Basketball Vault Books Item Number: 0794824404

University of Kansas Basketball Vault

By Ken Davis, Foreword by Bill Self. Afterword by Clyde Lovellette.

On Top, Once Again" In The University of Kansas Basketball Vault®: The History of the Jayhawks, Ken Davis, a national freelance writer and KU graduate, explores the prolific 110-year history of one of the most storied and beloved college basketball programs in the country. Along with the author's narrative, this book contains memorabilia replicas such as tickets from the 2008 Final Four, an old photograph of the game's inventor, Dr. James A. Naismith, coach and player notes from the 1952 championship season, and Dick Enberg's television notes from a regional game played during the 1988 championship season. It also contains a ticket from a 1927 game against Nebraska played in Robinson Gymnasium and compelling stories of the long coaching legacies of Phog Allen, Larry Brown and Roy Williams. Replica postcards, a poster, a 1940s pennant and much more are all waiting to be discovered in the pages of The University of Kansas Basketball Vault®. Illustrated; Hardcover; 144 pages.