1973–74 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1973–74 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1973–74 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big Eight Champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 7
Record	23–7 (13–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Ted Owens (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Sam Miranda (8th season); Duncan Reid (1st season);
Captains	Tom Kivisto; Dave Taynor;
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1972–73 1974–75 →

1973–74 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 7 Kansas	13	–	1	.929	23	–	7	.767
Kansas State	11	–	3	.786	19	–	8	.704
Oklahoma	9	–	5	.643	18	–	8	.692
Nebraska	7	–	7	.500	14	–	12	.538
Iowa State	6	–	8	.429	15	–	11	.577
Colorado	4	–	10	.286	9	–	17	.346
Missouri	3	–	11	.214	12	–	14	.462
Oklahoma State	3	–	11	.214	9	–	17	.346

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1973–74 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1973–74 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team finished with an overall record of 23–7 (13–1 Big 8) In the 1974 NCAA Tournament, Kansas advanced all the way to their 6th Final Four appearance. But the Jayhawks lost to Marquette in the semifinals then lost the third place game to UCLA.

Roster

Danny Knight
Roger Morningstar
Dale Greenlee
Norm Cook
Rick Suttle
Tom Kivisto
Tommie Smith
Dave Taynor
Nino Samuel
Donnie Von Moore
Reuben Shelton
Jack Hollis
Bob Emery
Paul Werner
Chris Barnthouse
Dwight Haley

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*	No. 13	Murray State	W 103–71	1–0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 3*	No. 13	No. 10 Kentucky	W 71–63	2–0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 5*		No. 3 Indiana	L 59–72	2–1	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
December 8*		Northern Iowa	W 94–60	3–1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 14*		Washington State	W 66–51	4–1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 15*		Oregon	W 67–49	5–1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 22*		at No. 17 Vanderbilt	L 72–83	5–2	Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN
December 26		vs. Colorado	L 71–73	5–3	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
December 28		vs. Oklahoma	W 82–72	6–3	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 29		vs. Nebraska	W 75–66	7–3	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
January 2		at Iowa	W 72–71	8–3	Iowa Field House Iowa City, IA
January 12*		Nebraska	W 79–64	9–3 (1–0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 14		at Iowa State	W 73–69	10–3 (2–0)	James H. Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
January 19		Oklahoma State	W 68–66	11–3 (3–0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 22*		No. 1 Notre Dame	L 74–76	11–4	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 25		at Oklahoma	W 82–79	12–4 (4–0)	McCasland Field House Norman, OK
January 29	No. 18	at Missouri Border War	W 80–67	13–4 (5–0)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
February 4	No. 18	Colorado	W 81–66	14–4 (6–0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 9	No. 17	at Oklahoma State	W 80–71	15–4 (7–0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 13	No. 16	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 71–74	15–5 (7–1)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
February 16	No. 16	Iowa State	W 72–57	16–5 (8–1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 18	No. 16	Oklahoma	W 98–80	17–5 (9–1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 26	No. 15	at Nebraska	W 51–46	18–5 (10–1)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
March 2	No. 15	at Colorado	W 70–68	19–5 (11–1)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, CO
March 6	No. 15	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 60–55	20–5 (12–1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 9	No. 15	Missouri Border War	W 112–76	21–5 (13–1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 14	No. 14	vs. No. 19 Creighton NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals	W 55–54	22–5	Mabee Center Tulsa, OK
March 16	No. 14	vs. Oral Roberts NCAA Midwest Regional Finals	W 93–90 ^OT	23–5	Mabee Center Tulsa, OK
March 23	No. 6	vs. No. 3 Marquette NCAA national semifinals	L 51–64	23–6	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
March 25	No. 6	vs. No. 2 UCLA NCAA National third-place game	L 61–78	23-7	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. Midwest=MW.

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1973-74 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ ^a ^b 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

[1] sports-reference.com 1973-74 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 2025–26
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics