CRIMSON & BLUE HANDBOOK ARTICLE

KU lost Wesley, Lopes and Lewis from the 1965-66 team but returned White, Franz and two top reserves, Rodger Bohnenstiehl and Bob Wilson.  The Jayhawks also had a sophomore class that Owens called his best to that point.  That class included 6-foot-8 bruiser Vernon Vanoy  and 6-7 Howard Arndt.

Bohnenstiehl led the Jayhawks in scoring with a 16.4 point average despite suffering several minor injuries, including two cuts to the head that required a total of 22 stitches, prompting one writer to note, “Bohnenstiehl leads the Big Eight in shooting and stitches.”

The Jayhawks finished the conference season 13-1 for their second-straight conference title and earned the school’s first back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament in 14 years.

Despite playing in Lawrence, the Jayhawks fell in the first round to Houston 66-53. White scored 18 points in the game and had 22 the next night as KU beat Louisville 70-68 in a regional consolation game.