100 Things Kansas Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (100 Things...Fans Should Know) - Softcover

Self, Bill; Davis, Ken

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ISBN 10: 1600788173 ISBN 13: 9781600788178

Verlag: Triumph Books, 2013

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The storied history that is KU basketball is revealed in this compilation of the most critical moments and important facts about past and present players, coaches, and teams. Most Kansas basketball fans have attended games at Allen Fieldhouse, seen highlights of a young Paul Pierce, and remember watching the Jayhawks cut down the net in 2008. But only real fans know the origins of the Rock Chalk Jayhawk Chant, where the Jayhawks played prior to calling Allen Fieldhouse home, and can name the former Jayhawk who went on to earn the Republican nomination for president. Scattered throughout the pages are pep talks, records, and Jayhawks lore, including lyrics to &;I&;m a Jayhawk&;; stories from Wilt Chamberlain&;s years at Kansas; Phog Allen&;s 39 seasons on the Kansas bench; Roy Williams&; memorable 15-year run, including three trips to the Final Four. Whether a die-hard fan from the days of Larry Brown or a new supporter of Bill Self and Mario Chalmers, readers will find that this book contains everything Jayhawks fans should know, see, and do in their lifetime.

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Ken Davis is an award-winning sports writer who has covered college basketball for 35 years. He grew up watching Jayhawks basketball in Overland Park, Kansas, and graduated from the KU William Allen White School of Journalism in 1980. After 25 years in the newspaper industry, Davis has been a freelance writer and national college basketball writer for NBCSports.com and FoxSports.com. This is his third book on college basketball. Davis was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013. He lives in Coventry, Connecticut, with his wife, Nancy. They have two sons, Patrick and Joseph.

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100 Things Kansas Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

By Ken Davis

Triumph Books

Copyright © 2013 Ken Davis
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-60078-817-8

Contents

Foreword by Bill Self, 
Introduction, 
1. James Naismith, 
2. Phog Allen, 
3. Allen Fieldhouse, 
4. Bill Self, 
5. Wilt the Stilt, 
6. Danny Manning, 
7. Mario's Miracle, 
8. What's a Jayhawk?, 
9. Roy Williams, 
10. Danny and the Miracles, 
11. Larry Brown, 
12. Rock Chalk Jayhawk, 
13. Clyde Lovellette, 
14. Phog's 1952 Title, 
15. Late Night in the Phog, 
16. Adolph Rupp, 
17. Border War, 
18. Carolina Connection, 
19. Dean Smith, 
20. Ol' Roy Doesn't Give a ..., 
21. Wilt and the 1957 National Championship Game, 
22. Dick Harp, 
23. Bill vs. Roy, 
24. Ted Owens, 
25. Jo Jo White, 
26. Self vs. Calipari, 
27. Bud Stallworth, 
28. Take a Photo with Big Jay and Baby Jay, 
29. Waving the Wheat, 
30. Paul Pierce, 
31. Jacque Vaughn, 
32. Darnell Valentine, 
33. Beware of the Phog, 
34. Make a Pilgrimage to the Naismith Hall of Fame, 
35. Paul Endacott, 
36. The Fight Song, 
37. Crimson and Blue, 
38. The 2002 Final Four Team, 
39. Fred Pralle, 
40. Harvesting the Iowa Crop: Collison, Hinrich, and LaFrentz, 
41. Merry Christmas, Jacque, 
42. A Fine Line, 
43. Dickie V Gives Collison A Standing O, 
44. Visit Booth Hall, 
45. Watch "There's No Place Like Home", 
46. Camp Out for Tickets, 
47. The Comeback Hawks of 2012, 
48. T-Rob, 
49. Hoch Auditorium, 
50. Kansas City: KU's Second Home, 
51. Jeff Withey, 
52. Ben McLemore, 
53. A Trio of Unforgettable Point Guards, 
54. Tyshawn Taylor, 
55. Attend Senior Day, 
56. The Sunflower Showdown, 
57. All Good Things Must Come to an End, 
58. Brandon Rush, 
59. Coach Hudy, 
60. Bond Like the 2008 Team at Henry T's, 
61. Drink and Dine at 23rd Street Brewery, 
62. Howard "Rope" Engleman, 
63. Max Falkenstien, 
64. Bob Davis, 
65. How Phog Saved the Final Four, 
66. Phog's WWII Letters, 
67. Bob Dole, 
68. Ralph Miller, 
69. Coach Brown vs. Coach Manning, 
70. Turgeon and Boyle: A Tale of Two Point Guards, 
71. Ted Owens Relives the 1971 Final Four, 
72. John McLendon, 
73. LaVannes Squires, 
74. Pay Your Respects to Dr. Naismith and Phog, 
75. Wilt's Speech, 
76. The 1922 and 1923 National Champions, 
77. The Loss That Left a Scar, 
78. Indiana Roadblock, 
79. KU and the Olympics, 
80. B.H. Born, 
81. Nine Straight Big 12 Titles, 
82. Jerry Waugh, 
83. Gale Gordon and Al Peterson, 
84. Two Bs, UNI, and VCU, 
85. Wayne Simien, 
86. NCAA Probation, 
87. Bob Frederick, 
88. Archie Marshall, 
89. Wonderful Walter Wesley, 
90. David Robisch, 
91. Drew Gooden, 
92. The Forgotten Coach, 
93. The Wild 2008 NBA Draft, 
94. Sherron and Cole, 
95. Allen Kelley, 
96. Ray Evans, 
97. An Unexpected Collapse, 
98. A Matter of Life and Death, 
99. Legends of the Phog, 
100. Andrew Wiggins, 
Acknowledgments, 
Sources, 

