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 →

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

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]

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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