Kansas Wins 11th-Straight Big 12 Conference Regular-Season Title
LAWRENCE, Kan. – With Iowa State defeating Oklahoma on ESPN Big Monday, March 2, Kansas men’s basketball has claimed at least a share of the 2015 Big 12 Conference regular-season championship.
With two games remaining in the Big 12 slate for the Jayhawks, KU’s Tuesday opponent West Virginia (22-7, 10-6) and its March 7 foe Oklahoma (20-9, 11-6) could tie Kansas (23-6, 12-4) as could Iowa State (21-8, 11-6).
The conference title for Kansas is its 11th-straight, 15th Big 12 and NCAA-leading 58th overall. The 11-consecutive titles, beginning in 2004-05 and all under head coach Bill Self, ranks tied for second all-time on NCAA Division I list with Gonzaga’s 11-straight Big West regular-season championships from 2001-11 and only trails UCLA’s 13-consecutive titles as members of the then-Pac-10 Conference from 1967-79.
Kansas Conference Regular-Season Titles
58 (*Tied for the championship)
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (13) – 1908-09-10-11-12*-14*-15-22*-23-24-25-26-27
Big Six (12) – 1931-32-33-34-36-37*-38-40*-41*-42*-43-46
Big Seven (5) – 1950*-52-53-54*-57
Big Eight (13) – 1960*-66-67-71-74-75-78-86-91*-92-93-95-96
Big 12 (15) – 1997-98-2002-03-05*-06*-07-08*-09-10-11-12-13*-14-15(*)
No. 9/10 Kansas will host No. 20/20 West Virginia, Tuesday, March 3, at 8 p.m. on ESPN2.
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