1969–70 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1969–70 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1969–70 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	17–9 (8–6 Big 8)
Head coach	Ted Owens (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Gale Catlett (3rd season); Sam Miranda (4th season);
Captain	Chester Lawrence
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1968–69 1970–71 →

1969–70 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Kansas State	10	–	4	.714	20	–	8	.714
Kansas	8	–	6	.571	17	–	9	.654
Oklahoma	7	–	7	.500	19	–	9	.679
Nebraska	7	–	7	.500	16	–	9	.640
Missouri	7	–	7	.500	15	–	11	.577
Colorado	7	–	7	.500	14	–	12	.538
Oklahoma State	5	–	9	.357	14	–	12	.538
Iowa State	5	–	9	.357	12	–	14	.462

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1969–70 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1969–70 college men's basketball season.

Roster

Dave Robisch
Pierre Russell
Bud Stallworth
Bob Kivisto
Roger Brown
Aubrey Nash
Chester Lawrence
Fred Bosilevac Jr.
Neal Mask
Mark Mathews
Tim Natsus

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*		Marshall	W 96–80	1-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 6*		at No. 2 Kentucky	L 85–115	1-1	Kentucky Lexington, KY
December 8*		Wisconsin	W 76–60	2-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 13*		at Loyola (IL)	W 72–71	3-1	Alumni Gym Chicago, IL
December 15*		at No. 10 Notre Dame	W 75–63	4-1	Joyce Center Notre Dame, IN
December 19*		SMU	W 89–77	5-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 20*		Western Kentucky	W 104–81	6-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 26	No. 16	vs. Oklahoma	L 64–68 ^OT	6-2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 29	No. 16	vs. Oklahoma State	W 72–56	7-2	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 30		vs. Nebraska	L 73–78	7-3	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
January 5		at Missouri Border War	L 53–56	7-4 (0-1)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
January 10		Iowa State	W 82–62	8-4 (1-1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 17*		Murray State	W 64–62	9-4	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 24*		Valparaiso	W 74–58	10-4	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 26		at Iowa State	L 89–91	10-5 (1-2)	Iowa State Armory Ames, IA
January 31		at Colorado	W 75–73	11-5 (2-2)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 2		Oklahoma	W 78–41	12-5 (3-2)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 7		at Nebraska	L 73–84	12-6 (3-3)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
February 9		Oklahoma State	W 69–58	13-6 (4-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 14		at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 68–71	13-7 (4-4)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
February 17		Nebraska	W 100–87	14-7 (5-4)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 21		Colorado	L 73–81	14-8 (5-5)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, CO
February 23		Missouri Border War	W 63–45	15-8 (6-5)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 28		at Oklahoma State	W 78–58	16-8 (7-5)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
March 2		at Oklahoma	L 77–82	16-9 (7-6)	McCasland Field House Norman, OK
March 7	No. 16	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 82–79	17-9 (8-6)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1969-70 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.

[1] sports-reference.com 1969-70 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.

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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