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Kansas Jayhawks
Kansas Jayhawks athletic logo
University University of Kansas
Conference Big 12
NCAA Division I
Athletics director Lew Perkins
Location Lawrence, KS
Varsity Teams 16
Stadium Memorial Stadium, Lawrence
Arena Allen Fieldhouse
Mascot Big Jay, Baby Jay
Nickname Jayhawks
Colors Blue and Crimson            
Homepage www.kuathletics.com

The sports teams at the University of Kansas are known as the Jayhawks. They participate in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big 12 Conference.

The Jayhawks field teams in basketball, baseball, cross country, football, golf, rowing (women only), soccer (women only), softball, swimming (women only), tennis (women only), track, and volleyball (women only).

University of Kansas athletic teams have won nine total NCAA Division I championships, including two in men's basketball, one in men's cross country, three in men's indoor track and field, and three in men's outdoor track and field.

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[edit] Origins of "Jayhawk"

The Jayhawk is a mythical bird, a cross between a blue jay and a sparrow hawk. The term came to prominence just before the Civil War, in Bleeding Kansas, where it was adopted by militant abolitionist groups known as jayhawkers. With the admission of Kansas as a free state in 1861, Jayhawker became synonymous with the people of Kansas. The Jayhawk appears in several Kansas cheers, most notably, the "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" chant. [1]

[edit] Championships

[edit] Conference championships & titles

Big 12 Conference champions have the best conference regular season record, and titles are awarded to the winner of the postseason championship tournament.

Men's Basketball[1]
1997 - Big 12 regular-season and tournament champion - coached by Roy Williams, won 87-60 over Missouri
1998 - Big 12 regular-season and tournament champion - coached by Williams, won 72-58 over Oklahoma
1999 - Big 12 tournament champion - coached by Williams, won 53-37 over Oklahoma State
2002 - Big 12 regular-season champion - coached by Williams, was undefeated (16-0), lost the title game 64-55 to #2 seeded Oklahoma
2003 - Big 12 regular-season champion - coached by Williams
2005 - Big 12 regular-season co-champion with Oklahoma - coached by Bill Self
2006 - Big 12 regular-season co-champion with Texas and tournament champion - coached by Self, won 80-68 over #1 seeded Texas
Women's Basketball[2]
1997 - Big 12 champion - coached by Marian Washington
Football
1908 - MVIAA champion - coached by A.R. Kennedy, was undefeated (4-0; 9-0 overall)
1930 - Big 6 champion - coached by Bill Hargiss
1946 - Big 6 champion (tie) - coached by George Sauer
1947 - Big 6 champion (tie) - coached by Sauer
1968 - Big 8 champion (tie) - coached by Pepper Rodgers
Softball[3]
2006 - Big 12 title - won 4-2 over Oklahoma and outscored opponents 13-3 in four games
Baseball
2006 - Big 12 title - defeated Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Missouri, and Nebraska in the Conference playoffs.

[edit] National championships

Men's Basketball
1952 - coached by Phog Allen, won 80-63 over St. John's
1988 - coached by Larry Brown, won 83-79 over Oklahoma
Men's Cross Country
1953
Men's Indoor Track
1966 - 1969 - 1970
Men's Outdoor Track
1959 - 1960 - 1970

[edit] Football

KU football dates from 1890. The program today is classified in Division I-A. While not a national powerhouse like KU's basketball team, the Jayhawk football team has had notable alumni including Gale Sayers, a two time All-American who later enjoyed an injury-shortened yet Hall of Fame career with the Chicago Bears; John Riggins, another Pro Football Hall of Famer with the Washington Redskins; John Hadl, Steve Towle, Dana Stubblefield, Bobby Douglass, and Nolan Cromwell. KU has appeared twice in the Orange Bowl: 1948 and 1969, and most recently made a bowl appearance in the 2005 Fort Worth Bowl. The Jayhawks currently play in Memorial Stadium (cap. 50,071), the first stadium built on a college campus west of the Mississippi River, which opened in 1921. They are coached by Mark Mangino (fifth season at Kansas), and their record in 2006 is 6-6 (3-5 Big 12). As of November 25, 2006, the program's overall record is 542-537-58 (.503).

