1972–73 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1972–73 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1972–73 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	8–18 (4–10 Big 8)
Head coach	Ted Owens (9th season);
Assistant coaches	Jim Karabestsos (1st season); Sam Miranda (7th season);
Captain	Wilson Barrow
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1971–72 1973–74 →

1972–73 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 9 Kansas State	12	–	2	.857	23	–	5	.821
No. 15 Missouri	9	–	5	.643	21	–	6	.778
Colorado	9	–	5	.643	13	–	13	.500
Oklahoma	8	–	6	.571	18	–	8	.692
Iowa State	7	–	7	.500	16	–	10	.615
Nebraska	7	–	7	.500	9	–	17	.346
Kansas	4	–	10	.286	8	–	18	.308
Oklahoma State	3	–	11	.214	7	–	19	.269

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1972–73 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1972–73 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Roster

Rick Suttle
Tom Kivisto
Dale Greenlee
Danny Knight
Tommie Smith
Marshall Rogers
Wilson Barrow
Dave Taynor
Mike Fiddelke
Dale Haase
Nino Samuel
Derrick Glanton
D. Rogers

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*	Vanderbilt	L 64-72	0-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 5*	Indiana	L 55-72	0-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 7*	Murray State	W 69-63	1-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 9*	Iowa	L 56-69	1-3	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 11*	Xavier	W 61-54	2-3	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 15*	Texas Tech	W 67-51	3-3	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 16*	San Francisco	W 60-58	4-3	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 23	at Kentucky	L 71-77	4-4	Memorial Coliseum Lexington, KY
December 28	vs. No. 16 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 70-91	4-5	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
December 29	vs. Nebraska	L 72-74	4-6	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
December 30	vs. Colorado	L 68-71	4-7	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
January 7*	at Notre Dame	L 64-66	4-8	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
January 13	Colorado	W 67-58	5-8 (1-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 20	at No. 8 Missouri Border War	L 72-75	5-9 (1-1)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
January 23*	No. 18 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 68-77	5-10 (1-2)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 27	at Iowa State	W 90-78	6-10 (2-2)	James H. Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 3	Oklahoma	W 76-69	7-10 (3-2)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 10	Nebraska	L 46-59	7-11 (3-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 13	at No. 15 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 66-67	7-12 (3-4)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
February 17	Oklahoma State	W 75-66	8-12 (4-4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 19	at Colorado	L 66-72	8-13 (4-5)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, CO
February 24	at Nebraska	L 59-62	8-14 (4-6)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
February 27	No. 13 Missouri Border War	L 63-79	8-15 (4-7)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 3	at Oklahoma	L 58-60	8-16 (4-8)	McCasland Field House Norman, OK
March 5	at Oklahoma State	L 87-94	8-17 (4-9)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
March 10 1:10 pm, Big Eight	Iowa State	L 65-89	8-18 (4-10)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1972-73 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ ^a ^b 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

[1] sports-reference.com 1972-73 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 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