1951–52 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team

Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
1951–52 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Champions
Conference	Big Seven Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 8
1951–52 record	28–3 (11–1 Big Seven)
Head coach	Phog Allen
Assistant coach	Dick Harp
Home arena	Hoch Auditorium

The 1951–52 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 1951–52 NCAA Division I men's basketball season season, which was the Jayhawks' 55th basketball season. The Jayhawks were led by legendary coach Phog Allen in his 36th season overall, 34th consecutive. He guided Kansas to its first NCAA Tournament championship, their 3rd National Championship overall, behind center Clyde Lovellette, who scored 33 points and grabbed 17 rebounds in an 80-63 victory over St. John's in the title game. Lovellette became the only player in NCAA history to lead the nation in scoring while leading his team to the national championship in the same season. Also on the team was Dean Smith, who later went on to a Hall of Fame coaching career at North Carolina.

Roster

Jerry Alberts
B.H. Born
Larry Davenport
Everett Dye
Bill Heitholt
Charlie Hoag
Bill Hougland
Wes Johnson
John Keller
Al Kelley
Dean Kelley
Bob Kenney
Bill Lienhard
Clyde Lovellette
Dean Smith
LaVannes Squires
Dean Wells

NCAA tournament

West
- Kansas 68, TCU 64
- Kansas 74, St Louis 55
Final Four
- Kansas 74, Santa Clara 55
- Kansas 80, St. Johns 63

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Awards and honors

Clyde Lovellette, NCAA Men's MOP Award^[2]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	9	Clyde Lovellette	Minneapolis Lakers

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References

↑ http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1952
↑ "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2009-05-08.

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[1] ttp://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1952

[Tourney_History-2] "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2008.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved 2009-05-08.

Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball
Venues	Robinson Gymnasium (1907–1927) Hoch Auditorium (1927–1955) Allen Fieldhouse (1955–present)
Rivalries	Kansas State (results) Missouri
Culture & lore	Big Jay Baby Jay Champions Classic "Rock Chalk, Jayhawk" 2018 corruption scandal
People	Head coaches Jayhawks of note
Seasons	1898–99 1899–00 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 1999–00 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
Helms and NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics