Men's Basketball

University of Kansas

Allen Fieldhouse - Lawrence, KS - 66045
Team Office: Tel: (785) 864-3056 Fax: (785) 864-7944
Team website: www.kuathletics.com

Founded in 1866, Kansas is a top research institution as evidenced by its Carnegie Research Level I distinction. Kansas offers more than 80 Bachelor degrees, nearly 100 Master's, and over 60 PhDs. Majors offered include Sports and Exercise, Respiratory Therapy Technician, Occupational Therapy, Music Therapy, Museum Studies, International Relations, Regional Planning, and Native American Studies. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Kansas #85 among national institutions.

University of Kansas is located in Lawrence (pop.90k) about 45 miles from Kansas City, Missouri.

School website
http://www.ku.edu/

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

27,000

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. ACT 25/75: 22-28

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$12,000
Out-of-State: ~$21,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Biological Sciences - Journalism

Misc. Information

Head coach Bill Self completed his 5th year at Kansas in 2007-08. Few would argue that Kansas is perhaps the most successful men's college basketball program in the nation today. Dr. James Naismith, who invented the game of basketeball and was KU's first coach, would be proud of what the program has accomplished. In the last 37 years Kansas has had only three losing seasons and sports an all-time .712 winning percentage. While the Jayhawks's most recent success came under former coach Roy Williams whose teams over a 15 year period averaged nearly 28 wins per season, the baton has been passed to the younger, yet highly successful Self, who began his coaching career at Kansas in 1985 as an assistant under Larry Brown. Self, who enjoyed success at Oral Roberts, Tulsa, and more recently, Illinois, brought a .663 winning percentage to Kansas. Following on the footsteps of back-to-back 30 win seasons, Self wasted no time proving himself in his inaugural debut in 2003-04, going 24-9. In 2007-08, Self led the Jayhawks to a 37-3 record and beat Memphis for the NCAA championship.

Team Name	Jayhawks
Colors	Crimson and Blue
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	1943-785 (.712)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	37-3	33-5	25-8	136-35 (.795)
Conference	13-3	14-2	13-3	66-14 (.825)
Conf. Finish	1	1	1	1, 2, 1, 1, 2
Post Appear.	Nat'l Ch	Final 4	1st Rnd	NCAA 5x
Final 25 Rank	#1	#2	#12	4x

Coaches

Head Coach	Bill Self
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Kansas	2003-04
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	349-137 (.718)
Record at Kansas	143-32 (.817)
Coaching Awards	Sporting News Nat'l COTY (00), Naismith COTY Final

Asst. Coaches	Joe Dooley, Kurtis Townsend, Danny Manning

Recruiting Coordinator

Joe Dooley, (785) 864-3056, mensbasketball@jayhawks.org

Conference and Schedule

Kansas plays in the Big 12 (www.big12sports.com) which is comprised of 12 teams from six different states in two divisions. Kansas plays in the north division. Currently, Kansas plays a 16 game schedule, playing five teams twice and the remainder of the conference opponents once. League play commences in early January with games typically on Monday or Wednesday evening and Saturday afternoon. The farthest conference game is at the University of Colorado, about 500 miles from Lawerence. The season concludes with the Big 12 tourney which takes all 12 teams with the top four receiving first round byes. The tournament winner is an automatic qualifier.

Conference Opponents

South: Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Texas, Oklahoma State, and Baylor. North: Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas State, Missouri, and Iowa State.

Facilities

Allen Fieldhouse
Capacity 16,300, Average attendance (16,300)

The Allen Fieldhouse is the largest basketball arena in the Big 12 Conference and the largest in the state.

Style/Stats

In 2006-07, Kansas was ranked 20th in scoring offense at 78.4 ppg.