Vote for 20 of the top Allen Fieldhouse sports 63

1. Wilt Chamberlain scores 52 points in his college debut, an 87-69 win over Northwestwern Dec. 3, 1956. Chamberlain converts 20 of 29 floor shots and 12 of 20 free throws. He also had 31 rebounds. 727 votes
3. KU registers an astonishing 150-95 romp over Kentucky Dec. 9, 1989. Terry Brown finishes with 31 points while nailing 7-of-10 three-point shots. KU led, 80-61, at the half. 679 votes
4. Wilt Chamberlain returns Jan. 17, 1998, as part of KU's 100th anniversary of basketball. Wearing his old letter jacket, Chamberlain charms the fans with an emotional speech and stays two hours after the game to sign autographs. 651 votes
16. Nick Collison and Kirk Hinrich combine for 43 points March 1, 2003, in their last fieldhouse game - an 89-61 victory over Oklahoma State. It would also be Roy Williams' final game in Allen. About a month later, he left for North Carolina. 598 votes
18. Raef LaFrentz, Billy Thomas and C.B. McGrath finish their careers undefeated (58-0) at home with an 83-70 win over Oklahoma Feb. 23, 1998. 561 votes
2. Bud Stallworth drops in 50 points, many from long-range, in a 93-80 win over Missouri Feb. 26, 1972. Stallworth's explosion is witnessed by KU's 1952 title team in town for a 20th reunion. 519 votes
20. KU spills Missouri, 80-70, to wrap up the 100-year anniversary weekend celebration Feb. 8, 1998. At halftime, hundreds of KU players and coaches walk onto the court for introductions. 471 votes
25. Terry Brown drills a school-record 11 three-pointers and scores 42 points in a 105-94 win over North Carolina State Jan. 5, 1991. 423 votes
7. Kansas wins the last meeting between Phog Allen and Oklahoma State's Hank Iba, 56-55, Jan. 31, 1956, giving Allen a 17-16 edge in head-to-head matchups between the legendary coaches. 387 votes
5. Allen Fieldhouse opens with a 77-66 win over Kansas State March 1, 1955, as Gene Elstun scores 21 points. 383 votes
14. Danny Manning scores 40 points in a 70-60 victory over Notre Dame Feb. 8, 1987. 354 votes
34. Nick Collison scores 24 points and collects 23 rebounds before fouling out in a 90-87 victory over Texas Jan. 27, 2003, prompting TV analyst Dick Vitale to give Collison a standing ovation from press row. 346 votes
12. KU thumps Oklahoma State, 75-57, in the final home game for seniors Danny Manning, Chris Piper and Archie Marshall. 345 votes
10. KU's Lynette Woodard explodes for 44 points, most ever by a women in the fieldhouse, in a 101-64 win over Iowa State in February, 1979. Eight days later she scores 49 points in a 105-54 win at Southwest Missouri State. 321 votes
30. Several KU students unveil a banner made of shower curtains that reads, "Pay heed all who enter: Beware of the Phog" prior to a Feb. 22, 1988, game against Duke. 296 votes
42. Jacque Vaughn's three-pointer at :0.2 in overtime gives KU an 86-83 victory over Indiana Dec. 22, 1993. Vaughn finishes with 13 points. 279 votes
22. A school-record nine Jayhawks score in double figures in a 127-82 win over Iowa State Jan. 7, 1989. That's also the most points KU has scored in a conference game. 256 votes
33. KU trails UCLA by 15 points at halftime, but rallies to win by 15 (85-70) Dec. 1, 1995. No KU team has overcome a larger halftime deficit. 236 votes
26. Danny Manning tallies 27 points in a 100-66 blasting of Missouri Feb. 11, 1986. It's KU's biggest win over the Tigers in the fieldhouse. 215 votes
36. Danny Manning's jersey No. 25 is retired Dec. 1, 1992. The Jayhawks beat Georgia, 76-65, with Manning sitting in the student section. 207 votes
