Kansas University’s basketball team is over 200 years old, with their first game played against a YMCA team in Kansas City, Missouri.

One of the highest-valued basketball programs in the NCAA at 30 million dollars, just after the Louisville Cardinals, KU’s men’s basketball team is one of the best athletics programs. Some of the most popular teams make the top ten of the most valued teams in college football, including the celebrated Tar Heels, the Blue Devils, the Buckeyes, and Syracuse Orange.

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The NCAA stands for the National Collegiate Athletic Association. They formed around the ideas of ensuring the well-being of college athletes and enforcing various rules around their sports. There are 32 conferences in the NCAA that participate in the national tournament. The NCAA makes millions of dollars from the combined revenue of tickets and television, which means the NCAA tournament brings in millions of fans wanting to see their favorite teams compete for the national title.

The NCAA tournament occurs every year and has since 1939. Each of the 32 conferences receives an invitation to the tournament, and the conferences award these invitations to the team that wins the postseason conference tournament. Teams not awarded an automatic qualification are selected by a committee that judges performance and pedigree.

Afterward, the four remaining basketball teams compete in the Final Four, deciding which team takes home its national championship title.

The Kansas Jayhawks call the University of Kansas home, located in Lawrence, Kansas. The basketball team is a member of the Big 12 conference, one of the top conferences in basketball, along with the ACC, Big Ten, SEC, and Pac-12. Together, the conferences make up what some call the Power 5.

The Kansas Jayhawks basketball team has a long history of being a strong and prestigious program. They have several NCAA tournament appearances with four national championship titles (2022, 2008, 1988, 1952). Their latest championship comes from the 2022 tournament, where they defeated North Carolina 72-69.

The Kansas Jayhawks play at the Allen Fieldhouse, named after one of the team’s best coaches, Phog Allen. After you purchase your KU basketball tickets, you can find out how to navigate the Allen Fieldhouse by checking out our seating chart.

James Naismith not only invented the much-beloved sport of basketball, but he also became the Jayhawks’ first coach in 1898, forming the team that we all know today as one of the league’s top contenders.

Phog Allen led the Jayhawks to their first national championship in 1952. Prior to their first national championship, the Jayhawks had already earned a great reputation as a basketball team but hadn’t had a championship to back it up.

The current coach for the Kansas Jayhawks is Bill Self, who is one of the highest-paid coaches in the NCAA. He is followed by John Calipari of Kentucky, a team with eight national championships, and Tom Izzo of Michigan State, who led the team to one national championship.

Bill Self led the KU Jayhawks to their 2022 national championship win after a championship drought of about a decade and also led the team to their previous championship in 2008.

The KU Jayhawks' main rivalries are between neighboring Kansas State (Bramlage Coliseum) and the Missouri Tigers, which is nicknamed the Border War. Even though Kansas State has no championships, the team is still a contender with several NCAA tournament appearances and conference wins.

Missouri also waits for its first national championship but is a competitive team in conference tournaments with several conference titles. These games bring some of the highest crowds to their stadiums. Other rivals and notable teams to look out for include:

• Texas Tech Red Raiders
• Texas Southern Tigers
• Texas Longhorns
• Missouri Tigers
• Oklahoma Sooners
• Kansas State Wildcats

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