1970–71 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

The 1970–71 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas during the 1970–71 college men's basketball season.

1970–71 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Big Eight Champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
Record	27–3 (14–0 Big 8)
Head coach	Ted Owens (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Gale Catlett (4th season) Sam Miranda (5th season)
Captain	Pierre Russell
Home arena	Allen Fieldhouse

1970–71 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Kansas	14	–	0		1.000			27	–	3		.900
Oklahoma	9	–	5		.643			19	–	8		.704
Missouri	9	–	5		.643			17	–	9		.654
Nebraska	8	–	6		.571			18	–	8		.692
Colorado	6	–	8		.429			14	–	12		.538
Kansas State	6	–	8		.429			11	–	15		.423
Oklahoma State	2	–	12		.143			7	–	19		.269
Iowa State	2	–	12		.143			5	–	21		.192
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

• Dave Robisch
• Bud Stallworth
• Roger Brown
• Pierre Russell
• Aubrey Nash
• Mark Williams
• Bob Kivisto
• Randy Canfield
• Greg Douglas
• Mark Mathews
• Jerry House
• Neal Mask

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*	No. 14	No. 18 Long Beach State	W 69–52	1-0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 5*	No. 14	Eastern Kentucky	W 79–65	2-0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 7*	No. 14	South Dakota State	W 95–59	3-0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 12*	No. 11	Loyola (IL)	W 94–62	4-0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 18*	No. 12	Saint Joseph's	W 80–65	5-0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 19*	No. 12	Houston	W 89–73	6-0	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
December 21*	No. 12	at Louisville	L 75–87	6-1	Freedom Hall  Louisville, KY
December 26	No. 8	vs. Missouri Border War	W 96–63	7-1	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 29	No. 12	vs. Iowa State	W 59–56	8-1	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 30	No. 12	vs. Nebraska	W 72–52	9-1	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
January 12*	No. 8	at Georgia Tech	W 84–71	10-1	Alexander Memorial Coliseum  Atlanta, GA
January 16*	No. 8	Oklahoma City	W 101–77	11-1	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
January 18	No. 8	Iowa State	W 83–57	12-1 (1-0)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
January 23	No. 5	Oklahoma State	W 90–55	13-1 (2-0)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
January 30	No. 5	at Iowa State	W 95–72	14-1 (3-0)	James H. Hilton Coliseum  Ames, IA
February 1	No. 5	Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 79–74	15-1 (4-0)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 6	No. 5	at Nebraska	W 81–67	16-1 (5-0)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
February 8	No. 5	Colorado	W 91–67	17-1 (6-0)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 13	No. 5	at Oklahoma State	W 63–50	18-1 (7-0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, OK
February 15	No. 5	at Oklahoma	W 71–68	19-1 (8-0)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 20	No. 5	Missouri Border War	W 85–66	20-1 (9-0)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 23	No. 5	at Kansas State Sunflower Showdown	W 61–48	21-1 (10-0)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
February 27	No. 5	at Colorado	W 66–65	22-1 (11-0)	Balch Fieldhouse  Boulder, CO
March 6	No. 4	Oklahoma	W 54–52 OT	23-1 (12-0)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
March 8	No. 4	at Missouri Border War	W 71–69	24-1 (13-0)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
March 13	No. 5	Nebraska	W 59–54	25-1 (14-0)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
March 18	No. 4	vs. No. 14 Houston NCAA Midwest Regional semifinals	W 78–77	26-1	Levitt Arena  Wichita, KS
March 20	No. 4	vs. No. 18 Drake Midwest Regional Finals	W 73–71	27-1	Levitt Arena  Wichita, KS
March 25	No. 4	vs. No. 1 UCLA National semifinals	L 60–68	27-2	Astrodome  Houston, TX
March 27	No. 4	vs. No. 7 Western Kentucky National third-place game	L 75–77	27-3	Astrodome  Houston, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.