1973–74 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

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.

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]

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

1. sports-reference.com 1973-74 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
2. 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.