1977–78 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 1977–78 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

1977–78 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big Eight Champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 8
AP	No. 10
Record	24–5 (13–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Ted Owens (14th season)
Assistant coach	Walt Wesley (1st season)
Captains	John Douglas Ken Koenigs (2nd year)
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1976–77 1978–79 →

1977–78 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 10 Kansas	13	–	1		.929			24	–	5		.828
Iowa State	9	–	5		.643			14	–	13		.519
Nebraska	9	–	5		.643			22	–	8		.733
Kansas State	7	–	7		.500			18	–	11		.621
Oklahoma	7	–	7		.500			14	–	13		.519
Oklahoma State	4	–	10		.286			10	–	16		.385
Missouri †	4	–	10		.286			14	–	16		.467
Colorado	3	–	11		.214			9	–	18		.333
† 1978 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

Roster

• Darnell Valentine
• John Douglas
• Ken Koenigs
• Donnie Von Moore
• Paul Mokeski
• Clint Johnson
• Wilmore Fowler
• Brad Sanders
• Scott Anderson
• Hasan Houston
• Douglas Booty Neal
• Mac Stallcup
• Milt Gibson
• John Crawford
• David Verser

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 28*		Central Michigan	W 121-65	1-0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
November 30*		Fordham	W 99-67	2-0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 2*		SMU	W 107-71	3-0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 5*		Murray State	W 106-71	4-0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 7*	No. 19	Fairleigh Dickinson	W 88-54	5-0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 10*	No. 19	No. 1 Kentucky	L 66-73	5-1	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 17*	No. 20	Saint Louis	W 85-65	6-1	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 20*	No. 16	at Oral Roberts	W 91-73	7-1	Mabee Center  Tulsa, OK
December 22*	No. 16	vs. No. 4 Arkansas	L 72-78	7-2	Barton Coliseum  Little Rock, AR
December 28	No. 17	vs. Missouri Border War	W 96-49	8-2	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
December 29	No. 17	vs. Oklahoma	W 79-76	9-2	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
December 30	No. 17	vs. Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 67-62	10-2	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
January 7	No. 14	at Missouri Border War	W 71-67	11-2 (1-0)	Hearnes Center  Columbia, MO
January 11	No. 10	at Oklahoma State	W 69-57	12-2 (2-0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, OK
January 14	No. 10	Oklahoma	W 91-61	13-2 (3-0)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
January 18	No. 8	at Iowa State	W 100-82	14-2 (4-0)	James H. Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
January 21	No. 8	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 56-52	15-2 (5-0)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
January 25	No. 8	at Nebraska	L 58-62	15-3 (5-1)	Bob Devaney Sports Center  Lincoln, NE
January 28	No. 8	Colorado	W 85-56	16-3 (6-1)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 1	No. 8	Oklahoma State	W 83-65	17-3 (7-1)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 4	No. 8	at Oklahoma	W 69-68	18-3 (8-1)	Lloyd Noble Center  Norman, OK
February 8	No. 8	Missouri Border War	W 72-52	19-3 (9-1)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 11	No. 8	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 75-63	20-3 (10-1)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
February 15	No. 6	Iowa State	W 80-70	21-3 (11-1)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 18	No. 6	Nebraska	W 75-70	22-3 (12-1)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 25	No. 6	at Colorado	W 70-60	23-3 (13-1)	Balch Fieldhouse  Boulder, CO
February 28		No. 5 Colorado Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament Quarterfinals	W 82-66	24-3	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
March 3	No. 5	vs. Kansas State Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament semifinals Sunflower Showdown	L 76-87	24-4	Kemper Arena  Kansas City, MO
March 11	No. 9	vs. No. 2 UCLA NCAA West Regional Quarterfinals	L 76-83	24-5	McArthur Court  Eugene, OR
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. West=W.

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References

1. sports-reference.com 1977-78 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
2. 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.