1965–66 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1965–66 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1965–66 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big Eight Champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
Record	23–4 (13–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Ted Owens (2nd season);
Assistant coach	Harry Gibson (1st season)
Captains	Del Lewis; Riney Lochmann;
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1964–65 1966–67 →

1965–66 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Kansas	13	–	1	.929	23	–	4	.852
Nebraska	12	–	2	.857	20	–	5	.800
Kansas State	9	–	5	.643	14	–	11	.560
Oklahoma	7	–	7	.500	11	–	14	.440
Colorado	6	–	8	.429	12	–	13	.480
Iowa State	6	–	8	.429	11	–	14	.440
Oklahoma State	2	–	12	.143	4	–	21	.160
Missouri	1	–	13	.071	3	–	21	.125

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1965–66 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1965–66 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Led by second-year head coach Ted Owens, the fourth-ranked Jayhawks won the Big Eight Conference title and the automatic berth in the 22-team NCAA tournament.^[2]^[3]

Kansas' Elite Eight double-overtime loss to eventual champion Texas Western,^[4] (now UTEP), was featured in the 2006 film Glory Road.

Roster

Walt Wesley
Al Lopes
Del Lewis
Ron Franz
Rodger Bohnenstiehl
Bob Wilson
Riney Lochmann
Jo Jo White
Pat Davis
Fred Chana
John Carter

Source:^[3]^[5]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
December 1*	No. 8	Arkansas	W 81–52	1–0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 4*	No. 8	at Texas Tech	W 74–70	2–0	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, TX
December 7*	No. 7	New Mexico State	W 102–51	3–0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 10*	No. 7	Maryland	W 71–62	4–0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 11*	No. 7	vs. St. John's	W 61–55	5–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
December 17*	No. 4	at No. 8 UCLA	L 71–78	5–1	Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
December 18*	No. 4	at USC	L 69–81	5–2	L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, CA
December 23*		at Ohio State	W 81–68	6–2	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
December 28		vs. Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 69–63	7–2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 29		vs. Iowa State	W 73–66	8–2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 30		vs. Nebraska	W 71–61	9–2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
January 3		at Colorado	W 69–55	10–2 (1–0)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, CO
January 8		Iowa State	W 82–65	11–2 (2–0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 10		Oklahoma	W 89–68	12–2 (3–0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 15	No. 10	at Iowa State	W 49–47	13–2 (4–0)	The Armory Ames, IA
January 18	No. 6	at Nebraska	L 75–83	13–3 (4–1)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
January 22	No. 6	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 69–61	14–3 (5–1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 5	No. 7	at Missouri Border War	W 77–54	15–3 (6–1)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
February 12	No. 7	Oklahoma State	W 59–38	16–3 (7–1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 15	No. 7	Missouri Border War	W 98–54	17–3 (8–1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 19	No. 7	at Oklahoma State	W 80–47	18–3 (9–1)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 21	No. 7	at Oklahoma	W 86–69	19–3 (10–1)	Field House Norman, OK
February 26	No. 6	No. 8 Nebraska	W 110–73	20–3 (11–1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 5	No. 6	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 68–55	21–3 (12–1)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
March 7	No. 6	Colorado	W 85–65	22–3 (13–1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
NCAA Tournament
March 11*	No. 4	vs. SMU Regional semifinal	W 76–70	23–3	Lubbock Memorial Coliseum Lubbock, TX
March 12*	No. 4	vs. No. 3 Texas Western Elite Eight	L 80–81 ^2OT	23–4	Lubbock Memorial Coliseum Lubbock, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source:^[6]

References

^ sports-reference.com 1965-66 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ Morey, Earl (March 8, 1966). "KU eyes NCAA title after winning loop". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). p. 12.
^ ^a ^b "KU, SMU to renew rivalry". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). March 9, 1966. p. 25.
^ "KU ends fine year in 2-OT heartbreak". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). March 14, 1966. p. 13.
^ 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 1965-66 Big Eight Conference Season Summary

[afwlop-2] Morey, Earl (March 8, 1966). "KU eyes NCAA title after winning loop". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). p. 12.

[smuren-3] "KU, SMU to renew rivalry". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). March 9, 1966. p. 25.

[efyr-4] "KU ends fine year in 2-OT heartbreak". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). March 14, 1966. p. 13.

[KU_Media_Guide-5] 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

[6] 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