2012-13 OUTLOOK in the venue. KU played 104 games in KC’s Kemper Arena with an 80-24 record. KU is 199-78 all-time in games played in Kansas City. Historic Six-Year Span Kansas’ 197 victories since the 2006-07 season are the most in a six-year span in NCAA Division I history. Included are five of Kansas’ 11 seasons with 30 or more victories. Conference Success Kansas has won or tied for each of the last eight Big 12 regular-season championships, which is a school record. KU has won 12 of the 16 Big 12 titles in the history of the conference. KU’s 55 conference titles are the most in NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are once again predicted to finish near the top of the conference race in 2012-13. KU has been the coaches’ preseason favorite four of the last six seasons and 10 times overall. It Starts with Self Kansas coach Bill Self is a four-time Big 12 Coach of the Year and three-time national coach of the year, including 2009 and 2012, while at KU. Under Self, the Jayhawks have won eight-straight Big 12 regular-season titles, five Big 12 postseason championships, advanced to five NCAA Tournament Elite Eights, two Final Fours, two NCAA championship games and one NCAA title. Bill Self enters his 10th season at Kansas with a 269-52 record and 476-158 in 19 seasons overall. Dominating Defense In Bill Self’s nine seasons at Kansas, the Jayhawks have led the Big 12 in field goal percentage defense seven times and finished no lower than third. Nationally, Selfcoached Jayhawks have ranked eighth or higher all but one season in field goal percentage defense and have ranked in the top five on seven occasions, including third in 2011-12. Season FG% Defense Big 12 rank/NCAA Rank 2011-12 38.0% 1/3 2010-11 39.4% 3/13 2009-10 37.9% 1/4 2008-09 38.3% 1/5 2007-08 37.9% 1/3 2006-07 37.6% 2/4 2005-06 37.0% 1/1 2004-05 38.7% 1/5 2003-04 39.1% 1/8 Home and Away Under head coach Bill Self, Kansas has won 95.4 percent (145-7) of its games in Allen Fieldhouse and is 124-46 (72.9 percent) in games away from Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks have posted a better than .500 record away from AFH every season under Self. Kansas Under Bill Self (Home games include Allen Fieldhouse only) Season Overall H A N 2003-04 24-9 13-1 5-5 6-3 2004-05 23-7 15-1 6-3 2-3 2005-06 25-8 14-2 6-2 5-4 2006-07 33-5 16-2 8-2 9-1 2007-08 37-3 19-0 8-3 10-0 2008-09 27-8 18-0 6-4 3-4 2009-10 33-3 18-0 9-2 6-1 2010-11 35-3 16-1 9-1 10-1 2011-12 32-7 16-0 8-2 8-5 Totals 269-53 145-7 65-24 59-22 Pct. .835 .954 .730 .728 Home Sweet Home
Since his arrival at KU, Bill Self is 145-7 in games played at Allen Fieldhouse for a 95.4 winning percentage. Self has won more conference titles (eight) than lost home games (seven) while at Kansas. Included was a school-record 69-game home court winning streak which led the nation for more than two seasons and ranks 11th all-time in the NCAA records book. First Class Facilities In October 2009, Allen Fieldhouse re-opened following an 18-month project valued at more than $42 million, making Kansas home to one of the best basketball facilities in the country. Included is a 14,000 square-foot academic support building, an 11,600 square-foot practice facility, new locker Senior Travis Releford is a returning starter who has played rooms, a clubhouse, players in 101 games in his KU career. He averaged 8.5 ppg last season for the Jayhawks. lounge and meeting rooms. At the 2011 Legends of the Phog alumni exhibition game, many former Jayhawks have said the Fieldhouse facilities were better than most of the NBA venues they play in. Next Level With Thomas Robinson (5) and Tyshawn Taylor (41) in the 2012 NBA Draft, for the third straight year, Kansas had two or more players selected in the NBA Draft. Five Lottery selections (Xavier Henry and Cole Aldrich in 2010, Markieff Morris and Marcus Morris in 2011 and Robinson in 2012), are included. Since the inception of the Big 12 in 1996-97, KU has had 23 players drafted in the NBA, which is the most of any league member. Over the last decade, KU is among the topfive for producing the most NBA Draft picks in the nation with 17. Three KU draft picks recently played for the 2012 NBA Championship, with 2008 second-rounder Mario Chalmers helping the Miami Heat win the crown.
In 2012-13, KU celebrates its 115th season of men’s basketball. Included is the 25th anniversary of the 1988 NCAA National Championship team.
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