Allen Fieldhouse
Tucker Vang Unknown 12/2/2017 Syracuse W 76-60 Am Airlines A, Miami
12/6/2017 Washington L 65-74 Sprint Center
2017-2018 Big XII Standings 12/10/2017 Arizona State L 85-95 Allen Fieldhouse
Con Overall 12/16/2017 at Nebraska W 73-72 Pinnacle Bank Arena
Team W L W L 12/18/2017 Omaha W 109-64 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas 13 5 31 8 12/21/2017 Stanford W 75-54 Golden 1 Cntr, Sacrame
West Virginia 11 7 26 11 12/29/2017 at Texas W 92-86 Frank Erwin Center
Texas Tech 11 7 27 10 1/2/2018 Texas Tech L 73-85 Allen Fieldhouse
Kansas State 10 8 25 12 1/6/2018 at TCU W 88-84 Schollmaier Arena
TCU 9 9 21 12 1/9/2018 Iowa State W 83-78 Allen Fieldhouse
Oklahoma 8 10 18 14 1/13/2018 Kansas State W 73-72 Allen Fieldhouse
Texas 8 10 19 15 1/15/2018 at West Virginia W 71-66 WVU Coliseum
Oklahoma State 8 10 21 15 1/20/2018 Baylor W 70-67 Allen Fieldhouse
Baylor 8 10 19 15 1/23/2018 at Oklahoma L 80-85 Lloyd Noble Center
Iowa State 4 14 13 18 1/27/2018 Texas A&M W 79-68 Allen Fieldhouse
Additions to 2016-2017 Team 2/3/2018 Oklahoma State L 79-84 Allen Fieldhouse
Name Reason 2/6/2018 TCU W 71-64 Allen Fieldhouse
Marcus Garrett Recruiting 2/10/2018 at Baylor L 64-80 Ferrell Center
Billy Preston Recruiting 2/13/2018 at Iowal State W 83-77 Hilton Coliseum
Silvio De Sousa Recruiting 2/17/2018 West Virginia W 77-69 Allen Fieldhouse
Chris Teahan Recruiting 2/19/2018 Oklahoma W 104-74 Allen Fieldhouse
James Sosinski Football Team 2/24/2018 at Texas Tech W 74-72 United Supermarkets A
Dedrick Lawson Transfer (Memphis) 2/26/2018 Texas W 80-70 Allen Fieldhouse
K.J. Lawson Transfer (Memphis) 3/3/2018 at Oklahoma State L 64-82 Gallagher-Iba Arena
Charlie Moore Transfer (Cal) Big 12 Tournament
3/8/2018 Oklahoma State W 82-68 Sprint Center
3/9/2018 Kansas State W83-67 Sprint Center
3/10/2018 West Virginia W 81-70 Sprint Center
NCAA Tournament
3/15/2018 #16 Pennsylvania W 76-60 Intrust Bank A, Wichita
3/17/2018 #8 Seton Hall W 83-79 Intrust Bank A, Wichita
3/23/2018 #5 Clemson W 80-76 CenLink Cntr, Omaha
3/25/2018 #2 Duke W 85-81 OT CenLink Cntr, Omaha
3/31/2018 #1 Villanova L 95-79 Alamodome, San Ant
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Year 2017-2018 (14)
4 Devonte' Graham 39 37.8 17.3 4.0 7.2 0.1 199 498 40.0% 110 271 40.6% 167 202 82.7%
39 34.5 14.6 3.9 2.7 0.3 205 472 43.4% 115 259 44.4% 45 56 80.4%
35 Udoka Azubuike 36 23.6 13.0 7.0 0.7 1.7 211 274 77.0% 0 0 0.0% 45 108 41.7%
2 Lagerald Vick 39 33.1 12.1 4.8 2.1 0.3 187 383 48.8% 59 158 37.3% 37 55 67.3%
14 Malik Newman 39 31.6 14.2 5.0 2.1 0.2 186 402 46.3% 85 205 41.5% 96 115 83.5%
0 Marcus Garrett 39 19.2 4.1 3.4 1.1 0.2 62 136 45.6% 12 45 26.7% 25 51 49.0%
44 Mitch Lightfoot 38 14.0 3.8 3.1 0.3 1.4 60 105 57.1% 6 17 35.3% 18 25 72.0%
3 Sam Cunliffe 15 4.9 1.9 0.6 0.3 0.1 12 25 48.0% 2 8 25.0% 2 2 100.0%
22 Silvio De Sousa 20 8.8 4.0 3.7 0.2 0.2 32 47 68.1% 0 0 0.0% 15 21 71.4%
12 Chris Teahan 11 2.3 1.1 0.6 0.1 0.0 4 11 36.4% 2 8 25.0% 2 2 100.0%
21 Clay Young 13 5.5 0.7 0.1 0.6 0.1 4 10 40.0% 0 3 0.0% 1 2 50.0%
55 James Sosinski 7 1.3 0.9 0.6 0.0 0.0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0%
1 Dedrick Lawson 0 Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules.
13 K.J. Lawson 0 Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules.
5 Charlie Moore 0 Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules.
23 Billy Preston 0 Never played due to undescribed NCAA eligibility issues.
Big 12 Results Big 12 Champions for the 14th consecutive year by 2 games over West Virginia and
Texas Tech
Big 12 Tournament Big 12 Tournament Champions with wins over Oklahoma State, Kansas State, and West
Virginia
NCAA Seed 1
NCAA Region Midwest
Results Went to the Final Four with wins over #16 Penn, #8 Seton Hall, #5 Clemson, and #2
Duke but lost in the semi-finals to #1 seed Villanova
Devonte’ Graham All Big 12 1st Team
Set the KU record for minutes played in a season at 1474 (surpassing Danny Manning)
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk All Big 12 2nd Team
Udoka Azubuike All Big 12 3rd Team
Malik Newman Big 12 Newcomer of the Year
Enshrined in the College Basketball Hall of Fame prior to the season
Team Set the KU record for 3-pointers in a season (for the 3rd straight year) at 391
Advanced to their record-setting 29th consecutive NCAA tournament
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk Set the record for most 3-pointers in a season at 115 (surpassing Terry Brown)
Devonte’ Graham Set the record for most assists in one year at 282 (surpassing Cedric Hunter)
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Ranking the 14 Championships
It’s always fun to rank the championships, but it’s also very subjective, so this is just one person’s opinion. First let’s look
at the 14 years and the standings of the entire conference.
Final Big 12 Standings

Year 2004-2005 Year 2005-2006 Year 2006-2007
Team Conference Overall Team Conference Overall Team Conference Overall
W L W L W L W L W L W L
Kansas 12 4 23 7 Kansas 13 3 25 8 Kansas 14 2 33 5
Oklahoma 12 4 25 8 Texas 13 3 27 6 Texas A&M 13 3 27 7
Oklahoma State 11 5 26 7 Oklahoma 11 5 20 8 Texas 12 4 25 10
Texas Tech 10 6 22 11 Texas A&M 10 6 21 8 Kansas State 10 6 23 12
Iowa State 9 7 19 12 Colorado 9 7 20 9 Texas Tech 9 7 21 13
Texas 9 7 20 11 Nebraska 7 9 19 13 Missouri 7 9 18 12
Texas A&M 8 8 21 10 Iowa State 6 10 16 14 Iowa State 6 10 15 16
Missouri 7 9 16 17 Kansas State 6 10 15 13 Nebraska 6 10 17 14
Nebraska 7 9 14 14 Oklahoma State 6 10 15 17 Oklahoma 6 10 16 15
Kansas State 6 10 17 12 Texas Tech 6 10 15 17 Oklahoma State 6 10 22 13
Colorado 4 12 14 16 Missouri 5 11 12 16 Baylor 4 12 15 16
Baylor 1 15 9 19 Baylor 4 12 4 13 Colorado 3 13 7 20
Year 2007-2008 Year 2008-2009 Year 2009-2010

Texas 13 3 31 7 Oklahoma 13 3 30 6 Baylor 11 5 28 8
Kansas State 10 6 21 12 Missouri 12 4 31 7 Kansas State 11 5 29 8
Baylor 9 7 21 11 Kansas State 9 7 22 12 Texas A&M 11 5 24 10
Oklahoma 9 7 23 12 Oklahoma State 9 7 23 12 Missouri 10 6 23 11
Texas A&M 8 8 25 11 Texas 9 7 23 12 Oklahoma State 9 7 22 11
Nebraska 7 9 20 13 Texas A&M 9 7 24 10 Texas 9 7 24 10
Oklahoma State 7 9 17 16 Nebraska 8 8 18 13 Colorado 6 10 15 16
Texas Tech 7 9 16 15 Baylor 5 11 24 15 Iowa State 4 12 15 17
Missouri 6 10 16 16 Iowa State 4 12 15 17 Oklahoma 4 12 13 18
Iowa State 4 12 14 18 Texas Tech 3 13 14 19 Texas Tech 4 12 19 16
Colorado 3 13 12 20 Colorado 1 15 9 22 Nebraska 2 14 15 18
Year 2010-2011 Year 2011-2012 Year 2012-2013

