1976–77 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1976–77 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	18–10 (8–6 Big 8)
Head coach	Ted Owens (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Sam Miranda (11th season) Duncan Reid (4th season)
Captain	Ken Koenigs (1st year)
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse
Seasons← 1975–76 1977–78 →

1976–77 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 16 Kansas State †	11	–	3	.786	23	–	8	.742
Missouri	9	–	5	.643	21	–	8	.724
Oklahoma	9	–	5	.643	18	–	10	.643
Kansas	8	–	6	.571	18	–	10	.643
Nebraska	7	–	7	.500	15	–	14	.517
Colorado	5	–	9	.357	11	–	16	.407
Oklahoma State	4	–	10	.286	10	–	17	.370
Iowa State	3	–	11	.214	7	–	20	.259

† 1977 Big Eight tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976–77 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball season.

Roster

John Douglas
Herb Nobles
Ken Koenigs
Clint Johnson
Donnie Von Moore
Hasan Houston
Paul Mokeski
Milt Gibson
Al Rhodeman
Brad Sanders
Chris Barnthouse
Mac Stallcup
Scott Anderson
Dave Preston
Tom Paget

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 27*	Montana State	W 104-47	1-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 1*	Murray State	W 81-66	2-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 4*	Central Missouri	W 74-52	3-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 6*	Oral Roberts	W 79-69	4-0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 9*	at Fordham	W 57-48	5-0	Rose Hill Gymnasium New York, NY
December 11*	at No. 4 Kentucky	L 63-90	5-1	Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
December 17*	Minnesota State	W 87-74	6-1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 18*	No. 19 Arkansas	L 63-67	6-2	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 20*	at Saint Louis	W 69-68	7-2	Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, MO
December 27	vs. Oklahoma	W 74-70	8-2	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
December 29	vs. Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 81-64	9-2	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
December 30	vs. Missouri Border War	L 65-69	9-3	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
January 8	Missouri Border War	W 77-72	10-3 (1-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 12	Oklahoma State	W 62-60	11-3 (2-0)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 15	at Oklahoma	L 67-71	11-4 (2-1)	Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
January 18	Iowa State	W 73-62	12-4 (3-1)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
January 22	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 65-80	12-5 (3-2)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
January 26	at Nebraska	L 57-60	12-6 (3-3)	Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, NE
January 29	Colorado	W 79-70	13-6 (4-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 2	at Oklahoma State	W 60-58	14-6 (5-3)	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 5	Oklahoma	W 91-81	15-6 (6-3)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 9	at Missouri Border War	L 79-87	15-7 (6-4)	Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
February 12	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	L 83-86	15-8 (6-5)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 16	at Iowa State	W 91-89	16-8 (7-5)	James H. Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 19	Nebraska	W 74-66	17-8 (8-5)	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 23	at Colorado	L 49-58	17-9 (8-6)	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, CO
February 26	Nebraska Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament quarterfinals	W 61-58	18-9	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 3	vs. Kansas State Big Eight Conference men's basketball tournament semifinals Sunflower Showdown	L 67-80	18-10	Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

sports-reference.com 1976-77 Big Eight Conference Season Summary
^ 2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2015-May-22.

v t e Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Venues	Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Blue blood status Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" Jayhawkers
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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