1962–63 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 1962–63 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1962–63 college men's basketball season.

1962–63 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	12–13 (5–9 Big 8)
Head coach	Dick Harp (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Norm Majors (1st season) Ted Owens (3rd season) Jim Stotts (1st season)
Captain	Nolen Ellison
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse

1962–63 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 10 Colorado	11	–	3		.786			19	–	7		.731
Kansas State	11	–	3		.786			16	–	9		.640
Iowa State	8	–	6		.571			14	–	11		.560
Oklahoma	8	–	6		.571			12	–	13		.480
Oklahoma State	7	–	7		.500			16	–	9		.640
Kansas	5	–	9		.357			12	–	13		.480
Missouri	5	–	9		.357			10	–	15		.400
Nebraska	1	–	13		.071			6	–	19		.240
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

• George Unseld
• Nolen Ellison
• Harry Gibson
• Jim Dumas
• Dave Schichtle
• Al Correll
• John Matt
• Kerry Bolton
• Dave Brill
• Loye Sparks
• Jay Roberts
• Robert Buddy Vance
• Richard Ruggles
• Jim Gough
• Pete Townsend

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*		Montana	W 68–56	1-0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 3*		at Arkansas	L 62–64	1-1	Barnhill Arena  Fayetteville, AR
December 8*		at Michigan State	L 62–81	1-2	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
December 10*		Wyoming	W 75–57	2-2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 14*		vs. Arizona State	L 62–71	2-3	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
December 15*		No. 1 Cincinnati	L 49–64	2-4	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 17*		Denver	W 68–43	3-4	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 22*		at Northwestern	W 62–57	4-4	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
December 26		vs. Colorado	W 70–64	5-4	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 28		vs. Iowa State	W 69–51	6-4	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 29		vs. Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 90–88	7-4	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
January 5		Colorado	L 57–73	7-5 (0-1)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
January 12		at Iowa State	L 51–55	7-6 (0-2)	The Armory  Ames, IA
January 14		at Missouri Border War	L 56–62	7-7 (0-3)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
January 19		Nebraska	W 72–53	8-7 (1-3)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 2		Iowa State	L 57–69	8-8 (1-4)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 5		at Oklahoma	W 86–55	9-8 (2-4)	Field House  Norman, OK
February 9		No. 7 Colorado	L 52–62	9-9 (2-5)	Balch Fieldhouse  Boulder, CO
February 11		Oklahoma State	L 53–54	9-10 (2-6)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 16		Oklahoma	L 62–64	9-11 (2-7)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 19		Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 54–67	9-12 (2-8)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 23		at Nebraska	W 45–39	10-12 (3-8)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
February 27		at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 60–74	10-13 (3-9)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
March 1		Missouri Border War	W 72–68	11-13 (4-9)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
March 9		at Oklahoma State	W 49–48	12-13 (5-9)	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.