Texas 13 3 28 8 Missouri 14 4 30 5 Kansas State 14 4 27 8
Kansas State 10 6 23 11 Baylor 12 6 30 8 Oklahoma State 13 5 24 9
Texas A&M 10 6 24 9 Iowa State 12 6 22 10 Iowa State 11 7 23 12
Colorado 8 8 24 14 Kansas State 10 8 22 10 Oklahoma 11 7 20 12
Missouri 8 8 23 11 Texas 9 9 20 13 Baylor 9 9 23 14
Baylor 7 9 18 13 Oklahoma State 7 11 15 18 Texas 7 11 16 18
Nebraska 7 9 19 13 Oklahoma 5 13 15 16 West Virginia 6 12 13 19
Oklahoma State 6 10 20 14 Texas A&M 4 14 14 18 Texas Tech 3 15 11 20
Oklahoma 5 11 14 18 Texas Tech 1 17 8 23 TCU 2 16 11 21
Texas Tech 5 11 13 19
Iowa State 3 13 16 16
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Year 2013-2014 Year 2014-2015 Year 2015-2016
Oklahoma 12 6 23 10 Iowa State 12 6 25 9 West Virginia 13 5 26 9
Iowa State 11 7 28 8 Oklahoma 12 6 24 11 Oklahoma 12 6 29 8
Texas 11 7 28 8 Baylor 11 7 24 10 Texas 11 7 20 13
Kansas State 10 8 20 13 West Virginia 11 7 25 10 Baylor 10 8 22 12
Baylor 9 9 26 12 Kansas State 8 10 15 17 Iowa State 10 8 23 12
West Virginia 9 9 26 12 Oklahoma State 8 10 18 14 Texas Tech 9 9 19 13
Oklahoma State 8 10 21 13 Texas 8 10 20 14 Kansas State 5 13 17 16
Texas Tech 6 12 14 18 TCU 4 14 18 15 Oklahoma State 3 15 12 20
TCU 0 18 9 22 Texas Tech 3 15 13 19 TCU 2 16 12 21
Year 2016-2017 Year 2017-2018

Team Conference Overall Team Conference Overall
W L W L W L W L
Kansas 16 2 31 5 Kansas 13 5 31 8
Baylor 12 6 27 8 Texas Tech 11 7 27 10
Iowa State 12 6 24 11 West Virginia 11 7 26 11
West Virginia 12 6 28 9 Kansas State 10 8 25 12
Oklahoma State 9 9 20 13 TCU 9 9 21 12
Kansas State 8 10 21 14 Baylor 8 10 19 15
TCU 6 12 24 15 Oklahoma 8 10 18 14
Texas Tech 6 12 18 14 Oklahoma State 8 10 21 15
Oklahoma 5 13 11 20 Texas 8 10 19 15
Texas 4 14 11 22 Iowa State 4 14 13 18
Now We can look at where the Big 12 Coaches predicted each would finish.
Big 12 Coaches Preseason Predictions

Year Pos Team Year Pos Team Year Pos Team Year Pos Team
1 Kansas 1 Texas 1 Kansas 1 Kansas
1 OK State 2 Oklahoma 2 Texas A&M 2 Texas
3 Texas 3 Kansas 3 OK State 3 Texas A&M
4 Oklahoma 4 OK State 4 Texas 4 KS State
5 Missouri 5 Texas Tech 5 KS State 5 Missouri
6 IA State 6 IA State 6 Texas Tech 6 Oklahoma
2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008
7 Texas Tech 7 Texas A&M 7 Baylor 7 OK State
8 Nebraska 8 Missouri 8 Missouri 8 Texas Tech
9 KS State 9 Colorado 9 Oklahoma 9 Baylor
10 Colorado 10 Nebraska 10 Nebraska 10 Nebraska
11 Texas A&M 11 KS State 11 IA State 11 IA State
12 Baylor 12 Baylor 12 Colorado 12 Colorado
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1 Oklahoma 1 Kansas 1 KS State 1 Kansas
2 Texas 2 Texas 2 Kansas 1 Texas A&M
3 Baylor 3 Oklahoma 3 Texas 3 Baylor
3 Kansas 4 KS State 4 Baylor 4 Missouri
5 Texas A&M 5 Texas A&M 5 Missouri 5 Texas
6 OK State 6 OK State 6 Texas A&M 6 KS State
2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012
7 Missouri 7 Missouri 7 Texas Tech 7 OK State
8 KS State 8 IA State 8 OK State 8 IA State
9 Nebraska 9 Texas Tech 9 Colorado 9 Oklahoma
10 Texas Tech 10 Baylor 10 Nebraska 9 Texas Tech
11 IA State 11 Nebraska 11 Oklahoma
12 Colorado 12 Colorado 12 IA State
1 Kansas 1 Kansas 1 Kansas 1 Kansas
2 Baylor 1 OK State 2 Texas 2 Oklahoma
3 OK State 3 Baylor 3 Oklahoma 3 IA State
4 Texas 4 IA State 4 KS State 4 Texas
5 KS State 5 KS State 5 IA State 5 Baylor
2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016
6 West Virginia 5 Oklahoma 6 Baylor 6 West Virginia
7 Oklahoma 7 West Virginia 6 West Virginia 7 OK State
8 IA State 8 Texas 8 OK State 8 KS State
9 Texas Tech 9 Texas Tech 9 TCU 8 TCU
10 TCU 10 TCU 10 Texas Tech 10 Texas Tech
Year Pos Team Year Pos Team

