The 2013–14 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the
University of Kansas
The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Two branch campuses are in the Kansas City metropolitan area on the Kansas side: the university's medical school and hospital ...
in the
2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 8, 2013 and ended with the 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, whose Final Four was played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on April 5,& ...
, which was the Jayhawks' 116th basketball season. The Jayhawks played their home games at
Allen Fieldhouse
Allen Fieldhouse is an indoor arena on the University of Kansas (KU) campus in Lawrence, Kansas. It is home of the Kansas Jayhawks men's and women's basketball teams. The arena is named after Phog Allen, a former player and head coach for th ...
as a member of the
Big 12 Conference
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. They finished the season 25–10, 14–4 in Big 12 play to win the Big 12 regular season championship. They advanced to the semifinals of the
Big 12 tournament where they lost to Iowa State. They received an at-large bid to the
NCAA tournament where they defeated Eastern Kentucky in the round of 64 before losing in the round of 32 to Stanford.
On February 24, 2014, the Jayhawks made history in the "modern era of basketball" by clinching their 10th consecutive Big 12 regular season championship. Only UCLA had won more consecutive "power conference" championships with 13 (1967–1979). Head Coach
Bill Self
Billy Eugene Self Jr. (born December 27, 1962) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach of the Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball, Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team. Self has held various coaching roles at the collegiate level an ...
also made history by passing
John Wooden
John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed "the Wizard of Westwood", he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, nati ...
and
Adolph Rupp
Adolph Frederick Rupp (September 2, 1901 – December 10, 1977) was an American college basketball coach. Nicknamed the "Baron of the Bluegrass", he coached the University of Kentucky Wildcats to four NCAA Division I men's basketball tournam ...
(nine consecutive regular season conference championships) for the most consecutive conference championships all-time.
Pre-season
Departures
Transfers
Coaching changes
Recruiting
Class of 2013
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Scout
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Rivals
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ESPN
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Roster
Schedule
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Big 12 Tournament
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NCAA Tournament
Rankings
*AP does not release post-tournament rankings
References
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Kansas
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Kansas
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Jay
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Jay
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