The 2016–17 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the

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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

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, played their home games at

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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

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'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

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and

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to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they defeated Purdue before losing in the Elite Eight to

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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

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=Did not initially hire agent

= 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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Transfers

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Roster

Schedule and results

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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 *

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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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