1 Kansas 1 Kansas
2 West Virginia 2 West Virginia
3 Texas 3 TCU
4 IA State 4 Texas
5 Baylor 5 Baylor
2016-2017 2017-2018
6 Oklahoma 6 Oklahoma
7 OK State 7 Texas Tech
7 Texas Tech 8 KS State
9 KS State 9 IA State
10 TCU 10 OK State
In order to put one team against another and determine which one is best; and in order to put teams against the league
as well as against each other to determine which team made the most impressive run, it is necessary to put some
information about each team and then try to figure out which one ranks highest or lowest.
Team Information
2004-2005
This team returned 4 starters, Wayne Simien, Aaron Miles, Keith Langford, and J.R. Giddens. Wayne Simien was an All-
American candidate. He was injured but the team weathered the storm and won the games he did not play in. It won 20
of its first 21 games, including its first 10 conference games before losing 4 of its last 6 conference games to allow
Oklahoma to tie it for the league title. 5 Big 12 teams were ranked at times during this year; KU as high as 1st (preseason),
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OSU as high as 3rd, Oklahoma 13th, Texas 14th, and Texas Tech 24th. It was picked with Oklahoma State to share the league
title. All in all, it had a horrible finish as it lost 6 of its last 9 games and went out in the first round of the NCAA tournament
(as a 3 seed); a first for a KU team since 1978.
2005-2006
The team lost 4 starters, Wayne Simien, Aaron Miles, Keith Langford, and J.R. Giddens. The lone returner was Christian
Moody, a former walk-on. The bright spot was the recruiting as it signed 3 McDonald’s All-Americans (Mario Chalmers,
Julian Wright, and Micah Downs) and Brandon Rush. It started out poorly at 10-6 and 1-2 in conference play before
winning 12 of its last 13 conference games to tie Texas for the league crown. Only 4 Big 12 teams were ranked this year
with Texas being as high as #2, Oklahoma being as high as 5th, KU being as high as 12th, and Iowa State 25th. KU was
unranked in the preseason poll. This team also won the Big 12 Tournament but lost in the first round of the NCAA
tournament for the second year in a row (as a 4 seed); something that had not been done at KU since 1971-1972. KU was
picked 3rd in the preseason poll behind Texas and Oklahoma.
2006-2007
The team returned all starters, Mario Chalmers, Brandon Rush, Russell Robinson, Julian Wright, and Sasha Kaun. It added
2 McDonald’s All-Americans in Darrell Arthur and Sherron Collins. It took a couple of bad losses early but got it going in
conference, only losing 2 games, although one was at home. Nevertheless, it won the crown by a game over Texas A&M
and 2 games over Texas. 4 Big 12 teams were ranked this year, with KU going as high as #2, Texas A&M #6. Oklahoma
State #9, and Texas #11. It also won the Big 12 Tournament and got a 1 seed in the West Region where it lost to #2 seed
UCLA in the regional finals. KU was picked to win the Big 12 this year.
2007-2008
This team lost one starter, Julian Wright but brought back Brandon Rush, Mario Chalmers, Russell Robinson and Sasha
Kaun. It added McDonald’s All-American Cole Aldrich. It got off to a great start winning the first 20 games but then lost 3
out of 7, including a bad loss at Oklahoma State, which cost it the outright Big 12 title, which it shared with Texas. It would,
however, win its final 13 games, including the Big 12 Tournament Title, and the National Championship. 5 Big 12 teams
were ranked this year with KU as high as #2, Texas #4, Texas A&M #9, Kansas State #18 and Baylor #25. It had a 1 seed in
the tournament. KU was picked to win the Big 12 this year.
2008-2009
This team lost all 5 starters, Brandon Rush, Mario Chalmers, Darrell Arthur, Russell Robinson, and Darnell Jackson, and 8
players altogether. It had no All-Americans but signed the Morris twins and Tyshawn Taylor. Mario Little, the JUCO player
of the year was supposed to provide immediate help but spent considerable time injured. It took several bumps and
bruises along the way, but by the time conference play opened, it was able to go 14-2 in a tough conference that featured
Oklahoma and Blake Griffin. It won the conference by a game over OU. It lost in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament
and got a 3 seed in the NCAA tournament, where it lost in the Sweet 16 to #2 Michigan State. The Big 12 had 5 ranked
teams, OU as high as #2, Texas #5, KU and Missouri #9, and Baylor #19. Kansas was picked to finish 3 rd in the conference
with Baylor, behind Oklahoma and Texas.
2009-2010
All starters returned this year; Sherron Collins, Cole Aldrich, Brady Morningstar, Marcus Morris, and Tyshawn Taylor. It
also picked up McDonald’s All-American Xavier Henry, as well as Thomas Robinson and Elijah Johnson. It only lost 2 games
during the regular season, including 1 in conference, but it was a bad loss at OSU. It won the conference by 4 games over
K-State, Texas A&M, and Baylor. It won the Big 12 Tournament. It received the #1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament
and was the favorite to win it. But it lost in the second round to Northern Iowa. The Big 12 had 6 teams ranked this year
with KU being preseason #1 and held that position almost the entire year. Texas also held the #1 spot briefly when KU
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vacated it. K-State was as high as 5th, Texas A&M 16th, Oklahoma #17 and Baylor #19. KU was the preseason pick to win
the Big 12 this year.
2010-2011
The team returned 2 starters, Marcus Morris and Tyshawn Taylor. #1 high school prospect Josh Selby was picked up but
did not live up to expectations. Markieff Morris, Brady Morningstar, and Tyrell Reed, however, made up for it. The team
got off to a great start, winning the first 18 games before losing to Texas at home, the day after Thomas Robinson’s mother
passed away. It would only lose 1 more time to go 14-2 in conference and win the league by 1 game over Texas. It again
captured the Big 12 Tournament Title and were given a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament. It did not play a higher seed
than #9 in the NCAA Tournament but lost to #11 seed VCU in the Regional Finals. 6 teams were ranked again this year,
with KU going as high as #1, while Texas and K-State both went as high as #3, Baylor and Missouri to #9, and Texas A&M
to #11. KU was picked to finish 2nd this year behind K-State.
2011-2012
4 starters were lost from last year’s team, with Tyshawn Taylor being the lone returner. The biggest addition was Ben
McLemore but he and Jamari Traylor were ineligible, so this team was very thin. Fortunately, Conner Teahan had
redshirted what would have been his senior season, so it had him as a redshirt senior. It took a couple of bumps early to
top-notched competition (and Davidson), but held it together when conference play opened. The Big 12 lost 2 teams this
year so there was a round-robin and KU went 16-2 and won the league by 2 games over Misery. It lost in the second round
of the Big 12 Tournament to a good Baylor team and drew a #2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. It didn’t play pretty but it
survived and advanced all the way to the National Title game where it lost to Kentucky. 6 teams out of 10 were ranked in
the Big 12 this year with Missouri advancing as high as #2, KU and Baylor as high as #3, K-State #18, Texas A&M #19, and
Iowa State at #25. KU went 7-3 against top 10 teams. Kansas and Texas A&M were picked as co-favorites to win the Big
12.
2012-2013
Thomas Robinson and Tyshawn Taylor were lost but Jeff Withey, Elijah Johnson, and Travis Releford were returning
starters. McDonald’s All-American Perry Ellis joined the team. The team got off to a great start winning 19 of its first 20
games before hitting one of the ugliest streaks in KU basketball, losing 3 games in a row. It got it back together, winning
7 of its last 8, just enough to force a tie for the Big 12 with rival Kansas State. It finished the conference at 14-4, one game
above Oklahoma State. It won the Big 12 Tournament and received a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament. It won its first 2
games but then had a meltdown in the last 2 minutes against Michigan and lost. 5 of 10 teams were ranked from the Big
12 with KU as high as #2, K-State #9, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State #13, and Baylor #16. KU was picked to win the Big 12
this year.
2013-2014
5 starters were lost from last year. On the recruiting front was Andrew Wiggins, Joel Embiid, and Wayne Selden, along
with Frank Mason, Brannen Greene, and Conner Frankamp. The team took many bumps and bruises along the way, but
when the dust settled, it was 14-4 in the conference and 2 games ahead of Oklahoma for the Conference Title. It lost in
the second round of the Big 12 Tournament and drew a #2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, where it lost in the second
round. 7 of 10 Big 12 teams saw their names listed on the top 25 this year with KU going as high as #2, OSU #5, Baylor #7,
Iowa State #8, Texas #15, Oklahoma #17, and K-State #22. This is the only team in the Bill Self era that has lost double
digit games. KU was picked to win the Big 12 this year along with Oklahoma State.
2014-2015
2 starters, Perry Ellis and Wayne Selden returned. McDonald’s All-Americans Cliff Alexander and Kelly Oubre added, along
with Devonte’ Graham and Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk. 2 blowout defeats in the non-conference season and 5 road losses in
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conference play, left the team at 13-5 in conference, a game ahead of Oklahoma and Iowa State. It lost in the finals of the
Big 12 Tournament to Iowa State and received a #2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. It lost in the second round to Wichita
State when it got outplayed in just about every area. There were 8 teams in the Big 12 that were ranked during the year
with KU coming in as high as #5, Texas #6, Iowa State #9, Oklahoma #13, Baylor #14, West Virginia #14, Oklahoma State
#21, and TCU #25. KU was picked to win the Big 12 this year.
2015-2016
4 starters returned, Perry Ellis, Frank Mason, Wayne Selden, and Landon Lucas. McDonald’s All-Americans Cheick Diallo
and Carlton Bragg Jr. were added but neither played a significant role. The team won 14 of the first 15 games before going
through a 5-game stretch that saw it lose 3 games on the road. But it would bounce back and win the final 11 games in
the regular season to finish 15-3 in the conference, 2 games ahead of West Virginia. It went on to win the Big 12
Tournament and get the overall #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. It lost to #2 seed Villanova in the Regional Finals. 6
Big 12 teams were ranked this year with Kansas and Oklahoma both holding the #1 spot at different times. Iowa State got
as high as #4, West Virginia #6, Baylor #14, and Texas #23. KU was picked to win the Big 12 this year.
2016-2017
Perry Ellis and Wayne Selden were gone but returning was Frank Mason, Devonte’ Graham, and Landon Lucas.
McDonald’s All-Americans Udoka Azubuike and Josh Jackson (#1 recruit) would join the team. The team would lose its
first game but then win 18 straight before losing at West Virginia. It would only lose once more in conference play to
finish 16-2, 4 games ahead of West Virginia, Baylor, and Iowa State. It would lose the first game of the Big 12 Tournament
(with Josh Jackson suspended) but still draw the #2 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament. It would win the first 3 games
handily but went flat and got beat by Oregon in the Regional Final. A significant feature of this team is that Bill Self likes
to play with 2 bigs and 3 guards but when Carlton Bragg could not seem to get “it” and Udoka Azubuike was injured 11
games in, Self had to change the team around and play 4 guards, the rest of the way. Six Big 12 teams would be ranked
this year with Kansas and Baylor both holding #1, West Virginia at #7, Iowa State #18, Texas #21, and K-State #25. KU was
picked to win the Big 12 this year.
2017-2018
Gone were Frank Mason, Josh Jackson, and Landon Lucas, but returning starters were Devonte’ Graham and Svi
Mykhailiuk. Joining the team was to be McDonald’s All-American Billy Preston, though he never played. This team
suffered some horrible defeats that made them look very vulnerable but then got some great wins that made them look
superb. It would lose 5 games again in the Big 12 but would finish 13-5, good enough to win by 2 games over West Virginia
and Texas Tech. It would win the Big 12 Tournament (without Udoka Azubuike) and get the #3 overall seed in the NCAA
Tournament. It would survive and advance through the first 3 games before playing in the game of the tournament against
Duke, and win it to advance to the Final Four where they would lose to National Champion and clearly the best team
Villanova. Self also had to adjust this team as he was planning to have the conventional 2 big lineup, but with Preston
being ineligible, he switched once again on the fly to a 4 guard lineup which worked well. 6 Big 12 teams were ranked this
year with 5 in the top 10. Kansas and West Virginia went as high as #2, Oklahoma #4, Texas Tech #6, TCU #10, and Baylor
at #16. KU was picked to win the Big 12 this year.
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Rank the Best Teams
1. 2009-2010
It would be easy to put the 2007-2008 team in this spot since it’s the only team that won the National Championship, but
I’m putting this team here because it finished tied for the lowest losses, and it was the only team in the 14 that was clearly
the best team in the country.
2. 2007-2008
For the same reasons mentioned above, tied for the lowest losses and won the National Championship. This team was
one of the 4 best teams in the country, along with the other 3 that were in the Final Four.
3. 2016-2017
Things get really dicey here with these next 3 picks. Any one of these teams could be ranked ahead of the others, but I
chose this team because it only lost 2 conference games and it won the conference by 4 games.
4. 2010-2011
This team also only lost 2 conference games, although it only won the title by 1 game. I feel like with both Morris twins
being at or near All-American status, and having Tyshawn Taylor, Brady Morningstar, and Tyrell Reed to add outside punch,
this team deserves the number 4 spot.
5. 2015-2016
This pick could have gone higher, because some might say how do you lose Perry Ellis and Wayne Selden and get better?
I would counter with you add Josh Jackson and Frank Mason turns into an alpha-dog, as well as Devonte’ and Svi getting
another year experienced.
6. 2011-2012
It’s hard to put this team this low since it was one of two teams that played for the National Championship but when you
compare the players it had, especially the number of players it had, this team was clearly not as good as some of the other
teams, although credit has to be given for the accomplishments it had.
7. 2017-2018
This team was so up and down but mostly up. Devonte’s Graham’s leadership and the way this team pulled together
when necessary put this team in this spot. It wasn’t one of the prettiest or flashiest teams, but it got the job done. The 5
conference losses were in a conference that was extremely good.
8. 2006-2007
This team was talented but it was still young. Good enough to take it to the Regional Finals and win the conference again,
so it comes in at number 8.
9. 2012-2013
This team had many accomplishments during the year and is another number 1 seed, but it did not seem to live up to its
potential, so it drops a little down the line.
10. 2008-2009
Sherron Collins stepped up his game to lead a very young team and Cole Aldrich chimed in with help which allows this
team to finish a spot or two above some other teams who had the potential to be better.
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11. 2005-2006
This team was full of youngsters who lost several games early but then got things rolling and had only 3 losses in
conference play. Since it was on an upswing at the end of the year, this team ends up in this spot.
12. 2004-2005
I wanted to put this team higher with Wayne Simien, Keith Langford, and Aaron Miles, but the way they faltered down the
stretch, leaves me to believe they weren’t one of our better teams.
13. 2014-2015
This team seemed to have a lot of promise, but never seemed to live up to the full expectations. It was also the 2 nd most
losing team of all of these.
14. 2013-2014
For all of the star power this team had, Andrew Wiggins, Joel Embiid, Wayne Selden, Perry Ellis, Frank Mason, etc., the
fact remains, it’s the only double-digit loss team of these 14. Wiggins, along with Naadir Tharpe seemed to disappear at
times, and this team was an under-achiever, even though it was young.
Rank the Most Impressive or Difficult

