The 1965–66 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the

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during the

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. Led by second-year head coach Ted Owens, the fourth-ranked Jayhawks won the Big Eight Conference title, and the automatic berth in the 22-team NCAA tournament. Kansas' Elite Eight double-overtime loss to eventual

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, (now

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), was featured in the 2006 film ''

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Riney Lochmann Reinhold D. Lochmann (born May 26, 1944) is an American former professional basketball player from Wichita, Kansas. A 6'6" forward from the University of Kansas, Lochmann played three seasons (1967–1970) in the American Basketball Associatio ...

Jo Jo White Joseph Henry White (November 16, 1946 – January 16, 2018) was an American professional basketball player. As an amateur, he played basketball at the University of Kansas, where he was named a second-team All-American twice. White was part o ...

*Pat Davis *Fred Chana *John Carter :2014-15 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball media guide
Retrieved 2015-May-22.

Schedule

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References

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