2007-08

2007-08 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!

*OVERALL*	*HOME*	*AWAY*	*NEUTRAL*	*CONFERENCE*	*PLACE*	*CONF. TOURNEY*	*POST-SEASON*
37-3	20-0	8-3	9-0	13-3	1st T	3-0	6-0 NCAA

ROSTER:

NO.	POS.	NAME	CLASS	HGT.	WGT.	Hometown (Previous School)
		RETURNEES:
24	C	Alexander 'Sasha' Kaun ***	Sr.	6'11	245	Melbourne, FL (Florida Air Academy)/Tomsk, Russia
3	G	Russell Robinson ***	Sr.	6'1	200	New York, NY (Rice HS)
32	F	Darnell Jackson ***	Sr.	6'8	250	Midwest City, OK (Midwest City HS)
10	G	Jeremy Case ***	Sr.	6'1	182	McAlester, OK (McAlester HS)
5	G	Rodrick Stewart **	Sr.	6'4	205	Seattle, WA (Ranier Beach HS) Transfer from USC
54	C	Matt Kleinmann **#	Jr.	6'10	247	Overland Park, KS (Blue Valley West HS)
40	G	Brad Witherspoon *#	Sr.	6'1	180	Humboldt, KS (Humboldt HS)
15	G	Mario Chalmers **	Jr.	6'1	195	Anchorage, AL (Bartlett HS)
25	F/G	Brandon Rush **	Jr.	6'6	210	Kansas City, MO Durham, NC (Mt. Zion Academy)
11	G	Brennan Bechard *#	Jr.	6'0	183	Lawrence, KS (Lawrence HS) Transfer from Barton Co. CC
4	G	Sherron Collins *	So.	5'11	200	Chicago, IL (Crane HS)
00	C/F	Darrell Arthur *	So.	6'9	230	Dallas, TX (South Oak Cliff HS)
		NEW FACES:
2	G	Conner Teahan #	Fr.	6'5	200	Leawood, KS (Rockhurst HS)
14	G	Tyrel Reed	Fr.	6'3	180	Burlington, KS (Burlington HS)
22	G	Chase Buford #	Fr.	6'3	200	San Antonio, TX (Alamo Heights HS)
45	C	Cole Aldrich	Fr.	6'11	247	Bloomington, MN (Jefferson HS)
		REDSHIRT:
12	G	Brady Morningstar *%	So.	6'3	185	Lawrence, KS (Free State HS)

* Varsity letter Cpt. = Captain # = Walk-on % = Nonletterman

HEAD COACH

Bill Self, 5th Year

Kansas' championship made Bill Self one of the highest-paid coaches in college basketball.

Asst. Coaches
Kurtis Townsend, Asst. Coach, 3rd Year

Joe Dooley, Asst. Coach, 3rd Year

Danny Manning, Asst Coach, 1st year

Staff:

Ronnie Chalmers, Director of Basketball Operations

Brett Ballard, Administrative Asst.

Moulaye, Niang, Student Assistant

LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR ('07 stats):

PLAYER LOSSES	Class	Hgt.	POS.	G/GS	PTS	PPG	RBS	RPG	PPts	STATUS
Julian Wright	So.	6'8	F	38/37	456	12.0	298	7.8	17.03	Drafted by New Orleans
TOTALS					456	12.0	298	7.8	17.03

PRESEASON OUTLOOK:

Kansas '07-'08 Basketball Preview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7RBZHzJlUo&feature=user

SEASON SUMMARY:
Self-Made Champions: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/champions2008/

KU Basketball: Pump it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl0Bfw-5l_w

Kansas Defeats Memphis for 2008 NCAA Basketball Championship http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs9VwYzi5Uc&feature=related

Kansas Basketball Highlights 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=won1jdp-LRE&feature=related