Championships
1. 2017-2018
Perhaps this lands here because it was the most recent, but the reason I have chosen it is because of how Self had the
team practicing with 2 bigs and then had to make a sudden change to 4 guards. He was also limited with subs because
the team only went 7 deep and no one could relieve Devonte’ Graham so he had to play so many minutes. The Big 12 was
also extremely tough this year with 5 teams in the top 10 at one time or another.
2. 2008-2009
This team lost all 5 starters and had to play against Blake Griffin, so I think it’s quite an accomplishment it was able to win
the Big 12. The Big 12 also had 4 top 10 teams.
3. 2013-2014
This team also lost all 5 starters and played largely with freshmen but were still able to get the Big 12 Title. The Big 12 had
7 of 10 teams ranked this year, including 4 in the top 10, so it was stacked.
4. 2011-2012
The team took a hit before the season when Jamari Traylor and Ben McLemore were declared ineligible, so the team
played very thin. It was also replacing 4 starters from the previous year. The Big 12 was loaded this year too with 6 team
ranked, including 3 in the top 5.
5. 2010-2011
When you look at what this team lost, Sherron Collins, Cole Aldrich, and Xavier Henry, and the fact that the Big 12 was
loaded with 6 teams ranked as high as #11 or higher, including 3 who were in the top 5, for this team to win a conference
championship was quite an accomplishment, even though it was one of the better teams.
6. 2005-2006
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Not only did the team lose 4 starters but 82% of the minutes played this year were by freshmen or sophomores. The Big
12 was not as strong with only 4 teams ranked, but considering a bunch of youngsters could win the Big 12, especially
considering Oklahoma was a top 5 team was an accomplishment.
7. 2016-2017
This team only lost 2 starters, but they were Perry Ellis and Wayne Selden. This was the first team that had to change on
the fly when Carlton Bragg could not step in and fill the shoes of Perry Ellis, Self had to go to a 4-guard lineup but by year’s
end, this team was one of the best in the country. The Big 12 had 6 teams ranked, including KU and Baylor both holding
the top spot at one time.
8. 2004-2005
This team only lost 1 starter and was picked to win the Big 12, so perhaps winning it wasn’t that great of an
accomplishment, but they faced adversity with Wayne Simien and Keith Langford being hurt and missing games, and were
able to survive. The Big 12 had 5 teams ranked this year, including OSU at #3.
9. 2014-2015
This team was picked to win the conference, but it lost 3 starters and went against a stacked Big 12 with 7 of the 10 teams
being ranked. The team lost 5 conference games but in the stacked Big 12 that was enough to hold on to win the league
by a game.
10. 2006-2007
We’re getting into the teams that were clear cut favorites to win the league and just did what they were supposed to do,
so perhaps it’s not so impressive that they won it. This team lost no starters, but the team was still quite young and
though, only 4 Big 12 teams were ranked, they were all at #11 or higher.
11. 2012-2013
A team that started 4 seniors and a freshman and were picked to win the conference. It had to compete with 5 ranked
teams but only 2 in the top 10.
12. 2015-2016
This team was loaded, losing only 1 starter, but returning the likes of Perry Ellis, Wayne Selden, and Frank Mason. It had
to compete against a stacked conference with 6 teams being ranked, 4 in the top 10, including KU and Oklahoma who
both held the top spot. The team just did what it was supposed to.
13. 2007-2008
This team only lost 1 starter and it would have been a disappointment if it had not won the league. There were 5 ranked
Big 12 teams to compete with, including 3 in the top 10 but this team put them away as they should have.
14. 2009-2010
The team brought back all starters from last year but went up against a loaded Big 12 that saw KU and Texas both hold
the top spot, and 4 other teams that were ranked. But as mentioned earlier, this team was clearly the best team in the
country this year and just did what it should have done.
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Obstacles to Consecutive Big 12
Championship Number 15
Now that the 2017-2018 season has come to a close and the Jayhawks won their
14th consecutive Big 12 title, let’s take a look at what roadblocks they might face in
their efforts to capture a 15th straight title. We’ll look at them and the rest of the
Big 12 teams to see who each team has coming back and how much of their scoring,
rebounding, assists, etc. each brings back next year. We’ll also take a look at the
recruits each has coming in and how they might impact next year’s Big 12. While
I’m trying to get as much information in this as possible and be up to date on this
information, it is highly likely that I will miss some recruits or some transfers
currently sitting out and available next year, or transfers who may leave any of the
programs. But I’m just doing this for fun, so it doesn’t have to be exact information.
😊
The Jayhawks already know that Malik Newman will not be back as he’s going to
declare for the NBA and hire an agent. Lagerald Vick has also declared but is not
hiring an agent for now; however, it appears that Lagerald won’t be back either,
leaving KU with only 1 starter (assuming Udoka Azubuike comes back). I am
considering both Malik and Lagerald will be gone but Doke will be back.
With the teams other than the Jayhawks, I will consider anyone who is declaring for
the draft and not hiring an agent as returning next year, unless I hear that they are
keeping their name in the draft.
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2017 – 2018 Record Conference Non-Con
W L W L
8 10 19 15
Returners 2018 2018 Per Game 2018 Overall

2019
Player Class Pos Ht Wt G GS MPG RBG AST BLK TO PTS FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT%
Tri s tan Cl a rk SO F 6-9 240 33 30 19.9 4.5 0.8 0.9 1.2 6.8 93 153 60.8 2 7 28.6 36 55 65.5%
Jona tha n Da vi s SR F 6-6 205 10 0 2.9 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 1.1 4 9 44.4% 2 6 33.3% 1 1 100.0%
Tys on Jol l y SO G 6-4 190 20 0 8.9 1.8 0.8 0.3 0.7 1.4 9 43 20.9% 2 19 10.5% 7 10 70.0%
Ja ke Li nds ey SR G 6-5 200 34 14 23.4 2.6 3.4 0.4 1.2 4.5 57 125 45.6% 15 44 34.1% 23 35 65.7%
Ki ng McCl ure SR G 6-3 215 34 21 23.9 2.5 1.7 0.0 1.6 8.1 93 237 39.2% 42 120 35.0% 49 64 76.6%
Obi m Okeke JR G 6-0 225 7 0 3.0 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.4 1 8 12.5% 1 7 14.3% 0 0 0.0%
Ma rk Vi tal SO F 6-5 230 33 18 23.8 5.6 2.1 0.6 2.1 6.7 87 181 48.1% 1 10 10.0% 47 93 50.5%
Returners 171 83 17.5 9.4 2.2 7.4 29.0 344 756 45.5% 65 213 30.5% 163 258 63.2%
2018 Returning 47.7% minutes played 50.4% 56.0% 35.7%
Losses from 2018 Team

Ma nu Lecomte SR G 5-11 175 33 33 34.1 2.2 3.7 0.0 2.2 16.2 162 403 40.2% 91 239 38.1% 121 136 89.0%
Jo Lua l -Acui l Jr. SR C 7-0 225 33 33 31.0 8.6 0.8 1.9 2.1 14.0 187 364 51.4% 6 21 28.6% 82 116 70.7%
Terry Ma s ton SR F 6-8 225 28 2 23.0 5.7 0.7 0.3 1.5 11.4 109 223 53.3% 3 15 20.0% 39 54 72.2%
Nuni Omot SR F 6-9 205 34 19 23.7 3.6 1.7 0.3 1.5 9.9 187 364 48.9% 52 120 43.3% 65 76 85.5%
Pri ma ry s tarters for a l l or pa rt of 2017-2018
Additions to 2017-2018
Name Class Pos Ht Wt 24/7 ESPN Stars Comments
Freddie Gillespie JR F 6-8 240 Transfer from Division 3 eligible in 2018-2019.
Mario Kegler SO G 6-7 230 47 Transfer from MS State. Was number 47 ESPN recruit in
2016 and will be eligible in 2018-2019.
Matthew Mayer FR SF 6-7 200 73 69 4
Florent Thamba FR C 6-10 224 206 4
Ibrahim Ali FR PF 6-9 220
Darius Allen Juco SG 6-5 185
2017-2018 league mark of 8-10, overall mark of 19-15, NIT lost in second round to Mississippi State
Returns 44.7% of minutes played (9th), 35.7% (9th) of points (29.0) (9th), 50.4% (9th) of rebounds (17.5) (10th), 56.0% (6th) of
assists (9.4) (6th). The returners shoot 45.5% (7th) from the field, 30.5% (8th) from 3, and 63.2% (9th) free throws
They return 4 players who started 14 or more games in 2017-2018
Losses 3 key starters Manu Lucomte (All Big 12 1st Team), Jo Lual-Acuil (All Big 12 2nd Team), and Nuni Omot, as well as All
Big 12 6th man Terry Maston
Additions Mario Kegler should provide immediate help. Matthew Mayer will probably get some minutes, but limited. No
other additions will get meaningful minutes.
Prognosis Middle to the Bottom of the pack in the Big 12
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Li ndel l Wi ggi ngton SO G 6-2 188 31 31 33 3.7 2.8 0.4 3 16.7 171 413 41.4% 69 172 40.1% 107 162 66.0%
Ca meron La rd SO F 6-9 220 29 16 26.4 4.7 0.6 2.2 1.9 12.6 161 268 60.1% 0 0 0.0% 43 73 58.9%
Ni ck Wei l er-Ba bb SR G 6-5 201 22 20 36.0 7.0 6.8 0.4 2.5 11.3 84 188 44.7% 20 62 32.3% 60 79 75.9%
Sol omon Young JR F 6-8 240 26 26 27.2 5.9 0.7 0.7 0.9 7.2 71 146 48.6% 3 19 15.8% 43 60 71.7%
Zora n Ta l l ey SR F 6-7 195 23 11 26.8 4.0 1.7 0.3 1.1 7.5 74 164 45.1% 7 25 28.0% 18 31 58.1%
Terra nce Lewi s SO G 6-6 198 27 1 11.0 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 3.4 32 105 30.5% 17 59 28.8% 12 18 66.7%
Returners 158 105 26.6 12.9 4.3 9.9 58.7 593 1284 45.5% 116 337 30.5% 283 423 63.2%

