1960–61 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

1960–61 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1960–61 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	17–8 (10–4 Big 8)
Head coach	Dick Harp (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Lew Johnson (1st season); Ted Owens (1st season);
Captains	Bill Bridges; Dee Ketchum;
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1959–60 1961–62 →

1960–61 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Kansas State	12	–	2	.857	22	–	5	.815
Kansas	10	–	4	.714	17	–	8	.680
Oklahoma State	8	–	6	.571	14	–	11	.560
Missouri	7	–	7	.500	11	–	13	.458
Iowa State	6	–	8	.429	14	–	11	.560
Nebraska	4	–	10	.286	10	–	14	.417
Oklahoma	2	–	12	.143	10	–	15	.400
Colorado	7	–	7	.500	15	–	10	.600

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1960–61 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1960–61 college men's basketball season.

Roster[edit]

Wayne Hightower
Bill Bridges
Jerry Gardner
Nolen Ellison
Al Correll
Dee Ketchum
Butch Ellison
Ralph Heyward
Jim Dumas
Carl Deane
John Matt
Grover Marshall
Pete Woodward
John Williams
Bob Frederick
Larry Sterlin

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Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*		Northwestern	W 86–69	1-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 5*		at Texas Tech	W 97–75	2-0	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum Lubbock, TX
December 9*		at St. John's	L 54–66	2-1	Madison Square Garden (III) New York, NY
December 16*	No. 16	vs. Michigan State	W 93–69	3-1	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
December 17*	No. 16	No. 5 North Carolina	L 70–78	3-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 20*	No. 20	at BYU	L 70–80	3-3	George Albert Smith Field House Provo, UT
December 22*	No. 20	at San Francisco	W 60–43	4-3	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA
December 27		vs. Nebraska	W 78–53	5-3	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 28		vs. Iowa State	W 76–72	6-3	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
December 29		vs. No. 12 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 66–69	6-4	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
January 7		at Oklahoma	W 58–55	7-4 (1-0)	Field House Norman, OK
January 9		at Oklahoma State	W 73–68	8-4 (2-0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
January 14		Iowa State	W 90–59	9-4 (3-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 16		Oklahoma State	L 49–54	9-5 (3-1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 20		No. 10 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 75–66	10-5 (4-1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 4		Air Force	W 78–52	11-5	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 6		Colorado	W 88–65	12-5 (5-1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 11		at Nebraska	W 38–33	13-5 (6-1)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
February 13		Missouri Border War	W 88–73	14-5 (7-1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 18		at Colorado	W 90–62	15-5 (8-1)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, CO
February 21		at No. 8 Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 63–81	15-6 (8-2)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
February 25		Nebraska	W 68–69	15-7 (8-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 28		Oklahoma	W 81–56	16-7 (9-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 6		at Iowa State	W 85–75	17-7 (10-3)	The Armory Ames, IA
March 11		at Missouri Border War	L 76–79	17-8 (10-4)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References[edit]

^ sports-reference.com 1960-61 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 1960-61 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 (results) 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