The Jayhawks have two traditional archrivals. KU competes with the University of Missouri Tigers in the longest uninterrupted rivalry in college football west of the Mississippi River, first played in 1891 and originally known as the "Border War." The name of the rivalry has since changed to the "Border Showdown" following the aftermath of 9/11. Each year the winner of the game is awarded a traveling trophy, the Marching Band Drum. In addition, KU has a rivalry with the Kansas State Wildcats called the Sunflower Showdown; when the two teams compete in football, the winner is awarded the Governor's Cup by the governor of Kansas.

Kansas has also played an annual game with the Nebraska Cornhuskers since 1905. This gives Kansas the second- and third-most played college football games in existence. KU is only 22-88-3 all-time against the Cornhuskers (as of 2006), and from 1969-2004 the Huskers rang up 36 consecutive victories, second longest in NCAA Division I (only Notre Dame's streak over Navy is longer. That streak came crashing down on November 5, 2005, when Kansas defeated Nebraska 40-15 in Lawrence. The 40 points are the most by the Jayhawks against Nebraska, and the 72 points scored by the Jayhawks in 2005 and 2006 combined is the largest consecutive two-year total in the series. Also, in the overtime loss on September 30, 2006, the 32 points scored was the most by any Jayhawk team in Lincoln since 1899, when KU won 36-20 in only their eighth all-time meeting.[4]

[edit] Records

  • December 23, 2005: KU's strong rushing defense finishes the season by limiting Houston to just 30 rushing yards in the Fort Worth Bowl, a KU bowl record, bringing its season average down to 83.3 yards allowed per game[5] and breaking the school record of 109.2 set in 1948.[6] It was the ninth time in the season the Jayhawks held their opponent to less than 100 yards on the ground. For the season, their defense ranked 3rd nationally against the rush.
  • September 23, 2006: KU's win over South Florida extends its home winning streak to eight games against non-conference foes. The Jayhawks are 7-1 in their last eight non-conference games and 14-6 in non-conference games since 2002.[7]
  • November 18, 2006: Kansas State rusher Leon Patton's 102 yards rushing breaks the Jayhawk defense's record setting 23 game streak without allowing a 100-yard rusher.[8] The streak started following a controversial 27-23 loss to Texas on November 13, 2004.
  • November 25, 2006: In the regular season finale, senior running back Jon Cornish rushes for 126 yards in a 42-17 loss to Missouri to become KU's all-time single season leading rusher. His 1,457 yards surpassed the previous record of 1,442 yards set by Tony Sands in 1991.[9]

[edit] 2007 Season Schedule

Season Record 0-0

[edit] 2006 Season Schedule

Season Record: 6-6

[edit] 2005 Season Schedule

Season Record: 7-5

[edit] All-Americans

[edit] Ring of Honor Members

(The Ring of Honor is located atop the northern bowl at Memorial Stadium and is intended to honor Kansas All-Americans and others who have made a significant on-field contribution to the football program.)

[edit] Retired Numbers

[edit] Bowl appearances

The Jayhawks have a 4-6 bowl record:

[edit] Football coaches

Head football coaches, including their win-loss records, years coached, and reason for leaving if other than firing:

  • E.M. Hopkins (6-1-1), 1891
  • A.W. Shepard (9-6-0), 1892-1893
  • Hector Cowan (15-7-1), 1894-1896
  • Wylie G. Woodruff (15-3-0), 1897-1898
  • Fielding Yost (10-0-0), 1899, accepted Stanford job
  • Charles Boynton (2-5-2), 1900
  • John H. Outland (3-5-2), 1901
  • Arthur Curtis (6-4-0), 1902
  • Harrison Weeks (6-3-0), 1903
  • A.R. Kennedy (53-9-4), 1904-1910
  • Ralph W. Sherwin (4-2-2), 1911
  • Arthur Mosse (9-7-0), 1912-1913
  • H.M. Wheaton (5-2-1), 1914
  • Herman Olcott (16-7-1), 1915-1917
  • Jay Bond (2-2-0), 1918
  • Leon McCarty (3-2-3), 1919
  • Forrest "Phog" Allen (5-2-1), 1920
  • Potsy Clark (16-17-6), 1921-1925
  • Franklin Cappon (5-10-1), 1926-1927
  • Bill Hargiss (22-18-2), 1928-1932
  • Ad Lindsey (19-28-8), 1933-1938
  • Gwinn Henry (9-27-0), 1939-1942
  • Henry Shenk (11-16-3), 1943-1945
  • George Sauer (15-3-3), 1946-1947, accepted Navy job
  • J.V. Sikes (35-25-0), 1948-1953
  • Chuck Mather (11-26-3), 1954-1957
  • Jack Mitchell (44-42-5), 1958–1966
  • Pepper Rodgers (20-22), 1967–1970, accepted UCLA job
  • Don Fambrough (19-25-1), 1971–1974
  • Bud Moore (17-21-1), 1975–1980
  • Don Fambrough (17-24-4), 1979–1982
  • Mike Gottfried (15-18-1), 1983–1985, accepted Pittsburgh job
  • Bob Valesente (4-17-1), 1986–1987
  • Glen Mason (47-54-1), 1988–1996, accepted Minnesota job
  • Terry Allen (20-33), 1997–2001
  • Mark Mangino (19-29), 2002–present

[edit] KU alumni currently in the NFL (2006)

Source: NFL.com[10]

[edit] Basketball

The men's and women's basketball teams play in Allen Fieldhouse and are currently coached by Bill Self and Bonnie Henrickson, respectively.

Men's Team

The men's team has enjoyed considerable success, and has won four national championships. The 1922 and 1923 championships predate the current NCAA championship tournament and were retroactively awarded by the Helms Foundation in 1936. The 1952 and 1988 championships were won in the NCAA tournament. Their 1873 wins are the third most wins in NCAA history, trailing only Kentucky (1926) and North Carolina (1883).

The men's team is also notable for its conference success. Including the split conference title with Texas in 2006, Kansas now has 49 conference titles all time, which is a record among all universities, 1 ahead of the Kentucky Wildcats. The Jayhawks have won a record 6 conference titles and a record 4 conference tournaments in the 10 years of the Big 12, and also own the best Big 12 records in both those areas with a 131-29 record in conference play and a 19-6 record in tournament play.

From 1990 to 1999 Kansas compiled a 286-60 record, the best win-loss record of any team in the decade. From 1994 to 1998, the Jayhawks won 62 consecutive home games at Allen Fieldhouse, which was the longest such streak in the NCAA at the time. The seniors of 1998 (Raef LaFrentz, Billy Thomas, and C.B. McGrath) went 58-0 at home during their KU careers.

From 1949 to 2006, the Jayhawks have been ranked 490 times in the weekly AP top 25 poll. 338 times in the top ten, 217 times in the top five, and 41 times ranked number one. A record in and of itself, only five schools have been ranked number one more times. Kansas was seeded fourth in the Oakland Region of the 2006 NCAA Tournament, the 17th consecutive appearance for the school and the 22nd in 23 years; Kansas missed out on the tourney in 1989 because of NCAA probation. KU ranks fourth in NCAA Tournament appearances, with 34. Kansas is also ranked fifth in NCAA Tournament victories, with 73.

The men's team has had several notable coaches, beginning play during the 1898-1899 season under head coach James Naismith, the inventor of the game and the only KU coach to post a losing record. In 1907, KU hired Phog Allen as head coach, where he would coach for 39 seasons. Allen would later be titled the "Father of Basketball Coaching," having passed his knowledge of the game to some of the most well-respected names in the history of college basketball. These would include two of the winningest coaches of all-time: Kentucky's Adolph Rupp and North Carolina's Dean Smith. Two of Smith's assistant coaches later became head coaches at KU: Larry Brown and Roy Williams. Current head coach Bill Self shares this rich pedigree, having been hired as a graduate assistant by Brown in 1985.

Women's Team

Kansas first fielded a women's team during the 1968-1969 season. For thirty-one seasons (1973-2004) the women's team was coached by Marian Washington, who led the team to three Big Eight championships, eleven NCAA Tournament appearances and four AIAW Tournament appearances. The team's best post-season result was a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 1996.

[edit] Men's All-Americans

(bold indicates consensus All-American)

[edit] Retired Jerseys

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

[edit] KU Men's Basketball Final Four history

[edit] Men's NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player

[edit] Men's basketball coaches

Head men's basketball coaches, including win-loss record, years coached, and reason for leaving:

All-Time Record: 1873-779 (.706)

[edit] Women's basketball coaches

Head women's basketball coaches, including win-loss record and years coached:

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

[edit] KU alumni currently in the NBA (2006-2007)

[edit] The 2006-07 Men's Basketball Team

After returning every key player from the 2006 team that shared the Big 12 regular season title with the Texas Longhorns and defeated Texas for the conference tournament title, the Jayhawks expect to repeat as Big 12 champs and contend for the national title in 2006-07. ESPN's Andy Katz had ranked the Jayhawks as the second best team in the nation for the preseason, while Dick Vitale had the Jayhawks ranked third. The starting lineup includes Russell Robinson (guard), Mario Chalmers (guard), Brandon Rush (small forward), Julian Wright (Forward), and Darrell Arthur (Forward/Center), one of two stellar freshmen that signed with KU. The other is point guard Sherron Collins. Other key returnees include Sasha Kaun, Darnell Jackson, and Jeremy Case.

One early-season casualty was C.J. Giles. He was suspended in early November for failure to attend practices, for poor showing in the classroom, and because of unpaid child support. He was to have been reinstated for the Winston-Salem State game, but another incident involving charges of assault and battery against his ex-girlfriend left Bill Self with no choice but to dismiss the troubled center from the team.

On a lighter note, following the Florida victory in Las Vegas, athletic director Lew Perkins announced that he had extended Coach Bill Self's contract through 2011.


[edit] 2006-07 Schedule and Results

Opponent Location Date & Time (CT) TV Results Standings
WASHBURN Lawrence Nov. 2, 7 pm KU-ESPN+ W 99-69 (exhibition)
EMPORIA STATE Lawrence Nov. 7, 7 pm KU-ESPN+ W 90-55 (exhibition)
NORTHERN ARIZONA Lawrence Nov. 11, 7 pm KU-ESPN+ W 91-57 1-0
ORAL ROBERTS Lawrence Nov. 15, 7 pm KU-ESPN+ L 71-78 1-1
TOWSON (1) Lawrence Nov. 19, 7 pm KU-ESPN+ W 87-61 2-1
TENNESSEE STATE (1) Lawrence Nov. 21, 7 pm KU-ESPN+ W 89-54 3-1
vs. Ball State (1) Las Vegas Nov. 24, 7 pm KU-ESPN+ W 64-46 4-1
vs. Florida (1) Las Vegas Nov. 25, 10 pm ESPN2 W 82-80, OT 5-1
DARTMOUTH Lawrence Nov. 28, 7 pm KU-ESPN+ W 83-32 6-1
@ DePaul Rosemont, IL Dec. 2, 1 pm ESPN-U L 57-64 6-2
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Lawrence Dec. 4, 8 pm ESPN2 W 72-62 7-2
vs. Toledo (2) Kansas City Dec. 9, Noon ESPN2 W 68-58 8-2
WINSTON-SALEM STATE Lawrence Dec. 19, 7 pm KU-ESPN+
BOSTON COLLEGE Lawrence Dec. 23, 12:30 pm or 1 pm CBS
DETROIT MERCY Lawrence Dec. 28, 7 pm KU-ESPN+
RHODE ISLAND Lawrence Dec. 30, 7 pm KU-ESPN+
@ South Carolina Columbia, SC Jan. 7, 3:30 pm CBS
OKLAHOMA STATE Lawrence Jan. 10, 8 pm ESPN2
@ Iowa State Ames, IA Jan. 13, 1 pm ESPN
MISSOURI Lawrence Jan. 15, 8 pm ESPN
@ Texas Tech Lubbock, TX Jan. 20, 11 am ESPN
@ Baylor Waco, TX Jan. 24, 7 pm KU-ESPN+
COLORADO Lawrence Jan. 27, 12:30 pm BIG 12-ESPN+
@ Nebraska Lincoln, NE Jan. 29, 8 pm ESPN
TEXAS A&M Lawrence Feb. 3, 8 pm ESPN
KANSAS STATE Lawrence Feb. 7, 8 pm BIG 12-ESPN+
@ Missouri Columbia, MO Feb. 10, 2:30 pm ABC
@ Colorado Boulder, CO Feb. 14, 8 pm KU-ESPN+
NEBRASKA Lawrence Feb. 17, 3 pm BIG 12-ESPN+
@ Kansas State Manhattan, KS Feb. 19, 8 pm ESPN
IOWA STATE Lawrence Feb. 24, 5 pm ESPN
@ Oklahoma Norman, OK Feb. 26, 8 pm ESPN
TEXAS Lawrence Mar. 3, 11 am CBS
Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Tournament Oklahoma City Mar. 8-11, Time TBA TBA

