1977–78 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1977–78 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1977–78 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big Eight Champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 10
Record	24–5 (13–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Ted Owens (14th season);
Assistant coach	Walt Wesley (1st season)
Captains	John Douglas; Ken Koenigs (2nd year);
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1976–77 1978–79 →

1977–78 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 10 Kansas	13	–	1	.929	24	–	5	.828
Iowa State	9	–	5	.643	14	–	13	.519
Nebraska	9	–	5	.643	22	–	8	.733
Kansas State	7	–	7	.500	18	–	11	.621
Oklahoma	7	–	7	.500	14	–	13	.519
Oklahoma State	4	–	10	.286	10	–	16	.385
Missouri †	4	–	10	.286	14	–	16	.467
Colorado	3	–	11	.214	9	–	18	.333

† 1978 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1977–78 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Roster[edit]

Darnell Valentine
John Douglas
Ken Koenigs
Donnie Von Moore
Paul Mokeski
Clint Johnson
Wilmore Fowler
Brad Sanders
Scott Anderson
Hasan Houston
Douglas Booty Neal
Mac Stallcup
Milt Gibson
John Crawford
David Verser

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Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 28*		Central Michigan	W 121-65	1-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
November 30*		Fordham	W 99-67	2-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 2*		SMU	W 107-71	3-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 5*		Murray State	W 106-71	4-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 7*	No. 19	Fairleigh Dickinson	W 88-54	5-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 10*	No. 19	No. 1 Kentucky	L 66-73	5-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 17*	No. 20	Saint Louis	W 85-65	6-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 20*	No. 16	at Oral Roberts	W 91-73	7-1	Mabee Center Tulsa, OK
December 22*	No. 16	vs. No. 4 Arkansas	L 72-78	7-2	Barton Coliseum Little Rock, AR
December 28	No. 17	vs. Missouri Border War	W 96-49	8-2	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
December 29	No. 17	vs. Oklahoma	W 79-76	9-2	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
December 30	No. 17	vs. Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 67-62	10-2	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
January 7	No. 14	at Missouri Border War	W 71-67	11-2 (1-0)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
January 11	No. 10	at Oklahoma State	W 69-57	12-2 (2-0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
January 14	No. 10	Oklahoma	W 91-61	13-2 (3-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 18	No. 8	at Iowa State	W 100-82	14-2 (4-0)	James H. Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
January 21	No. 8	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 56-52	15-2 (5-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 25	No. 8	at Nebraska	L 58-62	15-3 (5-1)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
January 28	No. 8	Colorado	W 85-56	16-3 (6-1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 1	No. 8	Oklahoma State	W 83-65	17-3 (7-1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 4	No. 8	at Oklahoma	W 69-68	18-3 (8-1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
February 8	No. 8	Missouri Border War	W 72-52	19-3 (9-1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 11	No. 8	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 75-63	20-3 (10-1)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
February 15	No. 6	Iowa State	W 80-70	21-3 (11-1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 18	No. 6	Nebraska	W 75-70	22-3 (12-1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 25	No. 6	at Colorado	W 70-60	23-3 (13-1)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, CO
February 28		No. 5 Colorado Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament Quarterfinals	W 82-66	24-3	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 3	No. 5	vs. Kansas State Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament semifinals Sunflower Showdown	L 76-87	24-4	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
March 11	No. 9	vs. No. 2 UCLA NCAA West Regional Quarterfinals	L 76-83	24-5	McArthur Court Eugene, OR
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. West=W.

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References[edit]

^ sports-reference.com 1977-78 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ ^a ^b 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

[1] sports-reference.com 1977-78 Big Eight Conference Season Summary

[KU_Media_Guide-2] 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

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v t e Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Venues	Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State (results) Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Blue blood status Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" Jayhawkers
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics