1971–72 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1971–72 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1971–72 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	11–15 (7–7 Big 8)
Head coach	Ted Owens (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Bob Frederick (2nd season); Sam Miranda (6th season);
Captain	Bud Stallworth
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1970–71 1972–73 →

1971–72 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Kansas State	12	–	2	.857	19	–	9	.679
Missouri	10	–	4	.714	21	–	6	.778
Oklahoma	9	–	5	.643	14	–	12	.538
Nebraska	7	–	7	.500	14	–	12	.538
Kansas	7	–	7	.500	11	–	15	.423
Iowa State	5	–	9	.357	12	–	14	.462
Colorado	4	–	10	.286	7	–	19	.269
Oklahoma State	2	–	12	.143	4	–	22	.154

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1971–72 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1971–72 college men's basketball season.

Roster

Bud Stallworth
Tom Kivisto
Randy Canfield
Aubrey Nash
Wilson Barrow
Dave Taynor
Neal Mask
Mark Mathews
Fred Bosilevac Jr.
Dale Haase
Ken Franklin
Randy Culberston
Jerry House

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*	No. 14	Xavier	W 75–57	1-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 4*	No. 14	Kentucky	L 69–79	1-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 6*	No. 14	at Indiana	L 56–59	1-2	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
December 8*		Notre Dame	W 88–72	2-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 11*		Louisville	L 65–74	2-3	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 17*		BYU	W 83–67	3-3	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 18*		USC	L 77–87	3-4	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 28*		vs. Iowa State	L 88–91	3-5	Kansas City, MO
December 29*		vs. Oklahoma	L 69–97	3-6	Kansas City, MO
December 30*		vs. Oklahoma State	L 65–66	3-7	Kansas City, MO
January 3*		at Iowa	L 68–81	3-8	Iowa City, Iowa
January 15		Oklahoma State	W 85–58	4-8 (1-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 17		Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 66–63 ^2OT	5-8 (2-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 22		at Colorado	L 69–74	5-9 (2-1)	Boulder, CO
January 24		Iowa State	W 74–71	6-9 (3-1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 29		Nebraska	W 57–77 ^OT	7-9 (4-1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 1		at Missouri Border War	L 60–64	7-10 (4-2)	Columbia, MO
February 5		at Iowa State	L 83–84	7-11 (4-3)	Ames, IA
February 7*		Georgia Tech	W 93–65	8-11	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 12		Oklahoma	W 77–74	9-11 (5-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 15		at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 66–78	9-12 (5-4)	Manhattan, KS
February 19		at Nebraska	L 78–99	9-13 (5-5)	Lincoln, NE
February 21		Colorado	W 71–59	10-13 (6-5)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 26		Missouri Border War	W 93–80	11-13 (7-5)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 4		at Oklahoma State	L 72–76	11-14 (7-6)	Stillwater, OK
March 6		at Oklahoma	L 82–84 ^2OT	11-15 (7-7)	Norman, OK
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Statistics

Leading scorers

Bud Stallworth (6-5 Sr F) 25.3
Tom Kivisto (6-3 So G) 8.9
Randy Canfield (6-9 Jr C) 7.6
Aubrey Nash (6-1 Sr G) 6.7
Wilson Barrow (6-6 Jr F) 6.4

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1971-72 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ 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.
^ 2012-13 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Accessed 2013-Aug-11.

[1] sports-reference.com 1971-72 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.

[4] 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