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Kansas Basketball: Best seasons of All-Time for the Jayhawks

By Chris Taylor

LAWRENCE, KS - FEBRUARY 02: A view of the Forrest Clare 'Phog' Allen statue outside Allen Fieldhouse prior to a game between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Kansas Jayhawks on February 2, 2013 in Lawrence, Kansas. The Cowboys defeated the Jayhawks 85-80. (Photo by Denny Medley/Replay Photos via Getty Images)
LAWRENCE, KS - FEBRUARY 02: A view of the Forrest Clare 'Phog' Allen statue outside Allen Fieldhouse prior to a game between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Kansas Jayhawks on February 2, 2013 in Lawrence, Kansas. The Cowboys defeated the Jayhawks 85-80. (Photo by Denny Medley/Replay Photos via Getty Images) /
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UNITED STATES – JULY 28: Basketball Hall of Famer Larry Brown, 64, shrugs as he speaks with reporters in the Theater at Madison Square Garden, where he was formally introduced as the New York Knicks’ new head coach during a noon news conference. The Knicks will be Brown’s eighth NBA coaching job in a career (not including college jobs at Kansas and UCLA) that has taken him to Detroit, Philadelphia, Indiana, Los Angeles, San Antonio, New Jersey and Denver. He’s believed to have secured a four-year contract with a salary of at least $8 million annually. (Photo by Corey Sipkin/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)
UNITED STATES – JULY 28: Basketball Hall of Famer Larry Brown, 64, shrugs as he speaks with reporters in the Theater at Madison Square Garden, where he was formally introduced as the New York Knicks’ new head coach during a noon news conference. The Knicks will be Brown’s eighth NBA coaching job in a career (not including college jobs at Kansas and UCLA) that has taken him to Detroit, Philadelphia, Indiana, Los Angeles, San Antonio, New Jersey and Denver. He’s believed to have secured a four-year contract with a salary of at least $8 million annually. (Photo by Corey Sipkin/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) /

Best Kansas basketball seasons all-time:

  • ‘85-’86 Kansas Jayhawks
  • Head Coach: Larry Brown
  • Results: 35-4 Final Four

Head coach Larry Brown had success everywhere he had coached, and that didn’t change at Kansas. His ’86 team was loaded with talent. Calvin Thompson, Ron Kellogg, future Maryland Terrapins head coach Mark Turgeon and Danny Manning led the way.

Behind Danny Manning’s leadership and Kellog’s left-handed jump shot, the Jayhawks plowed through the regular season. Playing more games than in past years, they made it all the way to the Final Four. There they faced Duke, where they came up just short, losing by six.

Larry Brown wasn’t done yet, he had brought winning ways back to Kansas University. The Jayhawks and Danny Manning . would be back two years later.

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