1994–95 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1994–95 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1994–95 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big Eight Regular Season Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Sweet Sixteen, vs. Virginia L 58-67
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 5
Record	25-6 (11-3 Big Eight)
Head coach	Roy Williams (7th season);
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1993–94 1995–96 →

1994–95 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 5 Kansas	11	–	3	.786	25	–	6	.806
No. 14 Oklahoma State †	10	–	4	.714	27	–	10	.730
No. 17 Oklahoma	9	–	5	.643	23	–	9	.719
No. 23 Missouri	8	–	6	.571	20	–	9	.690
Iowa State	6	–	8	.429	23	–	11	.676
Colorado	5	–	9	.357	15	–	13	.536
Nebraska	4	–	10	.286	18	–	14	.563
Kansas State	3	–	11	.214	12	–	15	.444

† 1995 Big Eight tournament winner As of April 4, 1995 Rankings from AP poll

The 1994–95 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 1994–95 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 97th basketball season. The head coach was Roy Williams, who served his 7th year at KU. The team played its home games in Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kansas.

Roster

Name	#	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Home Town
Joel Branstrom	44	Forward	6-6	190	Junior	Half Moon Bay, California
Greg Gurley	33	Guard	6-5	215	Senior	Leawood, Kansas
Jerod Haase	35	Guard	6-3	185	Sophomore	South Lake Tahoe, California
Raef LaFrentz	45	Forward	6–11	220	Freshman	Hampton, Iowa
C.B. McGrath	24	Guard	5-11	160	Freshman	Topeka, Kansas
Scott Novosel	5	Guard	6-1	175	Senior	Leawood, Kansas
Greg Ostertag	00	Center	7-2	270	Senior	Duncanville, Texas
Sean Pearson	21	Forward/Guard	6–5	210	Junior	LaGrange, Illinois
Scot Pollard	31	Center	6–10	250	Sophomore	San Diego, California
Calvin Rayford	10	Guard	5-7	155	Senior(RS)	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Billy Thomas	12	Forward/Guard	6–4	200	Freshman	Shreveport, Louisiana
Jacque Vaughn	11	Guard	6–1	195	Sophomore	Pasadena, California
T.J. Whatley	14	Guard	6–4	180	Junior	Benton, Arkansas
B.J. Williams	22	Forward	6–8	205	Sophomore	Wichita, Kansas

Big Eight Conference standings

#	Team	Conference	Pct.	Overall	Pct.
1	Kansas	11-3	.786	25-6	.806
2	Oklahoma State	10-4	.714	27-10	.730
3	Oklahoma	9-5	.643	23-9	.719
4	Missouri	8-6	.571	20-9	.690
5	Iowa State	6-8	.429	23-11	.676
6	Colorado	5-9	.357	15-13	.536
7	Nebraska	4-10	.289	18-14	.563
8	Kansas State	3-11	.214	12-15	.444

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
11/26/1994*	No. 9	San Diego	W 83-65	1–0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
12/3/1994*	No. 7	vs. No. 1 UMass John R. Wooden Classic	W 81-75	2–0	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim Anaheim, CA
12/5/1994*	No. 4	Coppin State	W 91-69	3–0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
12/7/1994*	No. 4	No. 6 Florida	W 69-63	4–0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
12/10/1994*	No. 4	at NC State	W 96-91	5-0	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
12/17/1994*	No. 3	at Indiana	L 61-80	5-1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana
12/20/1994*	No. 7	Santa Clara	W 80-75	6-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
12/22/1994*	No. 7	Rice	W 71-57	7-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
12/31/1994*	No. 6	Fort Hays State	W 93-55	8-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
1/3/1995*	No. 5	East Tennessee State	W 106-73	9-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
1/7/1995*	No. 5	at SMU	W 97-58	10-1	Moody Coliseum University Park, TX
1/9/1995	No. 3	at No. 17 Missouri Border War	W 102-89	11-1	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
1/14/1995	No. 3	at No. 23 Iowa State	L 65-69	11-2	Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
1/18/1995	No. 7	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 78-74	12-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
1/21/1995	No. 7	at Colorado	W 91-77	13-2	Coors Events Center Boulder, CO
1/23/1995	No. 7	Nebraska	W 84-67	14-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
1/28/1995*	No. 7	vs. No. 2 Connecticut PowerBar Shootout	W 88-59	15-2	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
2/1/1995	No. 3	Colorado	W 99-77	16-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
2/4/1995	No. 3	No. 11 Iowa State	W 91-71	17-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
2/6/1995	No. 2	at No. 24 Oklahoma State	L 69-79	17-3	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
2/11/1995	No. 2	Oklahoma	W 93-76	18-3	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
2/14/1995	No. 3	at Nebraska	W 91-68	19-3	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
2/18/1995	No. 3	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 78-67	20-3	Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
2/20/1995	No. 1	at No. 25 Oklahoma	L 73-76	20-4	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
2/25/1995	No. 1	No. 14 Missouri Border War	W 88-69	21-4	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
3/5/1995	No. 3	No. 18 Oklahoma State	W 78-62	22-4	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
Big Eight Tournament
3/10/1995	No. 2	vs. Kansas State Quarterfinals	W 90-45	23-4	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
3/11/1995	No. 2	vs. Iowa State Semifinals	L 72-80 ^OT	23-5	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
NCAA Tournament
3/16/1995*	No. 5 (1)	vs. (16) Colgate First Round	W 82-68	24-5	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, OH
3/18/1995*	No. 5 (1)	vs. No. 21 (8) Western Kentucky Second Round	W 75-70	25-5	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, OH
3/24/1995*	No. 5 (1)	vs. No. 13 (4) Virginia Sweet Sixteen	L 58-67	25-6	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll, NCAA tournament seeds shown in parenthesis. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Standard Time.

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Rankings

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17
AP	11	9	7	4	3	7	6	5	3	7	7	3	2	3	1	3	2	5
Coaches

*There was no coaches poll in week 1.

References

^ "Big 12 Record Book (PDF)" (PDF) (Press release). Big 12 Conference. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
^ "Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball 1994-95 Season Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (English) on 2013-07-15. Retrieved 2013-06-15.

[1] "Big 12 Record Book (PDF)" (PDF) (Press release). Big 12 Conference. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2013-07-14.

[Schedule-2] "Kansas Jayhawks Men's Basketball 1994-95 Season Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (English) on 2013-07-15. Retrieved 2013-06-15.

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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

Roster

Big Eight Conference standings

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References