Tradition-rich Jayhawks fourth on all-time college basketball win list
-Kansas has accumulated 1,356 wins in 90 years of intercollegiate competition, ranking the Jayhawks fourth on the all-time win list behind Kentucky, North Carolina and St. John’s…
-The Jayhawks have posted a 163-85 (.657) mark overall in the 80s and a 66-46 (.589) mark in Big Eight play…
-Kansas has made 17 NCAA post-season appearances, having reached the Final Four seven times, and has a record of 30-18 (.625) in the tournament…
-KU defeated St. John’s to win the NCAA championship in 1952, finished second in 1940, 1953 and 1957, fourth in 1971 and 1974 and tied for third in 1986…
-Kansas has won 29 Big Eight basketball titles outright and a title this year would mark only the second time a school has won 30 outright titles in one sport (the Jayhawks have won 32 outright outdoor track crowns)…
-Kansas has won or shared a total of 40 Big Eight basketball titles and that’s more than any other conference school has won or shared in any sport…
-Kansas has led the Big Eight in attendance the last two years and needs 154,438 fans this year to pass the one million mark during a five-year span. KU has drawn mroe than 200,000 fans for three straight years…
-Kansas has produced 27 NCAA All-Americans, including Danny Manning, Wilt Chamberlain, Jo Jo White, Darnell Valentine and Walt Wesley…
-James Naismith, the father of basketball, was KU’s first head coach and is the only coach in KU history to compile a losing career record (55-60 in nine seasons)…
