1971–72 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 1971–72 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1971–72 college men's basketball season.

1971–72 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	11–15 (7–7 Big 8)
Head coach	Ted Owens (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Bob Frederick (2nd season) Sam Miranda (6th season)
Captain	Bud Stallworth
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse

1971–72 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Kansas State	12	–	2		.857			19	–	9		.679
Missouri	10	–	4		.714			21	–	6		.778
Oklahoma	9	–	5		.643			14	–	12		.538
Nebraska	7	–	7		.500			14	–	12		.538
Kansas	7	–	7		.500			11	–	15		.423
Iowa State	5	–	9		.357			12	–	14		.462
Colorado	4	–	10		.286			7	–	19		.269
Oklahoma State	2	–	12		.143			4	–	22		.154
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

• Bud Stallworth
• Tom Kivisto
• Randy Canfield
• Aubrey Nash
• Wilson Barrow
• Dave Taynor
• Neal Mask
• Mark Mathews
• Fred Bosilevac Jr.
• Dale Haase
• Ken Franklin
• Randy Culberston
• Jerry House

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*	No. 14	Xavier	W 75–57	1-0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 4*	No. 14	Kentucky	L 69–79	1-1	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 6*	No. 14	at Indiana	L 56–59	1-2	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
December 8*		Notre Dame	W 88–72	2-2	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 11*		Louisville	L 65–74	2-3	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 17*		BYU	W 83–67	3-3	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 18*		USC	L 77–87	3-4	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 28*		vs. Iowa State	L 88–91	3-5	Kansas City, MO
December 29*		vs. Oklahoma	L 69–97	3-6	Kansas City, MO
December 30*		vs. Oklahoma State	L 65–66	3-7	Kansas City, MO
January 3*		at Iowa	L 68–81	3-8	Iowa City, Iowa
January 15		Oklahoma State	W 85–58	4-8 (1-0)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
January 17		Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 66–63 2OT	5-8 (2-0)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
January 22		at Colorado	L 69–74	5-9 (2-1)	Boulder, CO
January 24		Iowa State	W 74–71	6-9 (3-1)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
January 29		Nebraska	W 57–77 OT	7-9 (4-1)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 1		at Missouri Border War	L 60–64	7-10 (4-2)	Columbia, MO
February 5		at Iowa State	L 83–84	7-11 (4-3)	Ames, IA
February 7*		Georgia Tech	W 93–65	8-11	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 12		Oklahoma	W 77–74	9-11 (5-3)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 15		at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 66–78	9-12 (5-4)	Manhattan, KS
February 19		at Nebraska	L 78–99	9-13 (5-5)	Lincoln, NE
February 21		Colorado	W 71–59	10-13 (6-5)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 26		Missouri Border War	W 93–80	11-13 (7-5)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
March 4		at Oklahoma State	L 72–76	11-14 (7-6)	Stillwater, OK
March 6		at Oklahoma	L 82–84 2OT	11-15 (7-7)	Norman, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Statistics

Leading scorers

• Bud Stallworth (6-5 Sr F) 25.3
• Tom Kivisto (6-3 So G) 8.9
• Randy Canfield (6-9 Jr C) 7.6
• Aubrey Nash (6-1 Sr G) 6.7
• Wilson Barrow (6-6 Jr F) 6.4