13. Anthony Peeler scores 43 points, but KU tops Missouri, 98-89, on March 8, 1992, and the Jayhawks cut down the nets after assuring a tie for the Big Eight title. 206 votes
21. A crowd of around 14,000 shows up Nov. 19, 1955, to watch KU's freshmen sting the varsity, 81-71, behind Wilt Chamberlain's 42 points. 205 votes
15. Wilt Chamberlain collects 46 points in a 102-46 massacre of Nebraska Feb. 8, 1958. At the time, the 56-point margin was the largest in fieldhouse history. 202 votes
24. Bill Bridges retrieves 30 missed shots in an 86-69 season-opening win over Northwestern Dec. 3, 1960. 164 votes
38. Jo Jo White scores 30 points in his last KU game, a 80-70 win over Colorado Feb. 1, 1969. White received the game ball after coach Ted Owens' 100th career win. 142 votes
28. Approximately 6,000 show up for the first Late Night extravaganza Oct. 14, 1985. 138 votes
8. Oscar Robertson scores a fieldhouse-record 56 points to lift Cincinnati to a 97-62 NCAA Tournament victory over Arkansas March 15, 1958. 132 votes
9. Oklahoma players clip the nets Feb. 22, 1984, after spilling the Jayhawks, 92-82, in overtime and clinching the Big Eight championship. Afterward, peeved KU coach Larry Brown remarks, "What goes around comes around." 131 votes
41. Coach Roy Williams tries to start six seniors plus Raef LaFrentz before waving walk-ons Joel Branstrom and Steve Ransom off the court prior to opening tip of a 78-58 win over Kansas State Feb. 22, 1997. 129 votes
62. Wilt Chamberlain grabs 36 rebounds in a 90-61 rout of Iowa State Feb. 15, 1958. 129 votes
27. Oklahoma State's Randy Rutherford scores 45 points, but KU holds 7-footer Bryant Reeves scoreless in a 78-62 victory that gives the Jayhawks the league title March 5, 1995. 125 votes
58. Steve Woodberry hits a three-pointer with 1.5 seconds left to give KU a 62-61 win over Oklahoma State for Williams' 150th win. 124 votes
60. Roy Williams decides to leave KU, telling reporters in a brief fieldhouse press conference on a staircase in April of 2003. 123 votes
35. Alonzo Jamison shatters the backboard with a dunk during the 1988 Late Night. 105 votes
6. Fans are astounded during a game with Kansas State Feb. 20, 1965, when a pair of 6 x 12 banners saying "Go Cats, Kill Snob Hill Again" unfurl on the east and west sides of the scoreboard with eight minutes left in the first half of KU's 88-66 win. 97 votes
39. KU downs Oklahoma State, 64-48, Feb. 3, 1969 for the 1,000th win in school history. Coach Ted Owens had torn the seat of his trousers in the second half and had to wear a towel around his waist in a postgame ceremony. 96 votes
54. An alumni game fills the fieldhouse Feb. 7, 1998, featuring such former players as Kevin Pritchard, Walt Wesley, Bud Stallworth, Ron Loneski and John Douglas. 91 votes
17. Adolph Rupp, a member of KU's 1923 national championship team, brings Kentucky to Lawrence for the first time Dec. 14, 1959. Wayne Hightower scores 33 points, but Rupp's team wins, 77-72. 80 votes
50. Days after winning the 1988 NCAA title, coach Larry Brown holds an afternoon press conference in the fieldhouse to announce he has turned down a job offer from UCLA. Less than a month later, he accepts the head job with the NBA's San Antonio Spurs. 78 votes
23. Larry Bird tallies 22 points and grabs 13 boards in Indiana State's 86-69 win over Virginia Tech in the NCAA Midwest Regional final March 11, 1979. 73 votes
59. Lynnette Woodard scores 24 points in an 80-59 win over Stephen F. Austin and becomes the all-time leading scorer in AIAW history. 68 votes
