The 2016–17 Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Kansas in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, which was the Jayhawks' 119th basketball season. The Jayhawks, members of the Big 12 Conference, played their home games at Allen Fieldhouse and were led by 14th-year head coach Bill Self. They finished the season 31–5, 16–2 in Big 12 play to win their 13th consecutive Big 12 regular season title, tying UCLA's record for consecutive regular season conference titles. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament to TCU. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 1 seed in the Midwest region. This was their 28th consecutive appearance, the longest active streak at the time and the longest ever in NCAA Tournament history. It was the final official appearance in the streak as their tournament appearance in the following season was vacated by the NCAA. In the Tturnament, they defeated UC Davis and Michigan State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they defeated Purdue before losing in the Elite Eight to Oregon.
The Jayhawks entered the season with 40 straight wins at Allen Fieldhouse, which extended to 51 games during the season before it ended on February 5, 2017, with an 92–89 loss to Iowa State, which was the longest active home arena winning streak in the nation when it ended.
Preseason
Departures
Graduation Name Position Jamari Traylor F Hunter Mickelson F Evan Manning G Perry Ellis F
Early draft entrants
Hired agent Name Position Class Wayne Selden, Jr. G Junior Brannen Greene G Junior
Did not initially hire agent Starting with the 2016 NBA draft, if a player declares for the draft, but does not hire an agent, it allows the player to return to their school even after participating in the combine, as long as they decide by May 25.
Name Position Class Returned/entered draft Cheick Diallo F Freshman Entered draft
Transfers Name Position Old school New school Evan Maxwell C Liberty Kansas Malik Newman G Mississippi State Kansas
Coaching changes Coach Old position New position Aaron Miles Assistant director of student-athlete development, Kansas Assistant coach, Florida Gulf Coast
Recruiting class
Class of 2016
| colspan="7" style="padding-left:10px;" | Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 9 Rivals: 7 247 Sports: 12 ESPN: 7
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"|Exhibition
!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| Regular season
!colspan=12 style="background:#"| Big 12 Tournament
!colspan=12 style=";"| NCAA tournament
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Rankings
Post-season awards Bill Self Big 12 Coach of the Year
Frank Mason III Big 12 Player of the Year 1st team All-Big 12 Consensus National Player of the year Consensus 1st Team All-American Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year award Josh Jackson Big 12 Freshman of the Year 1st team All-Big 12 Big 12 All-Newcomer Team 2nd Team All-American (SN) 3rd team All-American (NABC, AP)
Devonte' Graham 2nd team All-Big 12
Landen Lucas Honorable Mention All-Big 12
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References