CHAPTER 1

James Naismith

University of Kansas chancellor Francis Snow needed a physical education director and someone to lead daily chapel services when he contacted University of Chicago chancellor William Harper in 1898 and asked for a recommendation. Harper immediately sought the advice of his football coach, the renowned Amos Alonzo Stagg.

Stagg fired off a telegram to Snow that read, "Recommend James Naismith, inventor of basketball, medical doctor, Presbyterian minister, tee-totaler, all-around athlete, non-smoker, and owner of vocabulary without cuss words. Address Y.M.C.A., Denver, Colorado."

Stagg had met Naismith at YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1890, a little more than one year before Naismith invented the game of basketball. They became good friends and admired one another but had gone their separate ways. Snow took Stagg's recommendation under consideration and wasted little time offering Naismith the job.

Naismith accepted. He was bound for Lawrence, and that brings us to the most important thing fans should know about Kansas basketball before they die. James Naismith did not invent the game of basketball while at KU, but his arrival at the university marks the beginning of the school's basketball timeline.

Naismith wasn't even thinking about Kansas basketball when he took the job in Lawrence. Coaching basketball wasn't part of the job description because Kansas didn't have an intercollegiate basketball team. His initial salary was $1,300 a year — or about $25 a week. He often said the only reason he was offered the job was that he knew how to pray.

But Naismith did become the first basketball coach at Kansas, taking that position in 1899. Without even trying, he laid a foundation for the sport that has given the university its athletic identity for more than a hundred years. In the process he became a treasured member of the faculty and the community, remaining in Lawrence until his death in November 1939.

Naismith, born November 6, 1861 in Almonte, Ontario, was orphaned and experienced a difficult childhood before moving to the U.S. in 1890. In December 1891 he was placed in charge of 18 "incorrigible" young men at the YMCA Training School (which later became Springfield College). Dr. Luther Gulick, dean of the physical education department, told Naismith to keep the men from being bored and was given 14 days to discover a cure for their "cabin fever."

In addition to inventing a new game, Naismith felt he had the toughest teaching assignment in the school. In a biography of Naismith written with Naismith's granddaughter, Helen Carpenter, author Rob Rains points out that Naismith considered it an "imposition." "If I ever tried to back out of anything, I did then," Naismith is quoted as saying in that book, James Naismith, The Man Who Invented Basketball. "I did not want to do it." But later, Naismith had to admit it worked out for the "ultimate good."

He borrowed a little from lacrosse, soccer, rugby — and a game popular with Canadian children known as duck-on-a-rock — and basketball was born. The school janitor had no boxes, so Naismith nailed a pair of peach baskets to the balcony, which just happened to be 10 feet above the floor. It took almost all the 14 days he had been allotted but Naismith still had an hour to write down the game's 13 original rules. Naismith chose a player from each team, and the first center jump was held.

The game was starting to gain popularity across the nation when Naismith arrived at KU. Women had played basketball in Lawrence, but the sport had not caught on. Naismith's presence did create more interest in the formation of a school team. The record shows that KU lost its first game 16–5 against the Kansas City YMCA on February 3, 1899 in Kansas City, Missouri. Naismith's first team then won six in a row and finished 7–4 in that initial season.

It is often pointed out that Naismith remains the only losing coach in Kansas history. That is true, but Naismith gave no thought to statistics. He won 55 games and lost 60 before handing the coaching duties to one of his students, Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, after a 7–8 season in 1907. In Naismith's mind, basketball was nothing more than a way...

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• Verlag: Triumph Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1600788173
• ISBN 13: 9781600788178
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