44. Marian Washington posts her 500th career victory, a 58-54 decision over Oklahoma Feb. 20, 1999. 65 votes
46. Coach Dick Harp goes on the PA system Feb. 23, 1958, to beseech KU fans to stop booing Missouri's Mike Kirksey on the free throw line. Harp is ignored and the KU coach asks the official to call a technical foul on the fans. 58 votes
63. KU clobbers Brown, 115-45, Jan. 3, 1989, for the most lopsided win in school history. Milt Newton leads the Jayhawks with 23 points. 56 votes
32. Mitch Richmond scores 35 points as Kansas State halts KU's 55-game home winning streak, 72-61, Jan. 30, 1988. 56 votes
47. Iowa snaps KU's school-record 62-game home win streak Dec. 8, 1998, with an 85-81 victory. 52 votes
43. Four-time Olympic champion Al Oerter is among the KU competitors Feb. 3, 1956, in the first indoor track meet in school history. Kansas wins the dual with Oklahoma, 56-48, in front of 2,000 fans. 51 votes
49. The Harlem Globetrotters, featuring Lynette Woodard, appear Feb. 10, 1987 and defeat, as usual, the Washington Generals. 50 votes
45. A sellout crowd watches Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls knock off the Seattle SuperSonics in an NBA exhibition game Oct. 11, 1997. 50 votes
55. KU pounds Washburn, 99-56, on Nov. 25, 2000, for KU's 500th win in the fieldhouse. 44 votes
37. In a Feb. 26, 1966, showdown between No. 6-ranked KU and No. 8 Nebraska, the Jayhawks romp, 110-73, and cut down the nets after clinching the Big Eight title. 43 votes
61. Four days after undergoing surgery to repair anterior compartment syndrome surgery in his right leg, Mark Randall scores 11 points in an 108-71 rout of Marquette 71. KU registers a school-record 22 steals. 41 votes
29. Terry Brown scores 26 points to pace KU to a 73-60 win over Miami on Jan. 16, 1991, in a game that was nearly canceled because of the start of Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf. Brown dedicates the game to a brother serving in the Gulf. 41 votes
48. A Fill the Fieldhouse promotion on Jan. 9, 1994, lures a record women's crowd of 13,352 that watches the Jayhawks edge Colorado, 59-57. 35 votes
56. KU downs Colorado, 78-63, on March 9, 1957, to capture the school's last Big Seven title and first title since moving to Allen. 29 votes
11. Houston, led by Elvin Hayes' 19 points, stuns the No. 3-ranked Jayhawks, 66-53, in an NCAA Tournament game in March, 1967. 27 votes
31. A renovation project during the summer of 1974 covers the fieldhouse's original dirt surface completely. A synthetic basketball floor is installed to replace the original portable raised floor. 27 votes
19. Missouri pops Kansas, 76-49, Jan. 24, 2004, in Marian Washington's last game as KU women's coach. Three days later, Washington takes a medical leave of absence and a month after that announces her retirement after 31 years and 560 victories. 17 votes
57. Norm Stewart scores 20 points as Missouri hands KU its first loss in the fieldhouse - 85-78 - on Feb. 6, 1956. 15 votes
51. Kansas leads coach Jerry Tarkanian's Long Beach State team, 32-8, at halftime then hangs on for 69-52 win Dec. 1, 1970. 12 votes
53. Eventual national champion Cincinnati trips Kansas State, 69-64, on March 18, 1961 in the NCAA Midwest Regional. 7 votes
52. Kansas State's Bob Boozer scores 32 points in 79-75 double overtime victory over KU on Feb. 3, 1958. 7 votes
40. Kansas State's Mike Wroblewski scores 46 points, the most ever by a KU opponent in the fieldhouse, in a 91-72 K-State win Feb. 7, 1962. 5 votes
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