Donova n Ja cks on SR G 6-2 175 30 30 34.4 2.1 2.1 0.1 1.6 15.0 143 375 38.1% 95 237 34.8% 70 80 37.5%
Jeff Beverl y SR F 6-6 250 28 15 17.3 3.0 0.5 0.1 0.9 4.7 51 117 43.6% 9 38 23.7% 20 29 69.0%
Ha ns Bra s e SR F 6-8 231 21 2 15.4 3.8 0.6 0.4 0.7 2.4 16 54 29.6% 5 20 25.0% 13 17 76.5%
Ja kol by Long - xfer SO G 6-5 208 22 0 9.5 1.3 0.6 0.0 0.4 1.9 14 40 35.0% 9 21 42.9% 4 8 50.0%
Pri ma ry Starters for a l l or pa rt of 2017-2018
Michael Jacobson JR F 6-9 231 Transfer from Nebraska, eligible 2018-2019
Marial Shayok SR G 6-6 201 Transfer from Virginia, eligible 2018-2019
Talon Horton- FR SF 6-5 210 65 76 4
Tucker
Zion Griffin FR SF 6-6 208 116 4
Tyrese Haliburton FR PG 6-5 170 164 3
George Conditt FR PF 6-10 200 275 3
2017-2018 league mark of 4-14, overall mark of 13-18, No post season

Returns 30.7% of minutes played (10th), 28.1% (10th) of points (27.9) (10th), 49.7% (10th) of rebounds (18.4) (9th), 13.4%
(10th) of assists (2.7) (10th). The returners shoot 63.7% (1st) from the field, 28.2% (10th) from 3, and 51.2% (10th) free
throws
3 Players with at least 20 games starting experience and one with 11 games
Losses 1 key starter in Donovan Jackson and 1 part time starter in Jeff Beverly. Lyndell Wiggington has declared w/o agent
Additions Marial Shayok should add immediate help along with Talon Horton-Tucker.
Prognosis Iowa State should be a tough out with Weiler-Babb, Solomon Young, and Cameron Lard returning. They won’t
seriously threaten for the league, but they’ll compete for NCAA tournament and middle to upper Big 12
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Dedric Lawson JR F 6-9 230 26 #26 ESPN in 2015– Transfer from Memphis, eligible
2018-2019
KJ Lawson SO G 6-8 205 44 #44 ESPN in 2015 – Transfer from Memphis, eligible
2018-2019
Charlie Moore SO PG 5-11 170 61 #61 ESPN in 2016 – Transfer from Cal, eligible 2018-2019
Quentin Grimes FR CG 6-5 200 11 8 5 McDonald’s All-American
Devon Dotson FR PG 6-2 180 19 24 5 McDonald’s All-American
David McCormack FR C 6-9 255 34 28 4 McDonald’s All-American
Ochai Ogbaji FR SG 6-6 195 332 3 Verbal Commit
2017-2018 league mark of 13-5, overall mark of 31-8, lost in final four semi-finals to Villanova
Returns 67.2% of minutes played (4th), 70.2% (2nd) of points (58.7) (3rd), 77.5% (3rd) of rebounds (26.6) (4th), 75.9% (3rd) of
assists (12.9) (3rd). The returners shoot 46.2% (6th) from the field, 34.4% (5th) from 3, and 66.9% (5th) free throws
1 starter Udoka Azubuike, 2 subs Marcus Garrett, Mitch Lightfoot (who I think will redshirt)
Losses All 4 All-Everything Guards. Udoka Azubuike has his name in the draft w/o hiring an agent.
Additions 3 superb transfers eligible, 2 five star and 1 four star freshmen
Prognosis It’s crazy to look at how much KU lost and still to pick them to finish at the top, but they are bringing in so much
that they will still be the favorite to win the Big 12 for the 15th consecutive year.
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Ba rry Brown SR G 6-3 195 37 37 34.8 3.2 3.2 0.1 2.6 15.9 203 452 44.9 42 132 31.8 142 184 77.2%
Dea n Wa de SR F 6-8 225 33 32 32.8 6.1 2.7 0.8 1.4 16.2 198 360 55.0% 40 91 44.0% 97 130 74.6%
Xa vi er Sneed JR F 6-5 210 37 37 31.4 5.1 1.8 0.3 1.1 11.1 141 338 41.7% 65 189 34.4% 65 88 73.9%
Ka ma u Stokes SR G 5-10 170 30 20 27.0 2.6 3.4 0.0 1.9 9.0 85 230 37.0% 41 128 32.0% 59 77 76.6%
Ca rtier Di a rra SO G 6-4 180 37 22 23.7 2.5 2.0 0.1 1.9 7.1 90 192 46.9% 34 84 40.5% 47 65 72.3%
Ma kol Ma wi en JR F 6-9 215 37 37 20.1 3.4 0.3 1.1 1.1 6.8 104 174 59.8% 3 11 27.3% 42 54 77.8%
Ama a d Wa i nri ght SR G 6-2 200 36 0 13.0 2.3 0.5 0.1 0.5 2.8 38 85 44.7% 12 39 30.8% 11 26 42.3%
Levi Stocka rd III SO F 6-8 239 36 0 8.6 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.5 1.8 26 50 52.0% 0 0 0.0% 14 22 63.6%
Bri a n Pa tri ck JR G 6-5 200 25 0 8.1 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.2 1.7 15 47 31.9% 10 40 25.0% 2 2 100.0%
Mi ke McGui rl SO G 6-2 190 12 0 12.7 1.5 0.9 0.2 0.5 3.3 13 39 33.3% 5 21 23.8% 9 12 75.0%
Ja mes Love SO F 6-10 230 15 0 4.6 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.7 4 9 44.4% 0 0 0.0% 2 5 40.0%
Ni gel Sha dd SO F 6-9 235 8 0 6.3 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.1 3 8 37.5% 0 0 0.0% 3 4 75.0%
Pi ers on McAtee JR F 6-6 190 10 0 2.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 2 4 50.0% 2 3 66.7% 2 2 100.0%
Ka de Ki nna mon SR G 6-0 180 11 0 1.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0 3 0.0% 0 3 0.0% 0 0 0.0%
Returners 364 185 31.6 15.4 3.2 12.4 78.3 922 1991 46.3% 254 741 34.3% 495 671 73.8%

Ma wdo Sa l l a h SR F 6-9 235 21 0 7.7 1.9 0.2 0.3 0.4 1.8 15 28 53.6% 0 0 0.0% 7 14 50.0%
Ma s on Schoen SR G 6-2 185 13 0 1.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 8 0.0% 0 4 0.0% 0 0 0.0%
Patrick Muldoon JR F 6-7 210 Transfer walk on from Eastern Illinois
Shaun Williams FR PG 6-1 170 150 3
Austin Trice JR PF 6-7 230 5 #5 JUCO player
2017-2018 league mark of 10-8, overall mark of 25-12, NCAA 9 seed, Great 8 loss to Cinderella Loyola Chicago
Returns 97.6% minutes played, 97.7% points, 78.3 points, 94% rebounds, 31.6 rebounds, 98% assists (1st in all of those
categories), 15.4 assists (2nd), returners shoot 46.3% field (5th), 34.3% three (6th), 73.8% free throws (3rd)
Every meaningful minute will return, including All Big 12 Dean Wade, 2nd team Barry Brown
Losses None but Barry Brown has declared w/o hiring an agent
Additions They’re not adding anyone who will help but they don’t need anyone
Prognosis K-State should be the biggest challenger to the Jayhawks. Look for them to finish 2 nd unless KU has a hard time
putting together the new look lineup they will have – then K-State could get the top spot
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Chri s tia n Ja mes SR G 6-4 218 31 31 30.2 4.4 1.5 0 1.5 11.9 132 288 45.8 58 159 36.5 46 60 76.7%
Bra dy Ma nek SO F 6-9 215 32 26 23.7 5.2 0.5 0.7 0.7 10.2 124 266 46.6% 59 154 38.3% 18 30 60.0%
Ka meron McGus ty JR G 6-5 191 32 8 18.5 1.9 0.3 0.0 0.8 8.0 90 213 42.3% 34 102 33.3% 42 56 75.0%
Ra s ha rd Odomes SR G 6-6 200 31 25 21.1 3.5 1.1 0.1 0.8 7.2 86 170 50.6% 7 16 43.8% 43 80 53.8%
Ja muni McNea ce SR C 6-10 196 32 5 18.0 5.4 0.3 1.4 1.5 6.8 94 140 67.1% 0 0 0.0% 29 51 56.9%
Jorda n Shepherd JR G 6-2 180 31 0 11.4 0.7 1.2 0.1 0.8 2.3 22 56 39.3% 6 19 31.6% 22 30 73.3%
Ma tt Freema n JR F 6-10 224 26 0 9.4 1.3 0.4 0.1 0.3 2.5 23 62 37.1% 14 43 32.6% 6 8 75.0%
Kri s tia n Dool i ttl e JR F 6-7 236 22 6 17.0 4.3 0.6 0.1 0.7 2.9 23 63 35.6% 2 4 50.0% 16 26 61.5%
Ha nnes Pol l a SO C 6-11 265 16 0 3.1 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.1 8 17 47.1% 0 0 0.0% 1 2 50.0%
Ty La zenby SR G 6-5 210 26 0 5.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.6 6 20 30.0% 2 9 22.2% 1 2 50.0%
Chri s Gi l es SO G 6-3 193 8 0 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 2 7 28.6% 0 1 0.0% 2 2 100.0%
Pa tri ck Geha SR F 6-5 200 5 0 2.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0 3 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 2 2 100.0%
Ma rs ha l l Thorpe JR F 6-9 235 4 0 2.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0%
Returners 296 101 29.3 6.2 2.6 7.8 54.7 610 1305 46.7% 182 507 35.9% 228 349 65.3%

