The 2015–16 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the
University of Kansas
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in the
2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which is the Jayhawks 118th basketball season. The Jayhawks played their home games at
Allen Fieldhouse. They were led by 13th year head coach
Bill Self and were members of the
Big 12 Conference
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. They finished the season 33–5, 15–3 in Big 12 play to win their 12th consecutive regular season Big 12 title. They defeated
Kansas State,
Baylor, and
West Virginia
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to be champions of the
Big 12 tournament
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. They received an automatic bid to the
NCAA tournament where they were the tournament's overall #1 seed. They defeated
Austin Peay,
UConn, and
Maryland
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to advance to the Elite Eight where they lost to
Villanova.
The Jayhawks 12 consecutive regular season Big 12 titles was at the time the longest active consecutive conference title streak in the nation, as well as only being one shy of the NCAA record of 13, which is currently held by
UCLA
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who won 13 in a row between 1967 and 1979.
In July 2015, the Jayhawks represented the
United States
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at the
World University Games
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in
Gwangju
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,
South Korea
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. The Jayhawks, along with
Nic Moore
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from
SMU and Julian DeBose from
Florida Gulf Coast, went 8–0 to win the Gold Medal.
Preseason
Departures
Graduation
Early draft entrants
Transfers
Recruiting
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: #14
Rivals
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: #15
247Sports
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: #19
ESPN
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: #14
Transfers
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World University Games
In April 2014, the Kansas basketball team was selected by the United States International University Sports Federation (US-IUSF) to represent the United States in the
2015 World University Games )
, Nations participating = 143
, Athletes participating = 12,885
, Events = 272 in 21 sports
, Opening ceremony =
, Closing ceremony =
, Officially opened by = Park Geun-hye
, Athlete's Oath = Kim Seong-yeon and Kim Kuk-young
, Judge's Oath = K ...
. Kansas was selected as the team to represent the U.S. from the schools that expressed interest. This was the second time a college team represented the United States in the World University Games;
University of Northern Iowa had finished 9th
in 2007.
Current university students or recent graduates, born between Jan. 1, 1990, and Dec. 31, 1997, were eligible for the 2015 Games. Only U.S. citizens were eligible for
the U.S. team; therefore
Cheick Diallo,
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, and Dwight Coleby (from
Mali
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,
Ukraine
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, and
Bahamas
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respectively) were ineligible. The Kansas travel party, consisting of 12 competitors and 11 staff (23 total), left Lawrence on June 28 and lived in the athlete village throughout the Games. There were two non-Jayhawks on the U.S. roster: guards
Nic Moore
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of
SMU and Julian DeBose of
Florida Gulf Coast, replacing injured Kansas guard Devonte' Graham.
Team USA won all their matches in
the tournament, beating Germany 84–77 in double overtime on July 13, 2015, to win the gold medal.
Roster
Schedule
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Rankings
*AP does not release post-tournament rankings
References
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