Kansas at the Game by Ed Zamarripa

2008 FINAL TEAM STATISTICS (Team highs in bold):

CATEGORY	KU	OPP	DIFF	Rush, Brandon	Chalmers, Mario	Arthur, Darrell	Jackson, Darnell	Collins, Sherron	Robinson, Russell	Kaun, Sasha
Games Played/Started	40	40		38/30	39/38	40/39	40/35	34/3	40/40	40/6
Minutes	8049	8049		1127	1170	989	971	808	1100	707
Per Game	201.2	201.2		29.7	30.0	24.7	24.3	24.8	27.5	17.7
Points	3221	2460	761	507	498	510	447	315	291	284
Per Game	80.5	61.5	19.0	13.3	12.8	12.8	11.2	9.3	7.3	7.1
Rebounds	1547	1233	314	195	120	250	267	74	113	154
Per Game	38.7	30.8	7.9	5.1	3.1	6.3	6.7	2.2	2.8	3.9
Offensive	482	441	41	57	14	92	81	13	20	64
Defensive	1065	792	273	138	106	158	186	61	93	90
Blocks	235	103	132	32	23	53	19	3	16	49
Assists	721	451	270	81	169	33	43	105	162	12
Steals	356	257	99	32	97	20	31	39	79	17
Turnovers	529	623	-94	69	75	75	51	68	83	32
(Assists+Steals)/TO	2.04	1.14	0.90	1.64	3.55	0.71	1.45	2.12	2.90	0.90
FG -Attempts	2314	2249	65	414	318	394	273	251	198	176
Made	1176	853	323	180	164	214	171	116	84	109
Percent	50.8	37.9	12.9	43.5	51.6	54.3	62.6	46.2	42.4	61.9
3FG-Attempts	683	861	-178	191	156	12	6	105	110	0
Made	271	282	-11	80	73	2	2	38	35	0
Percent	39.7	32.8	6.9	41.9	46.8	16.7	33.3	36.2	31.8	0.0
FT-Attempts	852	693	159	86	130	114	149	58	113	122
Made	598	472	126	67	97	80	103	45	88	66
Percent	70.2	68.1	2.1	77.9	74.6	70.2	69.1	77.6	77.9	54.1
Production Points/Game	103.98	56.60	47.38	13.82	16.54	14.43	15.20	9.41	10.98	9.03
Production Points/Minute	.517	.281	.236	.466	.551	.583	.626	.396	.399	.510

Statistics, Cont'd

CATEGORY	Aldrich, Cole	Stewart, Rodrick	Teahan, Conner	Reed, Tyrel	Case, Jeremy	Bechard, Brennan	Kleinmann, Matt	Withers-poon, Brad	Buford, Chase	Team
Games Played/ Started	40/0	33/8	21/0	23/0	30/1	12/0	20/0	12/0	13/0
Minutes	330	383	64	144	147	21	43	24	21
Per Game	8.3	11.6	3.0	6.3	4.9	1.8	2.2	2.0	1.6
Points	112	92	46	47	47	14	7	2	2
Per Game	2.8	2.8	2.2	2.0	1.6	1.2	0.4	0.2	0.2
Rebounds	119	74	9	10	10	3	13	3	5	128
Per Game	3.0	2.2	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.4	3.2
Offensive	34	35	1	2	2	1	6	2	2	56
Defensive	85	39	8	8	8	2	7	1	3	72
Blocks	34	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Assists	5	47	6	21	28	2	2	4	1
Steals	11	13	2	7	7	0	0	0	1
Turnovers	21	27	7	4	6	0	1	5	2	3
(Assists+Steals)/TO	0.76	2.22	1.14	7.00	5.83	-	2.00	0.80	1.00
FG - Attempts	83	71	27	35	45	9	7	4	9
Made	43	35	16	18	17	5	3	0	1
Percent	51.8	49.3	59.3	51.4	37.8	55.6	42.9	0.0	11.1
3FG-Attempts	0	16	20	24	29	5	0	3	6
Made	0	5	12	11	11	2	0	0	0
Percent	0.0	31.3	60.0	45.8	37.9	40.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
FT - Attempts	38	28	2	1	2	4	3	2	0
Made	26	17	2	0	2	2	1	2	0
Percent	68.4	60.7	100.0	0.0	100.0	50.0	33.3	100.0	0.0
Production Points/Game	5.20	4.67	2.19	2.78	1.93	1.08	0.80	0.00	0.00
Production Points/Minute	.630	.402	.719	.444	.395	.619	.372	.000	.000

Source: KU Basketball Media Guide

GAME-BY-GAME

Date	Opponent	Location	Time/TV
Nov. 1	Pittsburg State (Exhibition)	Lawrence	W: 94-59 Video Photos
Nov. 6	Fort Hays State (Exhibition)	Lawrence	W: 93-56 Video Photos
Nov. 9	Louisiana-Monroe	Lawrence	W: 107-78 Video Photos Box Score
Nov. 11-25	Jayhawk Invitational	Lawrence
Nov. 11	UMKC		W: 85-62 Video Photos Box Score
Nov. 15	Washburn		W: 92-60 Video Photos Box Score
Nov. 21	Northern Arizona		W: 87-46 Video Photos Box Score
Nov. 25	Arizona *		W: 76-72 (OT) Video Photos Box Score
Nov. 28	Florida Atlantic	Lawrence	W: 87-49 Video Photos Box Score
Dec. 2	Southern Cal	Los Angeles, Calif.	W: 59-55 Video Photos Box Score
Dec. 5	Eastern Washington	Lawrence	W: 85-47 Video Photos Box Score
Dec. 8	DePaul	Lawrence	W: 84-66 Video Photos Box Score
Dec. 15	Ohio #	Kansas City, Mo.	W: 88-51 Video Photos Box Score
Dec. 18	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, Ga.	W: 71-66 Video Photos Box Score
Dec. 22	Miami (Ohio)	Lawrence	W: 78-54 Video Photos Box Score
Dec. 29	Yale	Lawrence	W: 86-53 Video Photos Box Score
Jan. 5	Boston College	Boston, Mass.	W: 85-60 Video Photos Box Score
Jan. 8	Loyola (Md.)	Lawrence	W: 90-60 Video Photos Box Score
Jan. 12	Nebraska	Lincoln, Neb.	W: 79-58 Video Photos Box Score
Jan. 14	Oklahoma	Lawrence	W: 85-55 Video Photos Box Score
Jan. 19	Missouri	Columbia, Mo.	W: 76-70 Video Photos Box Score
Jan. 23	Iowa State	Lawrence	W: 83-59 Video Photos Box Score
Jan. 26	Nebraska	Lawrence	W: 84-49 Video Photos Box Score
Jan. 30	Kansas State	Manhattan, Kan.	L: 84-75 Video Photos Box Score
Feb. 2	Colorado	Boulder, Colo.	W: 72-59 Video Photos Box Score
Feb. 4	Missouri	Lawrence	W: 90-71 Video Photos Box Score
Feb. 9	Baylor	Lawrence	W: 100-90 Video Photos Box Score
Feb. 11	Texas	Austin, Texas	L: 72-69 Video Photos Box Score
Feb. 16	Colorado	Lawrence	W: 69-45 Video Photos Box Score
Feb. 23	Oklahoma State	Stillwater, Okla.	L: 61-60 Video Photos Box Score
Feb. 27	Iowa State	Ames, Iowa	W: 75-64 Video Photos Box Score
March 1	Kansas State	Lawrence	W: 88-74 Video Photos Box Score
March 3	Texas Tech	Lawrence	W: 109-51 Video Speeches Photos Box Score
March 8	Texas A&M	College Station, Texas	W: 72-55 Video Photos Box Score
March 13-16	Big 12 Tournament #	Kansas City, Mo.
March 14	Nebraska		W: 64-54 Video Photos Box Score
March 15	Texas A&M		W: 77-71 Photos Box Score
March 16	Texas		W: 84-74 Video Photos Box Score
March 20-22	NCAA First and Second Rounds	Omaha, Neb.
March 20	Portland State		W: 85-61 Video 1 Video 2 Photos Box Score
March 22	UNLV		W: 75-56 Video Photos Box Score
March 28-30	NCAA Regionals	Detroit, Mich.
March 28	Villanova		W: 72-57 Photos Box Score
March 30	Davidson		W: 59-57 Video Photos Box Score
April 5-7	NCAA Final Four	San Antonio, Texas
April 5	North Carolina		W: 84-66 Photos Box Score
April 7	Memphis		W: 75-68 (OT) Photos Box Score

Link to National Statistics for 2008

Link to Big 12 statistics for 2008

In the end, KU makes it worth the wait, Sporting News, 4/7/2008

One of the Best Title Games Ever, CBS Sports.com, 4/8/2008

Rock Chalk, Champions, SI.com, 4/8/2008

The Legend of Mario, KUSports.com, 4/8/08

Apr. 12, 2008 - 2008 National NCAA Basketball Championship Commemorative.

Apr. 14, 2008 - With a furious comeback in the last two minutes capped by a three-pointer to force overtime, the Jayhawks beat Memphis 75-68 to win their first national title in 20 years.