(1) = Findlay Toyota Las Vegas Invitational (2) = American Century Investments Shootout

[edit] Kansas In The Polls This Season

Week AP

Poll

 ESPN/

USA Today

Coaches Poll
Preseason #3 #3
Week of 11/13 #3 #3
Week of 11/20 #10 #12
Week of 11/27 #5 #5
Week of 12/4 #12 #13
Week of 12/11 #11 #12

[edit] Trivia

  • Since the expansion to 64 teams in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1985, there has never been a case where all four #1 seeds made it to the Final Four. The closest it has ever come to this was in 1993 when the #2 seeded Jayhawks led by Roy Williams defeated Bobby Knight's #1 seeded Indiana Hoosiers 83-77 to proceed to the Semifinals with #1 seeds Kentucky, Michigan, and North Carolina (where North Carolina emerged as National Champion under Kansas graduate, Coach Dean Smith).
  • The first Chinese broadcast of a Big 12 game was Kansas's 83-32 win at home versus Dartmouth on November 28, 2006.

[edit] Other Notable Athletes

[edit] Notes and References

  • Falkenstien, Max, as told to Doug Vance (1996). Max and the Jayhawks: 50 years on and off the air with KU Sports. Wichita, Kansas: The Wichita Eagle & Beacon Publishing Company, Inc.
Notes
  1. ^ Big 12 Record Book: Men's Basketball. Retrieved on 2006-12-01.
  2. ^ Big 12 Record Book: Women's Basketball. Retrieved on 2006-12-01.
  3. ^ Big 12 Record Book: Softball. Retrieved on 2006-12-01.
  4. ^ University of Kansas (September 30, 2006). Kansas Postgame Notes vs. Nebraska. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
  5. ^ University of Kansas (December 23, 2005). Kansas Postgame Notes. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
  6. ^ University of Kansas (November 26, 2005). Kansas Postgame Notes. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
  7. ^ University of Kansas (September 23, 2006). Kansas Postgame Notes. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
  8. ^ University of Kansas (November 18, 2006). KU-KSU Postgame Notes. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.
  9. ^ University of Kansas (November 25, 2006). Kansas Postgame Notes vs. Missouri. Press release. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.
  10. ^ NFL Rosters. National Football League. Retrieved on 2006-09-09.

[edit] Further reading

  • University of Kansas Traditions: The Jayhawk
  • Kirke Mechem, "The Mythical Jayhawk", Kansas Historical Quarterly XIII: 1 (February 1944), pp. 3–15. A tongue-in-cheek history and description of the Mythical Jayhawk.
  • Ryan Colaianni, "KU Bowl History", The University Daily Kansan (December 8, 2005).

[edit] External links


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