Tra e Young FR G 6-2 180 32 32 35.4 3.9 8.7 0.3 5.2 27.4 261 617 42.3% 118 327 36.1% 236 274 86.1%
Kha deem La tti n SR F 6-9 200 32 27 20.1 5.9 0.5 1.9 0.7 6.6 83 140 59.3% 0 1 0.0% 46 61 75.4%

Read Streller FR F 6-8 220 Redshirted 2017-2018
Jamal Bieniemy FR SG 6-3 170 136 4
Kur Kuath Juco SF 6-9 173 JUCO All American
Miles Reynolds SR CG 6-2 170 Grad Transfer from Pacific
Aaron Calixte SR PG 5-11 Grad Transfer from Maine
2017-2018 league mark of 8-10, overall mark of 18-14, NCAA 10 seed, lost to #7 Rhode Island
Returns 72.6% (2nd) minutes played, 60% (5th) points (54.7) (5th), 74.5% (4th) rebounds (29.3) (3rd), 38.6% (8th) assists (6.2)
(9th), returners shoot 46.7% field (3rd), 35.9% three (3rd), 65.3% free throws (8th)
3 starters with at least 25 games starting experience
Losses Trae Young and Khadeem Lattin
Additions They picked up 2 grad transfers who should help, including a point guard
Prognosis Look for Oklahoma to be better than last year even though they lost Trae Young. As good as he was, they were
never a very good team. They’ll return a lot of talent and a lot of experience. Upper middle of Big 12
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Ca meron McGri ff JR F 6-7 210 36 17 24.1 5.4 1 0.5 1.4 8.4 96 200 48 21 57 36.8 90 104 86.5%
Li ndy Wa ters JR G 6-6 200 35 31 27.1 3.7 2.0 0.4 1.2 8.7 105 237 44.3% 50 134 37.3% 43 56 76.8%
Ta va ri us Shi ne * SR G 6-6 195 31 18 25.7 3.5 1.7 0.7 1.1 9.7 100 247 40.5% 41 127 32.3% 59 77 76.6%
Bra ndon Averette JR G 5-11 175 36 6 19.9 1.8 2.8 0.0 1.4 6.3 87 212 41.0% 10 37 27.0% 44 59 74.6%
Thoma s Dzi a gwa JR G 6-4 180 36 0 10.1 1.2 0.5 0.0 0.6 4.9 55 153 35.9% 47 127 37.0% 19 20 95.0%
Ya nkuba Si ma SR C 6-11 205 27 8 14.6 3.1 0.3 1.1 1.2 3.7 41 82 50.0% 0 1 0.0% 17 40 42.5%
Luca s N'Gues s a n JR F 7-0 215 25 7 9.8 1.9 0.4 0.4 0.5 1.5 38 85 44.7% 12 39 30.8% 11 26 42.3%
Za ck Da ws on SO G 6-3 185 5 0 10.0 0.8 1.6 0.0 1.6 4.4 7 17 41.2% 2 7 28.6% 6 9 66.7%
Da von Di l l a rd SR G 6-5 215 4 0 8.3 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.8 4.3 6 10 60.0% 1 2 50.0% 4 4 100.0%
Trey Reeves JR F 6-4 215 9 0 2.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 1 5 20.0% 0 2 0.0% 0 0 0.0%
Returners 244 87 22.9 10.3 3.1 10.0 52.1 536 1248 42.9% 184 533 34.5% 293 395 74.2%

Jeffrey Ca rrol l SR G 6-6 205 33 27 30.7 6.2 1.8 0.3 1.9 15.4 167 411 40.6% 67 202 33.2% 106 137 77.4%
Kenda l l Smi th SR G 6-3 180 35 30 26.9 3.1 2.9 0.0 2.1 13.1 166 414 40.1% 50 122 41.0% 76 114 66.7%
Mi tchel l Sol omon SR F 7-0 240 36 36 23.8 6.5 1.4 1.0 1.5 8.5 116 213 54.5% 7 31 22.6% 66 75 88.0%

Michael Weathers SO G 6-2 170 Transfer from Miami (Ohio). K.C. kid that always
dreamed of playing for the Jayhawks.
Yor Anei FR PF 6-9 205 259 3 Verbal Commitment – don’t know if they signed him
Duncan Demuth FR PF 6-5 215 388 3 Verbal Commitment – don’t know if they signed him
Kentrevious Jones FR C/F 6-10 290 Ranked #35 in 2017
Mike Cunningham SR PG 6-0 185 Grad Transfer from USC Upstate
2017-2018 league mark of 8-10, overall mark of 21-15, NIT lost in 3rd round to Western Kentucky
Returns 61.2% minutes played (6th), 53.9% points (7th), 52.1 points (6th), 59.4% rebounds (6th), 22.9 (5th) rebounds, 59.2%
assists (5th), 10.3 assists (4th), returners shoot 42.9% field (9th), 34.5% three (4th), 74.2% free throws (2nd)
Cameron McGriff will be a star and Lindy Waters is solid but little else. Averette is also a solid PG.
Losses The majority of star power from the team, Jeffrey Carroll, Kendall Smith, and Mitchell Soloman are huge losses
Additions They have several new players but most are freshmen so OSU will struggle next year
Prognosis OSU was a middle of the pack to lower team in 2017-2018. They lose much more than they gain in 2018-2019. I
can’t see them finishing in the upper part of the conference race. They’ll be toward the bottom.
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Dyl a n Os etkows ki SR F 6-9 255 34 34 35.2 7.2 1.2 0.2 2.2 13.4 161 402 40.0% 42 146 28.8% 93 129 72.1%
Kerwi n Roa ch Jr. SR G 6-4 170 32 31 33.4 3.7 3.5 0.3 2.5 12.4 141 322 43.8% 44 122 36.1% 71 109 65.1%
Ma tt Col ema n SO G 6-2 180 34 34 34.0 2.5 4.1 0.0 2.2 10.1 123 301 40.9% 28 98 28.6% 70 89 78.7%
Jeri cho Si ms SO F 6-9 240 34 11 18.5 3.9 0.2 0.5 0.8 5.0 71 117 60.7% 0 1 0.0% 29 68 42.6%
Ja s e Febres SO G 6-5 190 31 17 15.7 1.7 0.5 0.2 0.4 3.4 36 118 30.5% 28 93 30.1% 6 8 75.0%
Royce Ha mm Jr. SO F 6-8 230 17 0 5.3 1.4 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.6 2 11 18.2% 0 4 0.0% 7 15 46.7%
Returners 182 127 142.1 20.4 9.5 1.3 8.6 44.9 534 1271 42.0% 142 464 30.6% 276 418 66.0%

Moha med Ba mba F F 6-11 225 30 29 30.2 10.5 0.5 3.6 1.5 12.9 146 270 54.1% 14 51 27.5% 81 119 68.1%
Andrew Jones * JR G 6-4 190 10 8 22.6 2.4 2 0.2 1.7 13.5 47 89 52.8 19 40 47.5 22 30 73.3%
Eri c Da vi s Jr. SR G 6-2 185 26 1 26.2 2.4 0.6 0.0 0.9 8.8 75 189 39.7% 40 115 34.8% 38 51 74.5%
Ja cob Young -xfer JR G 6-2 185 30 5 16.8 1.7 0.7 0.0 0.6 6.2 71 172 41.3% 30 93 32.3% 15 22 68.2%
Ja mes Ba nks - xfer JR C 6-10 240 14 0 6.8 1.7 0.0 0.8 0.2 1.6 8 14 57.1% 0 0 0.0% 7 18 38.9%
Rya n McCl urg SR F 6-5 225 4 0 1.5 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 1.0 1 2 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 2 4 50.0%
Joe Schwa rz SR G 6-3 180 4 0 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 3 0.0% 0 3 0.0% 0 1 0.0%
Is a i a h Hobbs SR G 6-3 190

