Kansas University Basketball Legends

Kansas University Basketball Legends

by Arcadia Publishing
Kansas University Basketball Legends

Kansas University Basketball Legends

by Arcadia Publishing

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Overview

The University of Kansas's men's basketball team is one of the oldest and most successful in the history of college basketball; the very inventor of the sport, Dr. James Naismith, was KU's first coach. Its long and illustrious history began in 1898 and includes some of the biggest names in the game, from legends like Wilt Chamberlain to "secret weapons" like Andrea Hudy, the only female strength and conditioning coach in the division. Longtime Jayhawk enthusiast Kenn Johnson offers up a unique and in-depth look at the players, coaches and other personalities who helped make the University of Kansas basketball program the unparalleled tradition it is today.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626193758
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 11/19/2013
Series: Sports
Pages: 160
Sales rank: 392,978
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Kenn Johnson is a Kansas native with a lifelong love of Jayhawk basketball. He created and maintains HoopsZone.net, which contains information on every KU player, team and coach since the inception of basketball by Dr. James Naismith in 1898. He holds a doctorate in business and has taught for several years at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Bill Mayer was born in Kansas City, KS. After serving in the Army Air Corps in WWII, he returned to Kansas and earned a BS in journalism. He began with the Lawrence Journal-World in 1950, writing a regular sports column and serving throughout the years as reporter, sports editor, news editor, managing editor, executive editor and now contributing editor.

Table of Contents

Foreword Bill Mayer 9

Preface 11

Acknowledgements 13

1 Nonpareils 15

Dr. James Naismith 15

Wilt Chamberlain 21

2 The Foundation 39

Dr. Forrest "Phog" Allen 40

Tommy Johnson 47

John Bunn 49

Dutch Lonborg 51

3 The Golden Years 53

Paul Endacott 54

Adolph Rupp 56

4 Quick Recovery 59

Ted O'Leary 60

Skinny Johnson 61

5 The War Years 65

Ralph Miller 66

Charlie Black Jr. 70

Ray Evans 72

Otto Schnellbacher 74

6 BACK ON TOP 77

Bill Hougland 78

Clyde Lovellette 80

Dean Smith 86

7 THE 1960s 91

Walt Wesley 92

JoJo White 93

8 The 1970s 97

Dave Robisch 98

Bud Stallworth 99

Darnell Valentine 104

9 Danny and the Miracles 107

Larry Brown 108

Danny Manning 112

Kevin Pritchard 116

10 Roy Williams's Tenure 119

Roy "Williams" 120

Paul Pierce 125

11 Supreme Court 127

Bill Self 127

2008 National Champions 130

Mario Chalmers 133

12 Most Honorable Mention 135

John McLendon Jr. 135

Lynette Woodard 140

Max Falkenstien 144

Andrea Hudy 148

Bibliography 151

Index 157

About the Author 159

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