1970–71 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1970–71 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1970–71 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big Eight Champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
Record	27–3 (14–0 Big 8)
Head coach	Ted Owens (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Gale Catlett (4th season); Sam Miranda (5th season);
Captain	Pierre Russell
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1969–70 1971–72 →

1970–71 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Kansas	14	–	0	1.000	27	–	3	.900
Oklahoma	9	–	5	.643	19	–	8	.704
Missouri	9	–	5	.643	17	–	9	.654
Nebraska	8	–	6	.571	18	–	8	.692
Colorado	6	–	8	.429	14	–	12	.538
Kansas State	6	–	8	.429	11	–	15	.423
Oklahoma State	2	–	12	.143	7	–	19	.269
Iowa State	2	–	12	.143	5	–	21	.192

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1970–71 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1970–71 college men's basketball season.

Roster

Dave Robisch
Bud Stallworth
Roger Brown
Pierre Russell
Aubrey Nash
Mark Williams
Bob Kivisto
Randy Canfield
Greg Douglas
Mark Mathews
Jerry House
Neal Mask

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*	No. 14	No. 18 Long Beach State	W 69–52	1-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 5*	No. 14	Eastern Kentucky	W 79–65	2-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 7*	No. 14	South Dakota State	W 95–59	3-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 12*	No. 11	Loyola (IL)	W 94–62	4-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 18*	No. 12	Saint Joseph's	W 80–65	5-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 19*	No. 12	Houston	W 89–73	6-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 21*	No. 12	at Louisville	L 75–87	6-1	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
December 26	No. 8	vs. Missouri Border War	W 96–63	7-1	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 29	No. 12	vs. Iowa State	W 59–56	8-1	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 30	No. 12	vs. Nebraska	W 72–52	9-1	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
January 12*	No. 8	at Georgia Tech	W 84–71	10-1	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
January 16*	No. 8	Oklahoma City	W 101–77	11-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 18	No. 8	Iowa State	W 83–57	12-1 (1-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 23	No. 5	Oklahoma State	W 90–55	13-1 (2-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 30	No. 5	at Iowa State	W 95–72	14-1 (3-0)	James H. Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 1	No. 5	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 79–74	15-1 (4-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 6	No. 5	at Nebraska	W 81–67	16-1 (5-0)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
February 8	No. 5	Colorado	W 91–67	17-1 (6-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 13	No. 5	at Oklahoma State	W 63–50	18-1 (7-0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 15	No. 5	at Oklahoma	W 71–68	19-1 (8-0)	McCasland Field House Norman, OK
February 20	No. 5	Missouri Border War	W 85–66	20-1 (9-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 23	No. 5	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 61–48	21-1 (10-0)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
February 27	No. 5	at Colorado	W 66–65	22-1 (11-0)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, CO
March 6	No. 4	Oklahoma	W 54–52 ^OT	23-1 (12-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 8	No. 4	at Missouri Border War	W 71–69	24-1 (13-0)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
March 13	No. 5	Nebraska	W 59–54	25-1 (14-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 18	No. 4	vs. No. 14 Houston NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals	W 78–77	26-1	Levitt Arena Wichita, KS
March 20	No. 4	vs. No. 18 Drake Midwest Regional Finals	W 73–71	27-1	Levitt Arena Wichita, KS
March 25	No. 4	vs. No. 1 UCLA National semifinals	L 60–68	27-2	Astrodome Houston, TX
March 27	No. 4	vs. No. 7 Western Kentucky National third-place game	L 75–77	27-3	Astrodome Houston, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1970-71 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 1970-71 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