*Unknown if Andrew Jones will return from Leukemia
Elijah Mitrou-Long JR G 6-1 185 Transfer from Mt. St. Mary’s. Brother of Naz M-L
Gerald Liddell FR SF 6-6 180 36 43 4
Kamaka Hepa FR PF 6-9 210 49 63 4
Jaxson Hayes FR PF 610 195 137 3
Brock Cunningham FR SF 6-7 205 195 4
Courtney Ramey FR PG 6-3 150 40 56 4
2017-2018 league mark of 8-10, overall mark of 19-15, NCAA 10 seed, lost in first round to #7 Nevada
Returns 60.6% minutes played (7th), 60.7% points (4th), 44.9 points (7th), 60.6% rebounds (5th), 20.4 (7th) rebounds, 81.2%
assists (2nd), 9.5 assists (5th), returners shoot 42.0% field (9th), 30.6% three (9th), 66.0% free throws (6th)
Osetkowski, Roach (if he returns), Sims, and Coleman are good players, along with Febres
Losses .Mo Bamba, Eric Davis (NBA), Jacob Young, James Banks (transfer), and maybe Andrew Jones
Additions Mitrou-Long should help. 2 4-star recruits will help with limited impact
Prognosis Texas was middle to bottom this year. They lose good players but also bring back some good ones. Look for them
to be middle of the pack but upper half.
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Des mond Ba ne JR G 6-5 215 33 32 30.5 4.1 2.5 0.2 1.8 12.5 145 269 53.9 59 128 46.1 64 82 78.0%
Koua t Noi SO F 6-7 205 33 9 22.0 3.9 0.7 0.1 0.8 10.2 118 238 49.6% 59 136 43.4% 40 66 60.6%
Al ex Robi ns on SR G 6-1 174 31 21 32.0 3.0 6.1 0.3 3.3 9.7 112 254 44.1% 23 70 32.9% 53 92 57.6%
JD Mi l l er SR F 6-8 235 33 24 19.8 3.8 1.0 0.6 1.1 7.9 101 214 47.2% 19 61 31.1% 41 62 66.1%
Ja yl en Fi s her JR G 6-2 195 17 14 27.4 1.5 5.4 0.1 2.0 12.3 74 147 50.3% 29 66 43.9% 32 38 84.2%
Sha wn Ol den SR G 6-3 175 29 0 11.7 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.4 2.1 19 54 35.2% 17 46 37.0% 6 8 75.0%
RJ Nembha rd SO G 6-4 190 6 0 5.5 1.0 0.8 0.2 0.8 1.5 4 14 28.6% 0 5 0.0% 1 4 25.0%
La t Ma yen SO F 6-8 195 25 0 8.1 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.2 1.7 15 47 31.9% 10 40 25.0% 2 2 100.0%
Angus McWi l l i a ms SO F 6-6 225 12 0 12.7 1.5 0.9 0.2 0.5 3.3 13 39 33.3% 5 21 23.8% 9 12 75.0%
Kevi n Sa muel SO C 6-11 265 15 0 4.6 0.4 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.7 4 9 44.4% 0 0 0.0% 2 5 40.0%
Returners 234 100 20.6 18.5 2.0 11.0 61.9 605 1285 47.1% 221 573 38.6% 250 371 67.4%
2018 Returning 63% minutes played 53.0% 72.5% 58.7%

Vl a di mi r Brodzi a ns ky SR F 6-10 215 33 33 27.2 5.0 1.2 1.6 1.2 15.0 179 309 57.9% 21 62 33.9% 117 143 81.8%
Kenri ch Wi l l i a ms SR G 6-7 210 32 32 36.0 9.3 3.9 0.5 2.0 13.2 155 325 47.7% 45 114 39.5% 66 96 68.8%
Ahmed Ha mdy SR F 6-9 230 32 0 13.2 3.0 0.2 0.3 0.9 5.9 70 140 50.0% 0 0 0.0% 49 73 67.1%
Da l ton Dry SR G 6-3 185 8 0 2.9 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 2 7 28.6% 2 5 40.0% 7 10 70.0%
Cl a yton Cra wford SR F 6-3 210 6 0 2.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1 0.0% 0 1 0.0% 0 0 0.0%
Aus tin Sotti l e SR F 6-6 225 2 0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0.0%

Kaden Archie FR SF 6-6 200 87 94 4
Kendric Davis FR PG 5-11 165 141 4
Russell Barlow FR C 6-9 215 204 4
Yuat Alok Juco C 6-10 210 From New Zealand
Angus McWilliams FR C 6-10 From New Zealand
2017-2018 league mark of 9-9, overall mark of 21-12, NCAA 6 seed, lost in the first round to #11 Syracuse
Returns 63.0% minutes played (5th), 58.7% points (6th), 61.9 points (2nd), 53.0% rebounds (8th), 20.6 (6th) rebounds, 72.5%
assists (4th), 18.5 assists (1st), returners shoot 47.1% field (2nd), 38.6% three (1st), 67.4% free throws (4th)
4 starters with at least 14 games starting experience including getting back Jaylen Fisher
Losses Brodzianski and Williams will be tough losses
Additions They don’t appear to have anyone who will be ready to help this year
Prognosis TCU was middle of the pack this year. If they can get someone to replace Broadz and Williams, they should be a
force closer to the top than the bottom.
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W L W L
11 7 27 10
Avery Benson FR G 6-3 185 Preferred walk-on, redshirted 2017-2018
Kyler Edwards FR SG 6-4 195 189 4
Deshawn Corprew JR F 6-5 190 3 3 The 24/7 ranking must be for JUCO players
Khavon Moore FR F 6-8 187 51 4
Tariq Owens SR C 6-11 Grad Transfer from St. Johns
2017-2018 league mark of 11-7, overall mark of 27-10, NCAA 3 seed, Elite 8 loss to Villanova
Returns 37.7% minutes played (9th), 32.9% points (9th), 26.3 points (10th), 44.6% rebounds (10th), 14.1 (10th) rebounds,
34.4% assists (9th), 5.1 assists (9th), returners shoot 43.0% field (8th), 36.0% three (2nd), 63.4% free throws (8th)
2 players who started 20 or more games.
Losses 4 starters, including All Big 12 Keenan Evans and 2 more key reserves. Zhaire Smith to the NBA draft.
Additions Corprew is a highly ranked JUCO kid and Khavon Moore will be valuable but still a freshman
Prognosis Tech was a top tier team in 2017-2018 but they have lost so much and don’t have a lot to replace them with. They
will likely struggle to find themselves somewhere toward the bottom of the league.
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W L W L
11 7 26 11

2019
Player ClassPos Ht Wt G GS MPG RBG AST BLK TO PTS FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT%
Sa ga ba Kona te JR F 6-8 250 36 36 25.5 7.6 0.7 3.2 1.3 10.8 155 304 51 0 0 0 79 100 79.0%
La mont Wes t JR F 6-8 205 36 20 22.6 3.9 0.6 0.2 1.0 9.4 113 275 41.1% 55 163 33.7% 58 76 76.3%
Ja mes Bol den JR G 6-0 170 37 3 17.2 1.9 1.1 0.2 1.0 8.7 108 252 42.9% 69 168 41.1% 36 42 85.7%
Teddy Al l en SO F 6-5 225 35 0 12.1 2.7 0.5 0.0 0.9 7.0 91 195 46.7% 3 25 12.0% 59 80 73.8%
Es a Ahma d SR F 6-8 225 21 16 27.1 5.5 2.0 0.4 1.7 10.2 75 165 45.5% 11 36 30.6% 53 76 69.7%
Wes l ey Ha rri s JR F 6-8 200 37 37 20.6 3.6 0.4 0.4 1.0 5.3 61 166 36.7% 28 88 31.8% 47 64 73.4%
Cha s e Ha rl er JR G 6-3 200 32 2 10.5 0.7 0.8 0.1 0.3 1.7 18 59 30.5% 12 39 30.8% 6 7 85.7%
Ma ci e J Bender JR F 6-10 240 35 1 8.8 1.9 0.2 0.3 0.4 1.2 18 39 46.2% 0 3 0.0% 6 15 40.0%
Loga n Routt JR F 6-11 260 30 0 8.2 2.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 1.2 15 24 62.5% 0 0 0.0% 5 6 83.3%
Returners 299 115 29.9 6.6 5.2 8.0 55.5 654 1479 44.2% 178 522 34.1% 349 466 74.9%

Jevon Ca rter SR G 6-2 185 37 37 34.6 4.6 6.6 0.4 2.6 17.3 215 509 42.2% 77 196 39.3% 133 155 85.8%
Da xter Mi l es SR G 6-3 185 36 33 28.6 2.8 3.1 0.0 1.4 12.9 160 358 44.7% 61 176 34.7% 83 113 73.5%
D'Angel o Hunter-xfer JR F 6-6 190 18 0 5.3 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.1 1.4 7 28 25.0% 6 17 35.3% 5 6 83.3%
Lost for 2018-2019 8.3 9.9 0.6 4.1 31.6 382 895 42.7% 144 389 37.0% 221 274 80.7%
Brandon Knapper FR G 6-0 180 211 Sat out 2017-2018 due to injury, rankings from 2017
Jordan McCabe FR PG 5-10 155 104 4
Derek Culver FR PF 6-8 205 107 4
Trey Doomes FR SG 6-3 185 163 3
Andrew Gordon SO PF 6-10 235 Juco Transfer will have 3 years eligibility
2017-2018 league mark 11-7, overall mark of 26-11, NCAA 5 seed, Sweet Sixteen, loss to Villanova
Returns 67.6% minutes played (3rd), 61.9% points (3rd), 55.5 points (4th), 79.4% rebounds (2nd), 29.9 (2nd) rebounds, 36.0%
assists (9th), 6.6 assists (8th), returners shoot 44.2% field (8th), 34.1% three (7th), 74.9% free throws (1st)
4 starters with 16 or more games starting experience, key defender Konate
Losses They lost 2 seniors who are huge parts of the team, but they return so much too. Sagaba Konate has put his name
in the draft but not hired an agent.
Additions 2 four star players in the 100 range and a JUCO transfer that is not rated
Prognosis WVU was top tier this year but losing Miles and Carter will set them back. They will have to find a reliable point
guard (perhaps Beetle Bolden). They will still be toward the top of the Big 12.
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Now that we know who each team has coming back and who each team has recruited, it’s time to make a guess
as to how things will play out next year. There are still many things that could change this such as players
keeping their name in the draft even though I am not considering them to, or additional recruits to commit to
each school, but this is my prediction as of April 8, 2018.
For what it’s worth, I have also looked at 8 columns of the “Way Too Early” predictions for next year’s Top 25
and agree with them somewhat. I discarded Ryan Fagan of the Sporting News because KU is the only team he
has ranked from the Big 12. If he’s that stupid, I don’t need to consider him. Their listings are below.
Publication Team Ranking Publication Team Ranking

