1968–69 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1968–69 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1968–69 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
NIT, First Round
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 19
Record	20–7 (9–5 Big 8)
Head coach	Ted Owens (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Gale Catlett (2nd season); Sam Miranda (3rd season);
Captains	Bruce Sloan; Jo Jo White;
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1967–68 1969–70 →

1968–69 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 18 Colorado	10	–	4	.714	21	–	7	.750
No. 19 Kansas	9	–	5	.643	20	–	7	.741
Kansas State	9	–	5	.643	14	–	12	.538
Iowa State	8	–	6	.571	14	–	12	.538
Missouri	7	–	7	.500	14	–	11	.560
Oklahoma State	5	–	9	.357	12	–	13	.480
Nebraska	5	–	9	.357	12	–	14	.462
Oklahoma	3	–	11	.214	7	–	19	.269

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1968–69 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1968–69 college men's basketball season. On February 3, 1969 the Jayhawks reached the milestone victory by recording their thousandth win for the program by defeating the Oklahoma State Cowboys in Lawrence.^[2]

Roster

Dave Robisch
Jo Jo White
Bruce Sloan
Rich Bradshaw
Pierre Russell
Roger Brown
Phil Harmon
Greg Douglas
Dave Nash
Tim Natsus
Howard Arndt
Chester Lawrence

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 30*	No. 5	Saint Louis	W 88–65	1-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 3*	No. 4	at Wisconsin	L 62–67	1-1	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
December 7*	No. 4	Loyola (IL)	W 93–61	2-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 9*	No. 4	Xavier	W 79–56	3-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 13*	No. 11	vs. Creighton	W 78–65	4-1	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
December 14*	No. 11	Syracuse	W 71–41	5-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 16*	No. 11	Murray State	W 72–59	6-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 20	No. 11	at Utah State	W 67–61	7-1	Nelson Fieldhouse Logan, UT
December 21	No. 11	at Stanford	W 76–67	8-1	Maples Pavilion Stanford, CA
December 26	No. 8	vs. Nebraska	W 82–56	9-1	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 28	No. 8	vs. Colorado	W 60–55	10-1	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 30	No. 8	vs. Oklahoma State	W 56–45	11-1	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
January 4	No. 5	at Nebraska	W 56–52	12-1 (1-0)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
January 6	No. 5	Iowa State	W 94–61	13-1 (2-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 11	No. 5	at Missouri Border War	L 46–47	13-2 (2-1)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
January 13	No. 5	at Iowa State	L 72–78	13-3 (2-2)	Iowa State Armory Ames, IA
January 18	No. 10	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 73–67	14-3 (3-2)	Ahrean Field House Manhattan, KS
February 1	No. 15	No. 17 Colorado	W 80–70	15-3 (4-2)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 3	No. 15	Oklahoma State	W 64–48	16-3 (5-2)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 8	No. 13	at Oklahoma	W 66–59 ^OT	17-3 (6-2)	McCasland Field House Norman, OK
February 10	No. 13	at Oklahoma State	W 45–41	18-3 (7-2)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 15	No. 12	Missouri Border War	L 55–56	18-4 (7-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 22	No. 16	Nebraska	W 79–73	19-4 (8-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 24	No. 16	Oklahoma	W 83–58	20-4 (9-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 1	No. 13	at Colorado	L 67–75	20-5 (9-4)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, CO
March 8	No. 13	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 57–64	20-6 (9-5)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 16	No. 19	vs. No. 16 Boston College NIT First Round	L 62–78	20-7	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1968-69 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ ^a ^b 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide Retrieved 2015-May-22.
^ 2012-13 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Accessed 2013-Aug-11.

[1] sports-reference.com 1968-69 Big Eight Conference Season Summary

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

[3] 2012-13 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Accessed 2013-Aug-11.

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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 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