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Kansas Basketball: Ranking the Jayhawks’ 12 Big 12-winning teams

By Matt Ostrowski

Feb 27, 2016; Lawrence, KS, USA; Kansas Jayhawks fans cheer from the stands after the Jayhawks defeating the Texas Tech Red Raiders 67-58 winning their twelfth consecutive Big 12 titles at Allen Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 27, 2016; Lawrence, KS, USA; Kansas Jayhawks fans cheer from the stands after the Jayhawks defeating the Texas Tech Red Raiders 67-58 winning their twelfth consecutive Big 12 titles at Allen Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports /
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Feb 21, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Memphis Grizzlies guard Mario Chalmers (6) makes a pass beside forward JaMychal Green (0) and Toronto Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas (17) and guard Kyle Lowry(7) in the second half at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 21, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Memphis Grizzlies guard Mario Chalmers (6) makes a pass beside forward JaMychal Green (0) and Toronto Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas (17) and guard Kyle Lowry(7) in the second half at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports /

2. 2007-08 (37-3, 13-3 Big 12)

I’ll admit it may be bizarre not to put a team that won a national championship as number one on this list, but it’s easy to forget that if a few more breaks go Memphis’ way in the 2008 National Championship game, and this team doesn’t win it all.

Regardless, this was still a fantastic team, that caught even more luck before the season even started when Brandon Rush, who had planned to go to the NBA, tore his ACL and elected to stay in school. Rush would of course go on to lead the team in scoring at a hair over 13 points per game, shoot 42 percent from three and would usually guard the opposing team’s best player every night.

Obviously, Rush didn’t do it all by himself. The balance of this team was incredible. Both Darrell Arthur and Mario Chalmers weren’t far behind at 12.8 points per game. Darnell Jackson averaged 11.2 points per game. Sixth man Sherron Collins averaged 9.3, and Russell Robinson and Sasha Kaun both averaged about seven per game (via sports-reference.com).

Thanks to a late-season loss at Oklahoma State, where Kansas never seems to play well, they finished in a tie for first with DJ Augustin and Texas.

Their first loss of the season came on the road to Kansas State, where Michael Beasley then declared: “We’re going to beat Kansas at home. We’re going to beat them at their house. We’re going to beat them in Africa. Wherever we play, we’re going to beat them.” (via bleacherreport.com).

Well, that didn’t exactly happen, with Kansas beating Kansas State 88-74 come March. Also, let’s never, ever forget this shot:

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