Kansas 1 Kansas 1
West Virginia 13 Kansas State 13
Myron Metcalf ESPN
Kansas State 19 Fan Rag Sports Jon Rothstein TCU 19
TCU 21 West Virginia 21
Kansas 1 Baylor 30
Jeff Eisenberg Yahoo Kansas State 13 Kansas 1
West Virginia 20 Kansas State 12
CBS Sports Gary Parish
Kansas 1 West Virginia 17
Kansas State 9 TCU 21
NBC Sports Rob Dauster
TCU 20 Kansas 1
West Virginia 21 West Virginia 15
SI.com Molly Geary
Kansas 1 Kansas State 17
USA Today Scott Gleeson Kansas State 12 TCU 22
West Virginia 19 Sporting News Ryan Fagan Kansas 1
My predictions for 2018-2019 Big 12 Season are that KU will win its 15th consecutive Big 12 Title but will be
challenged as follows:
Team W L
Kansas 15 3
Kansas State 12 6
West Virginia 11 7
TCU 10 8
Oklahoma 10 8
Iowa State 9 9
Texas 8 10
Baylor 7 11
Texas Tech 5 13
Oklahoma State 3 15
It’ll be fun to see how close I come
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References
I have tried to be complete on the references I’ve used to compile this book and hopefully I have been. I don’t indicate
which items I got from which reference, but I have broken it down by the 14 years or the obstacles to a 15th year.
2004-2005
http://kuathletics.com/roster.aspx?roster=73&path=mbball
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/kansas/2005.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Kansas_Jayhawks_men%27s_basketball_team
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=250012305
2005-2006
http://www2.kusports.com/mens_basketball/season_recap/2006/
2006-2007
2007-2008
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/davidson/2008.html
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/2008-03-21-davidson.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Texas_Longhorns_men%27s_basketball_team
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_Kansas_State_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=284000003
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Tournament
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_rankings
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game?gameId=284000007
2008-2009
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https://www.foxsports.com/college-basketball/boxscore?id=45958
http://www.espn.co.uk/mens-college-basketball/playbyplay?gameId=283300183
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Oklahoma_Sooners_men%27s_basketball_team
2009-2010
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2010/poll/1/week/10/seasontype/2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Kansas_State_Wildcats_men%27s_basketball_team
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Baylor_Bears_basketball_team
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Texas_A&M_Aggies_men%27s_basketball_team
2010-2011
https://www.foxsports.com/college-basketball/bracket?season=2010&tournament=1
2011-2012
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https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_2012.html
2012-2013
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/sports/ncaabasketball/michigan-stuns-no-1-seed-kansas.html
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article6624717.html
2013-2014
2014-2015
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2590489-kansas-vs-michigan-st-score-highlights-reaction-from-champions-classic-
2015
http://www2.kusports.com/news/2016/jan/05/unbelievable-no-1-kansas-outlasts-no-2-oklahoma-tr/
https://www.si.com/college-basketball/game/1576682
http://kuathletics.com/news/2014/12/22/MBB_1222142639.aspx?path=mbball
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_rankings#AP_poll
2015-2016
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http://www2.kusports.com/news/2016/jan/05/unbelievable-no-1-kansas-outlasts-no-2-oklahoma-tr/
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/playbyplay?gameId=400873025
2016-2017
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/gametracker/recap/NCAAB_20170325_OREG@KANSAS/
2017-2018
http://www2.kusports.com/news/2018/mar/22/notebook-guard-heavy-attacks-will-be-key-both-ku-a/
http://www2.kusports.com/news/2018/mar/25/notebook-jayhawks-outrebound-duke-newman-named-reg/
http://www.big12sports.com/pdf9/5468971.pdf
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/playbyplay?gameId=401025880
Recruiting
http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/school/_/id/239/class/2018
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https://kansas.247sports.com/Season/2018-Basketball/Commits
https://247sports.com/college/texas/Season/2018-Basketball/Commits
https://247sports.com/college/iowa-state/Season/2018-Basketball/Commits
https://247sports.com/college/west-virginia/Season/2018-Basketball/Commits
https://247sports.com/college/tcu/Season/2018-Basketball/Commits
https://247sports.com/college/texas-tech/Season/2018-Basketball/Commits
https://247sports.com/college/baylor/Season/2018-Basketball/Commits
https://247sports.com/college/kansas-state/Season/2018-Basketball/Commits
https://247sports.com/college/oklahoma-state/Season/2018-Basketball/Commits
https://247sports.com/college/oklahoma/Season/2018-Basketball/Commits
Way too early picks for 2018-2019

http://www2.kusports.com/weblogs/tale-tait/2018/apr/3/kansas-a-popular-pick-at-no-1-in-way-too/
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/22966716/college-basketball-way-too-early-top-25-rankings-
2018-19
https://sports.yahoo.com/way-early-top-25-2018-19-college-basketball-season-033644755.html
http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2018/04/02/2018-college-basketball-preseason-top-25/
https://frshoopz.com/cbb/rothstein-way-too-early-cbb-top-25-for-2018-19/
https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/2018-19-college-basketball-rankings-way-too-early-projection-
has-kansas-and-duke-at-top/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2018/04/03/college-basketballs-super-early-2018-19-preseason-top-
25-teams/480867002/
https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2018/04/03/ncaa-basketball-preseason-rankings-top-25-kansas-duke
Obstacles to next year

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/baylor/2018.html
http://www.baylorbears.com/sports/m-baskbl/bay-m-baskbl-body.html
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/iowa-state/2018.html
http://www.iowastatedaily.com/sports/mens_basketball/
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/kansas-state/2018.html
http://www.kstatesports.com/index.aspx?path=mbball
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/oklahoma/2018.html
http://www.soonersports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&SPID=127260&SPSID=750395
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/oklahoma-state/2018.html
http://okstate.com/index.aspx?path=mbball
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/texas/2018.html
https://www.burntorangenation.com/basketball
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/texas-christian/2018.html
http://www.gofrogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/tcu-m-baskbl-body.html
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/texas-tech/2018.html
http://texastech.com/index.aspx?path=mbball
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/west-virginia/2018.html
http://wvusports.com/index.aspx?path=mbball
Other
https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/all_america.html
https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/mcdonalds.html
http://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/playerrankings
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_12_Men%27s_Basketball_Tournament
http://www.cjonline.com/article/20160318/SPORTS/303189706
Rankings
http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=2005#.WsukwYjwaUk
http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=2006#.Wsuk1YjwaUk
http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/ap/seasons.cfm?seasonid=2007#.Wsuk44jwaUk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%E2%80%9308_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_rankings#AP_Poll
Preseason Picks
http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&ATCLID=205314008
http://www.big12sports.com/pdf9/3961406.pdf
http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210420591
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Dominance

Jeff Hawkins Alex Galindo Russell Robinson Keith Langford

Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Dir Basketball Ops Strength/Conditioning

Departures from 2003-2004 Team Regular Season

2004-2005 Non-Con B12 B12 Tour

Big 12 Results 12-4 Co-Champions with Oklahoma

Jeff Hawkins Russell Robinson Rodrick Stewart

Strength/Conditioning Dir Basketball Ops Student Assistant

*Transferred out after 1 semester

Departures from 2004-2005 Team Regular Season

2005-2006 Non-Con B12 B12 Tour

0 Darrell Arther Russell Robinson Sherron Collins Rodrick Stewart

Strength/Conditioning Dir Basketball Ops Student Assistant

Departures from 2005-2006 Team Regular Season

2006-2007 Non-Con B12 B12 Tour NCAA Tour Overall

Big 12 Results Won the conference by 1 game over Texas A&M

Departures from 2006-2007 Team Regular Season

2007-2008 Non-Con B12 B12 Tour NCAA Tour Overall

Big 12 Results Tied for first with Texas

Quintrell Thomas Conner Teahan Sherron Collins

5 Matt Kleinmann Jeff Withey

Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Strength/Conditioning

Departures from 2007-2008 Team Regular Season

2008-2009 Non-Con B12 B12 Tour NCAA Tour Overall

Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Strength/Conditioning

Departures from 2008-2009 Team Regular Season

2009-2010 Non-Con B12 B12 Tour NCAA Tour Overall

Thomas Robinson Jeff Withey 1 Tyshawn Taylor

Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Strength/Conditioning

Departures from 2009-2010 Team Regular Season

2010-2011 Non-Con B12 B12 Tour NCAA Tour Overall

Big 12 Results Won the Championship by 1 game over Texas

Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Strength/Conditioning

Departures from 2010-2011 Team Regular Season

Led the Team (with enough attempts)

2011-2012 Non-Con B12 B12 Tour NCAA Tour Overall

Big 12 Results Won the Championship by 2 games over Missouri

Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Strength/Conditioning

Departures from 2011-2012 Team Regular Season

2012-2013 Non-Con B12 B12 Tour NCAA Tour Overall

Departures from 2012-2013 Team Regular Season

2013-2014 Non-Con B12 B12 Tour NCAA Tour Overall

Big 12 Results Big 12 Champions by 2 games over Oklahoma

Dir Stu-Ath Develop Video Coordinator Strength/Conditioning

Departures from 2013-2014 Team Regular Season

2014-2015 Non-Con B12 B12 Tour NCAA Tour Overall

Dir Stu-Ath Develop Video Coordinator Aaron Miles Strength/Conditioning

Departures from 2014-2015 Team Regular Season

2015-2016 Non-Con B12 B12 Tour NCAA Tour Overall

Big 12 Results Big 12 Champions by 2 games over West Virginia

Frank Mason Lagerald Vick Devonte’ Graham Sviatoslav Josh Jackson

Dir Stu-Ath Develop Video Coordinator Strength/Conditioning Assoc Dir–Sports Med

Departures from 2015-2016 Team Regular Season

2016-2017 Non-Con B12 B12 Tour NCAA Tour Overall

Marcus Garrett Lagerald Vick Sam Cunliffe ** Devonte’ Graham Sviatoslav

Departures from 2016-2017 Team Regular Season

Final Big 12 Standings

Year 2007-2008 Year 2008-2009 Year 2009-2010

Year 2010-2011 Year 2011-2012 Year 2012-2013

Year 2016-2017 Year 2017-2018

Big 12 Coaches Preseason Predictions

Year Pos Team Year Pos Team

Rank the Most Impressive or Difficult

Returners 2018 2018 Per Game 2018 Overall