The 2016–17 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, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. T ...
in the
2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 11, 2016. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic, and ended with the Final Four in Glendale, Arizona on April 3, 2017. Practices officially began on September 30, 20 ...
, which was the Jayhawks' 119th basketball season. The Jayhawks, members of the
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its ...
, played their home games at
Allen Fieldhouse
Allen Fieldhouse is an indoor arena on the University of Kansas 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 the Jayhaw ...
and were led by 14th year head coach
Bill Self. They finished the season 31–5, 16–2 in Big 12 play to win their 13th consecutive Big 12 regular season title, tying
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California ...
's record for consecutive regular season conference titles. They lost in the quarterfinals of the
Big 12 tournament to
TCU. They received and at-large bid to the
NCAA tournament as a No. 1 seed in the Midwest region. The appearance was their 28th consecutive appearance, the longest current active streak and the longest ever in NCAA Tournament history. In the Tournament, they defeated
UC Davis
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institut ...
and
Michigan State
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...
to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they defeated
Purdue before losing in the Elite Eight to
Oregon
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.
The Jayhawks entered the season with 40 straight wins at Allen Fieldhouse, which extended to 51 games during the season before it ended on February 5, 2017 with an 89–92 loss to
Iowa State, which was the longest active home arena winning streak in the nation when it ended.
Preseason
Departures
Graduation
Early draft entrants
=Hired agent
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=Did not initially hire agent
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Starting with the 2016 NBA draft, if a player declares for the draft, but does not hire an agent, it allows the player to return to their school even after participating in the combine, as long as they decide by May 25.
Transfers
Coaching changes
Recruiting class
Class of 2016
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Scout: 9
Rivals
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: 7
ESPN
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: 7
Transfers
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Roster
Schedule and results
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Big 12 Tournament
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NCAA tournament
Source:
Rankings
Post-season awards
;Bill Self
*Big 12 Coach of the Year
;Frank Mason III
*Big 12 Player of the Year
*1st team All-Big 12
*Consensus National Player of the year
*Consensus 1st Team All-American
*
Bob Cousy
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Point Guard of the Year award
;Josh Jackson
*Big 12 Freshman of the Year
*1st team All-Big 12
*Big 12 All-Newcomer Team
*2nd Team All-American (
SN)
*3rd team All-American (
NABC,
AP
)
;Devonte' Graham
*2nd team All-Big 12
;Landen Lucas
*Honorable Mention All-Big 12
Primary source, unless otherwise noted:
References
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Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...